
triplesyxx
Rock Star
Silver Level
Live Poker short stack turbo Strategies
So I played in my first live tournament last night with a group of people that I had never played with before (I have only played in live games with friends of mine before and even then its very limited to the amount of hours I have played online). There was only 14 players and by my definition it was a short stack turbo. We started out with 5000 in chips, blinds started at 250/500, and they went up every 15 minutes. I tried to stick to my usual playing style, tight aggressive and get my opponents to play their chips when I felt like I had the better hand. I wasnt getting any cards, while it seemed as though all of my opponents were playing extremely loose, betting two and three times the pot, obviously they were bluffing and pushing, but it seemed as though I just wasn't getting the cards I wanted in the positions I wanted and ended up going all in with QJ off suit, if I had waited any longer I would have been blinded out.
What strategy does everyone else employ? What should I have done differently so I didn't get straight pushed around? I should've been more aggressive, but then the strategy would almost become obsolete and it would be straight gambling, until I got donked or donked someone else.
So I played in my first live tournament last night with a group of people that I had never played with before (I have only played in live games with friends of mine before and even then its very limited to the amount of hours I have played online). There was only 14 players and by my definition it was a short stack turbo. We started out with 5000 in chips, blinds started at 250/500, and they went up every 15 minutes. I tried to stick to my usual playing style, tight aggressive and get my opponents to play their chips when I felt like I had the better hand. I wasnt getting any cards, while it seemed as though all of my opponents were playing extremely loose, betting two and three times the pot, obviously they were bluffing and pushing, but it seemed as though I just wasn't getting the cards I wanted in the positions I wanted and ended up going all in with QJ off suit, if I had waited any longer I would have been blinded out.
What strategy does everyone else employ? What should I have done differently so I didn't get straight pushed around? I should've been more aggressive, but then the strategy would almost become obsolete and it would be straight gambling, until I got donked or donked someone else.