Yes, lets bet borgs bankroll, and as long as i dont have to pay it, i will contribute, as it appears its my damn job mr Borgo :lol:


OK, the question as i understand it is when would you consider it mid / late play in an MTT. And how to play these levels.

There are 2 theories on when they play is referred to as mid/late.

One is the amount of plays in a tourney indicates where about in your tournies life you are. IN this situation once 50% of the people are out, your in the middle section of an MTT, and once your in the money, your in the late section.

I dont like that summary. I do like this one.

Say there is 1,000 people in your tourney, and the top 100 are paid. Its the start of the tourney until there are 200 people left, meaning you are a 50% shot to finish in the money. Id cal from there in the mid section.

With this 200 left, and 100 paid, i am using the fact that you are still in. From here, i would call this the mid section all the way until there is 50 people left in. Once there is 50 people left in, your in the top 50% of the money positions, and in the nice payday section.

So the way i look at it -

100% - 21% of entrys - early
20% - 6% of entrys - middle
5% - 1% of entrys - late
final table - exactly that, final table



Now for part 2 -

I like to start off tight, and agressive. IM assuming were talking freezeouts here as ill do rebuys later. I call from the SB with anything if the pot isnt raised, as its basically free. In early positions i play AA/KK/AK for a raise. IN mid positions at the table ill open that up to include AQ/JJ-77, and Aj suited. IN late positions ill play A8 or higher, and any suited ace, all face cards, and the low pairs.

After 4 levels ill go a bit looser, and play a few more of the mid position hands in early poition, and the same for mid/late positions. Once the blinds get higher in a toureny, say for example we go into the mid section of a tourney, which as i described above, is 20% of the field left, ill raise with position, make more bluffs, steal blinds with semi bluffs, move all in more, play suited connectors if the pot isnt raised, and go a bit more from instinct.

IN the late section of a tourney, depending on how the blinds are vs the average stack of the tourney, ill start making all in raises to steal blinds, move all in preflop if i have less than 12x the Big blind, as i know that if i make a standard 4x BB raise, and get put all in, i have to call as im getting 3-1 from the pot, and depending on my hand, cant be much worse that 2-1, unless he has a higher poker pair than me, and then im only 4-1 against. Ill start to bully if i am the big stack, put people to all in decisions more, make THEM risk their chips to my plays, not the other way round.

FInal table is more luck that skill, this is a common consensus by all people who play big tourneys. Small tourneys the blinds will not affect the chip stack as much as bigger ones.

So final table ill steal like mad, so super agressive, as Borgo knows to his fate Play most cards all in, ill start calling small allins from small stacks with KT and 89 suited and thinks, always attack the blinds from the button or the cut off, basically ultra position play.



Now for rebuys -

IN a rebuy, you MUST be prepared to take the initial rebuy, or i would not advise playing them. You are at a 65% disadvantage to the field, if you dont take the immediate rebuy. Why start with 1,500 chips when u can start with 3,000? yes it costs another buy in, and yes u can double up without rebuying, but if u did double up with 1,500 from a 3k stack, you have 3k, if u rebuy, you have 6k if you double, and have a damn good chance.


Until the first break has come, the add on break, i play loose, i look for the double up opportunities, play all suited connectors, one gappers and things. I want to be on 2.5x my starting stack by the fdirst break, so thats 7,500. Once there, if its before the break, i tighten up and play like its a freezeout.

Only take the add on if your in the top 15% of players AFTER they have added on, so wait till the end and find out where u are, if your a leader without doing it, dont bother, as it wont make much difference.

Then after the first break, i play like i said above, but maybe a bit more tight if im ahead, as some of the crazy rebuyers will continue their style to try and get a big stack of chips.




I hope this helps in any way. Hope you read it all, my fingers hurt because of it