Help needed on studying technique
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Help needed on studying technique
Greetings all -
Been playing the low stake live MTT's for a while, and sometimes struggle with the most basic of opponents. I subscribe to online sites, I read books, have a study group and constantly work on my game. However, I feel that the level of play that I am studying and work towards getting better at is on a different thought plane than the average tournament player who plays in <$500 MTTs. Does anyone else have this experience, or feeling?
When playing >$1,000 buyins at my local casino when better players come out, I seem to do really well against them.
I think what I'm trying to ask is how do I study to beat the current level of play that I am at while still working towards building a bankroll to play at the higher limits? Is there a way to study theory to play against average, recreational players?
Seems like all study material on this site and many others are aimed at playing against thinking opponents, and the opponents I usually face don't seem to follow any sort of logic or patterns.
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I find it strange that you can hold your own against really good players but struggle with fish as they are the ones you should be looking to get in pots with. Maybe drop your level of study to fundamental, rather than studying more advanced concepts.
I think tight ABC, not over bluffing and learning to max extract value when you have it and letting go when you dont. A simple yet highly effective strategy.
Maybe play online for a bit, there are plenty to practice on.
Thanks for the response. I phrased it poorly; I do well against almost all opponents in cash games, but seem to struggle when I am playing against recreational players in tournaments.
I agree completely though that not over-bluffing and playing tight ABC makes great sense. Hardest part of any tournament for me is the beginning stages and accumulating chips. Later stages come really easy to me, and I excel at them. Just have to avoid some landmines and hopefully get lucky a couple times to get some chips early.
Expect more calls, more passive play and bad Push fold play. you can lets yourself get a bit shallower without shoving in even non-marginal, moderately +ev spots bc people will fold too much to 5-10 bb shoves, etc.
Learn which players are hyper loose passive and which ones are nits and proceed accordingly.
These training sites, for the most part, are not aimed at the type of mindless passive play at low limit casino tournaments.
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