I advocate playing limit poker for sophisticated players who pay attention. Those are ring games I talk about, mostly because you have time to watch and evaluate. I like 6 player more than 10 player. With 10 player, you still have to play really tight.

With a big holdem tourney, you need luck. I call a big tournament 400+ people. You also need patience. You also need to understand that most players playing large limit tournaments are also fish.

So, when you have the hand, you push it. Here’s an example.

Table #69

Dealt to me:
10 10

Flop:
10 4 8

So, I just flopped my set. Also, highest posible set, given the board. No flushes, no straights. What do I do with 900 players left?

Bet, bet, bet. Big tourney… high card 10 as far as anyone knows, so the fish are biting. The board paired eights on the turn.

At the end, it was a huge pot because someone caught a full house, fours full of eights. It made for a nice pot, and the fish kept biting.

In a small tournament, I might have slowplayed that. In a big tournament, you have to bet, bet, bet when you know you have the nuts.

Nope, I didn’t even place in the money in the tournament. But that one hand put me in a position where I had a chance. It’s a big field, so you have to pick your spots.

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