Tournament strategy

Strategy for tournaments is essentially identical to that for ring games, but does differ in a few (important!) respects. To play tournaments well, you will need to understand the strategy for the variant of poker you are playing, but also adjust it according to the following tournament strategy ideas:


 * Early rounds
 * Playing for first place
 * Picking on the middle stacks
 * Playing shortstacked
 * Checking it down
 * When to steal blinds
 * Playing on the bubble
 * Added EV when knocking out a player
 * Letting the maniacs shoot each other