Tournament Poker

I played in a satellite at Bay 101 for a chance to play in the WPT that was part of the shooting stars tournament earlier this year. 1st and 2nd...

I got pretty low on chips by rivering a set of 3s, but the 3 that came was the fourth spade on the board, and the fourth card in a straight draw, so...

Don't post on here often, but wanted to say thanks to the FTR guys, reading your posts has taught me a lot. Small to most, but I just took first...

This is my results since I started to record my finishes playing SNGs, many of my strats I got from this site, thx guys! Is a run like this possible...

Recently I've been playing in a lot of SnGs and improved my "in the money" rate by not going all in early on and starting with only the best hands....

I have my own critiques on this hand. But I want to hear others. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter SB...

Disclaimer: the pronoun 'he' in the following post refers to the type of player that I'm encountering, not one specific person. This is happening...

Soupie, rippy, Michael1123 all the MTT guys. This was pretty deep in the starts 350K tournay. About 230 left. 180 get paid. PokerStars Game...

Hey guys. First of all id just like to compliment everyone on a great forum. The advice from soupy, rad, mike, and many others is great and has...

Well missed the gauntlet for finals and xmas shopping. Decided to hop in a $5+1 mtt at pokerroom. At the same time playing a sng at empire. I end...

NL Hold'em Trny Level:9 Blinds (200/400) Seat 2 is the button Total number of players : 3 Seat 8: me ( $10612 ) Seat 1: seat1 ( $3302 ) Seat...

Ok so I played a 1500 player tourney last night with my new philosophy: grow a set and play aggressive. Blinds are now 300/600 and I am currently in...

I'm not really much of a MTT player, but I'll play one of the cheap ones at Stars from time to time just for fun. I was wondering about this hand I...

OK, same bar tournament structure as my last post: NLHE You get 500 in chips Everyone antes 10 every round, button antes 20 Button gets dealt...

I know there are many people who are iffy about Ax suited, but it's one of my favorite hands to play. Read on: Late in a tourney, I'm dealt :Ac:...

Hey folks, The other day I stopped into a free local bar tournament. The structure of the tourney is a little wierd. NLHE You get 500 in...

Hi, my dear forum visitors! I want to share my happiness with you. Some days ago I went shopping in the Internet and discovered one site that sells...

#Game No : 1296228506 ***** Hand History for Game 1296228506 ***** NL Hold'em Trny:7867564 Level:3 Blinds (15/30) - Monday, December 13, 14:27:22...

Heads up in a SnG on Empire, I call on the button with Jc-3c. BB min raises it, and I call to see a flop. Flop comes 3s-5d-8d. I bet and he calls....

Alright... 5 handed in a 10+1 SnG on Empire. 1 big stack, roughly 4300 chips. 3 even stacks, roughly 1000 chips. And me, about 650 chips. I am on...

PP Step tournament, level 1. Final table, 5 players left. My stack is 3rd, around 3500. Small stack has 1800. Chip leader sitting to my left is...

Last night I played in 2 $5 + 1 MTTs at pokerroom last night. Frist MTT jumped off to a quick start only 2 make one mistake when I had 14.9k in...

I've got T10000 My opponent has T4000 My opponent is dealt AQ and goes all-in I'm dealt KT I'm a 60/40 dog to AQ, but have my opponent...

I tend to have a lot of bubble finishes. If somone has time can they comment on this one. I feel like i had alot of marginal play., but many things...

Ok, I nomrally hang out in the Hold Em strategies but I am far better ring player then a tournament player. Let me explain roughy my tournament...

It was only a $2 buy in on Royal Vegas Poker with 324 people, but it was awesome. I finished 8th, misplaying a hand at the final table and busted...

Not a real one, the one in my head. 3 out of the last 4 tournies I have busted out in (be they SNGs, Guantlet, MTT) have been on over valued baby...

i caught some crap about this one at the table, and just wondered if this was too aggressive. my thinking (just a few hands into it, so no read):...

This looks like it'll be pretty good. Finally a 2+2 book dedicated to tournament NLHE. http://www.twoplustwo.com/harrington-v1.html

What do all of you think of this? http://www.partypoker.com/news/events/steps-challenge-04.html I'm not quite sure what I think of it, or what...

I just took first in a 20$ buy in, won 1200$. First time I've taken first in an MTT (229 people). Thanks everyone for the help. :)

For some reason I was feeling good about this MTT. This was supposed to be my time to get better then 7th (my previous best). Sure it was still...

Final 4 in a live tournament and I was the small stack. The blinds were huge like online, but i needed chips fast. The player in 5th was just...

What would you have bet in this hand? I wa in the small blind and everyone folded and I caught a str8 flush and went all in. I don't think I played...

Questions for discussion: -Don't you think a PF reraise is an interesting steal technique? We're all taught (I remember it in soupie's thread) that...

I try never to sit down at an MTT unless prepared to stick it out, whether that's getting outed in the first ten minutes or lasting 5 hours until the...