Deep stack tournament play

Deep stack tournament play is something that every player strives to get to when entering a tournament. If you can get to be one of the chip leaders in a tournament you have reached a great success, but it is not over yet, the tournament doesn’t end when you have the chip lead. Playing with the chip lead is something that players should approach with caution. If you have a massive stack in front of you in a tournament compared to the blind level you can play either aggressive or passive.

After getting your poker bonus money if you decide to take the aggressive route and play a lot of races you can lose some of your stack or have it grow in immense proportions. It is the more risky of the two options, but if you run well you will definitely have any easier time getting to a final table and winning a tournament. If you choose to play passive with a chip lead it can hurt your stack and have it dwindle, but it is the safer way to play a big stack. Most players who do play passive need to get lucky or have hands hold up later on in a tournament for their entire stack. It is less risky early on, but will force you to gamble later when blinds are bigger. If you play too passive you can lose a lot of your chips by players slowly chipping away at you. That is something you don’t want to happen, but it can happen if you do play too passive.

If you have a loose image as the chip leader that is something that can either benefit you or kill your chip stack. If you are playing too aggressive and wild with the chip lead you can go bust in the matter of one or two levels of blinds. You don’t want to play too aggressive or too passive. The key to playing a big stack is being smart about it, and not gambling when you don’t need to. If at all possible you want to avoid other big stacks, and play pots against short stacks. You lose an advantage when playing against someone with as many chips as you because they will be playing with you more times than not. If you do happen to get a big hand against a big stack you can get yourself a massive stack or you can go bust. It is best to avoid playing big pots when you have a big stack without monster hands or unbeatable cards. If you can pick on the weak opponents and weed them out slowly you will have a better chance to go deep in a tournament and possibly win it. When you decide to pick on weak opponents you want them to feel constant pressure. You can stack off or force them to go all-in and put them to the test. You will a lot of the time get folds from them, but, even if they do make a call you can still get lucky. If their chip stack represents a small portion of your stack there is not much risk and can only be a profit from aggressive play.