Strategy for Poker Tournaments

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Here you will find guides on how to improve your game in the various online poker tournaments such as on Party Poker. The single table tournaments, also known as sit'n gos, STTs or SnGs are very popular on Party Poker and other online poker sites. These are a good investment for those players who like to play online tournament games instead of the usual limit ring game that is popular for texas hold'em. At the same time, the multi-table tournaments (MTT) give the opportunity for you to play in a large game with huge prizes - so each tournament type has its advantages and disadvantages. Read on below to sharpen your game!

Single Table Poker Tournaments

No Limit Tournament Guide   Covers NL games from the $10+1 level to the $30+3 level. Focuses on breaking the game into three stages: early level, mid level and late level and how to adjust your play for each stage in the game. Limit Tournament Guide   Covers limit games from the $5+1 to $30+3 level. This guide gives much of same advice as the NL guide, as it divides the game up into different stages of play. There is more focus on explaining aggression here, with notes on the differences in limit hold'em as well.

Theorem of Blind Stealing This is my own mathematical strategy on what is optimal blind stealing strategy when isolated against a single opponent. This strategy is very important for STT games and heads-up matches as well, outlying the logical principles behind pushing late game. Common Mistakes in Low Stakes No Limit Tournaments PPadala wrote this good article that goes over common mistakes made by players in single table tournaments. Using real examples of hand histories, PPadala walks you through and explains the various trouble areas that occur for low limit players. If you are at all interested in playing STT tournaments, this is a definite read. Sit and Go Strategy by Howard Lederer Full Tilt Poker's quick SNG guide by Howard Lederer. Not so much play-by-play advice as general thoughts on correct money management and how you should approach the sit and go tournaments. Good advice that all the big time SNG players have been practicing for a long time. Sit and Go Strategy by Chris Moneymaker A very quick ten-step guide on how to play sit and go tournaments, courtesy of Chris Moneymaker. I don't have the original source of the article unfortunately and saw this posted elsewhere, but it's still a worthwhile read. Enjoy.

Multi-Table Poker Tournament

Heids' MTT Tournament Guide
Heids, one of TightPoker's most prolific tournament players, once posted this short guide on how to do well in multi-table tournaments. While a short post, these points are still very useful to remember when playing in any large tournament.

Advanced Tournament Strategy
An article geared toward the seasoned tournament player, who is already familiar with many of the major concepts in poker and is looking toward honing their edge. This covers ideas such as aggression theory, knockout factor, chip building, implied value and fold equity. So, if you're looking to improve your chances both early and late in a tournament, give this article a read.

TightPoker Tournament Results and Histories

Tournament Wins by Tight Poker Members
Many members of Tight Poker are single table tournament and multi-table tournament specialists. On this page, we have a board listing accomplishments by our members for tournaments where they have either won a signficant amount of money or come ahead in a big field. So if you needed any proof that the strategies on this site work, just refer here!

Previously, TightPoker held weekly tournaments at PokerStars that offered various prizes such as free copies of Poker Tracker, bounties, books and other goodies. However, the main reason to play in this game is to gain experience playing tournaments against more skilled opponents than the regular online poker tournaments.

Forum hand histories from these tournaments are archived (clink the link). If you watch them, note that they often contain plays that are unusual or unorthodox from standard tight/aggressive perspective, as there's quite a bit of horse play that also goes into these games.