strategy differences in a $3 90man KO tourney?

[illness]

I went busto awhile back but I play on FullTilt and I was able to play during Take2 so I managed to score a nice $25 bonus. Since then, I've made it a personal challenge to break at least 200$ so I could cash out some money and see it. I've completely revamped my strategy in FR 2NL games and over ~12K hands, Im running about 8BB/100.

Anyway, over the forum I've heard a lot about the $3 90man KO tourney's. Especially that they're profitable and full of fish. My question is if it requires a different change in strategy? seeing as how people want to collect the bounties. Also how long do they typically last?

Thanks
Dp

[Penneywize]

In my experience, I've found the play in knockout tournaments largely identical to those without k/o bounties. Essentially, you might be (marginally) more inclined to call all-ins, especially from those with very few chips left.

In the grand scheme of things, the knockout bounties you collect are so small in comparison to the late-stage payouts that it wouldn't make much sense to be drastically modifying your play.

[GatorJH]

illness,
Welcome to FTR. It is so nice to see a new person actually make a decent post. Read up on the stickies, post more stuff like above and I am quite confident that your game will improve dramatically.

Again, welcome to FTR

[Penneywize]

illness,
Welcome to FTR. It is so nice to see a new person actually make a decent post. Read up on the stickies, post more stuff like above and I am quite confident that your game will improve dramatically.

Again, welcome to FTR

Did you bring your knee pads Gator?

[Poker Orifice]

In my experience, I've found the play in knockout tournaments largely identical to those without k/o bounties. .

I don't play many of the KO SNG's but have played some in the past. I found there to be quite a large difference (far from identical) although my sample size is very small (but found it that way 100% of the time (ie. 3-betting EP raise OTB w KK.. and having the guy 4bet shove for 97bb's << I don't see much of that in non-KO's).

I've had some friends in the past who've spent some time on those $3 90plyr.KO's and done okay on them. My experience with them though was >> there are tons of Loose/Agg maniacal spewtard, who are regularly donking off chips/stacks, playing tons of hands, bluffing way too often, ridiculous bet-sizing etc. (alot of noobs, playing early levels as if it were late levels itm, putting alot of emphasis on the KO's instead of on the big picture).
If anything they'll be good for working on patience and maybe somewhat entertaining to see how bad some can play. If I were you I personally wouldn't make my move in this direction (if you're a winning player at 2NL and are builidng a roll... why not stick with that?... work at moving up and adding more tables).
Some other advice (fwiw), if you're relatively new, stick to one or the other (cash games or SNG's). If SNG's, I'd consider playing the 9-plyr. tables and work at them for awhile, then consider playing others (specializing in one particular one at a time I found to be most beneficial).

As Gator said... 'read the sticky section' - - there's alot of great stuff in there!