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 Originally Posted by YoYo
Not being near a casino, underground tournament poker is a cottage industry in my current hometown. There's a girl who is at most of the tournaments I play in and she consistently ends up in the money. I asked her about her success and she says she looks at each tournament as a marathon and doesn't try to take down big pots early. She even claimed that she folds pocket aces during early rounds if too many people are in the pot to avoid getting knocked out early. I had a hard time believing her when she explained her strategy to me last year...but I'm beginning to think she may be onto something as she does better than most of her competitors, including me, regularly. What do you think? Is it appropriate to lay down kick-ass hole cards if too many people call or go all-in in given hand early on in a tournament just ensure your survival?
If she’s laying down aces preflop early in a tournament, she’s making a huge mistake. It may be that she can go deep over and over against a very weak field just by playing extra tight, but that doesn’t make it the most profitable strategy. Early in a tournament, I play with the same mindset as a cash game. I’m trying to win the most chips while losing the least. Only late in a tournament, when chip values become very non-linear, does it start to ever become correct to make a play that is significantly different from what would be correct strategy in a cash game. I’m not trying to take down big pots in a cash game, or a tournament, I’m trying to maximize my EV. That means I’m not folding in a big pot when I have the best of it either, just because I will be busted when it doesn’t work out.
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