subject: How To Play Poker Tournaments And Win [print this page] Poker tournaments are games where a number of players compete with each other at poker. The number of players may range from 2 to a few thousands. The winner of the poker tournament is the person to win every single poker chip in the game. The other players are given positions based on their elimination.
Poker Tournaments are great favorites with poker players. In recent years, TV shows featuring live poker tournaments have attracted more and more players to poker tournaments.
NOTE: there is a lot of difference between a player who wins at cash games and a successful tourney player. In poker tournaments, your aim is to win all the chips. So, you need to go out there and gamble. You must also have an instinctive knowledge of when to make your moves and when to play tight.
The most important element you're going to need in a poker tournament is luck. Skill and experience are good but luck is essential.
Some ring game players find it difficult to adapt their game to poker tournaments. In a ring game, the objective is to get the maximum chips but in a tourney, you must collect every chip there is, in a certain time frame. So, you need to win your chips a lot faster than in ring games.
In poker tournaments, your chips have relative value unlike in a ring game, where each chip is worth the same. The last chips you win in a tournament are always more valuable because you cannot buy your way back into the game.
It is better to play tight at the beginning. When the blinds are low, play tight and wait for your opponents to make mistakes but when the blinds go up, you need to get into the thick of it.
Focus on the game you are playing and limit your awareness to your own table. Do not worry about the rest of your opponents, or how many there are.
Read your opponents to know how they play. This will help you make important decisions later on.
Even a single mistake can cost you the entire tournament. You aim is to survive till the very end.
In poker tournaments, you need to be able to change gears constantly. You should know when to play tight and when to go all out. You must make use of resources like tournament structure, blind level and other factors to make important decisions.
