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Tournaments
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Feature Tournaments • Play
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and Go • Calendar Some tips for online tournaments
Avoiding close calls
In a cash game, if you get all your chips into the pot with a hand that is just a small favorite, you will be a winner in the long run, even though you may lose a pot once in a while. But in a tournament, if you lose one such close situation, you are out of the tournament. This is why you may want to be a bit more patient in tournaments, and wait for stronger hands.
On the other hand, your opponents will be more cautious too, something that you may take advantage of.
Playing on the bubble
The bubble is the highest finishing place not being payed. If the ten best places are payed, place eleven is the bubble.
Being the highest placed player not getting any money is somehow the worst possible result in a tournament. You have invested a lot of time, without getting any reward.
Therefore, play on the bubble may be quite different. If you have a small stack of chips, why would you put it at risk when you can get into the money by just waiting for another player to lose. If, on the other hand, you have a lot of chips and the small stacks are waiting for each other to lose, you may pick up some uncontested pots.
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