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Abuse the Bubble: If you have a big stack, pressure shorter stacks who are trying to make it into the money.
 
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Abusa de la burbuja: si tienes un stack grande, presiona a los stacks más cortos que están tratando de llegar al dinero.
You can also play with a low or medium stack. If you play aggressively at that time everyone will think you have very good cards. This is because your BB doesn't allow you to bet without having a good hand, especially if you're in a bubble.
 
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Start by spelling it correctly?
 
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Abuse the Bubble: If you have a big stack, pressure shorter stacks who are trying to make it into the money.
In general, yes, if you are a chip leader, you should play aggressively, but at the same time make informed decisions and take into account the peculiarities of your opponents' game.
 
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The goal is to stay alive as long as possible, whether you have a few chips or a lot. If you have a lot, you should try to attack aggressively, after all, if a short-stack player goes all-in, it doesn't hurt you even if you lost, and you can even increase the prize after every eliminated player. As a short stack player, it's better to just wait and play with premium cards.
 
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My biggest problem is the pocket pair prank...)))
 
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This is where you take advantage of it in general, show aggression and attack the small stacks, you already know that everyone wants to make the money, they won't risk it
 
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The goal is to stay alive as long as possible, whether you have a few chips or a lot. If you have a lot, you should try to attack aggressively, after all, if a short-stack player goes all-in, it doesn't hurt you even if you lost, and you can even increase the prize after every eliminated player. As a short stack player, it's better to just wait and play with premium cards.
Yes most talk about how you should play when you have a big stack but no one touches on the small stack of things. It's important that you wait patiently for those premiums, you will have to make folds that you are not happy with, discipline folds
 
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The strategies don't often go as planned, I recommend playing strong hands since in those previous moments there are a lot of players who go there before the flop is thrown just to steal your chips
 
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At the time of the bubble you must have control over the field you face, in micros or higher tournaments they change a lot.
micros they will fold a lot even if they want to get into the money, but you must be aware of the stacks you have and allow yourself to attack the tables and opponents who are suffering this pressure.
In higher tournaments with better players, you will be greatly exploited when attacking the blinds at this stage, as they know this pressure and will use it against you by attacking at this point in the tournament.
 
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poker is like a real life, you are chip leader (have money), you have the power.
find the target you dont like it and make them out LOL :ROFLMAO:
 
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Simple. If you have a lot of chips, take advantage of them, be aggressive.But if they are few, then be passive and strive to get to the paysite.
 
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If the stack is comfortable, I think you have to bet-fold a lot of hands to put pressure.

You have to take into consideration that in micro limit there are players who do not understand this pressure and the strength of their hands becomes more important than the bubble and therefore they cannot find a fold.
 
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Even not on the bubble, as for me, you always need to play more aggressively if you have a large enough stack advantage
 
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be aggro and exploit the nits who keeps waiting premium hands
 
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If you have a good bubble stack, take advantage of this, play aggressively, try to steal chips, at this stage of the tournament, many players will throw off more hands to get prizes.
 
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You have to strive to get into the bubbles. Of course, it is difficult if you have few chips or the person in front of you steals the blind.
 
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If your a short stack you will most likely will be playing tight. Mistakes are made pretty quick so your stuck playing premium hands. The downfall is your opponents know you will only be playing tight, giving your hands away. If your lucky you can still pick up some chips in the BB as more players are folding average hands. If you are in a hand, tread carefully and be ready for variance to bite you in the butt. Give yourself some folding room, don't want to leave yourself less than 2BB after a fold. Hopefully you find lady luck and double up.

If your mid stack size you should still play tight as you can wait until the short stacks make mistakes or run into bigger stacks. Being aware of stack sizes and opponents playing style can help you read the table so patience is the key.

If your a big stack you can have more freedom when it comes to hands/positions. One thing to look out for is that shorter stacks will most likely play aggressive with premium hands as they would rather not have a showdown. In most cases it is a game of survival, but AK and QQ could be an all-in, even with 20BB. Find a balance between protecting your stack and playing aggressive to shorter stacks.
 
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