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Old 03-13-2007, 06:08 PM
Pudge714 Pudge714 is offline
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What are some things that online players have to aware of and/or adjust to when transitioning from online mtts to live mtts? Name as many different type of strategy changes you might make or think are important to fully utilize your skills.

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I've only played one live MTT. So my experience is limited. I have also played a bigger event, where other events have shallower structures, here is a list of things.

Don't get bored. Playing 8-12 hours of live poker in a day is really boring, most of the time you will spend folding junk. If you think 1-tabling online is boring, try 1-tabling live where you get 30 hands an hour.

Pay attention to all the information you have. Stuff like the age of a players can be very important in playing.

Also for that matter pay attention to how guys play, whenever there is a showdown notice it and so on.

Take your time when acting. BigT was at my table at day 1 of the PCA. Whenever he opened a pot. He would look at his cards. Throw a chip on his cards to protect them. Think for about 10-20 seconds than act.

With live reads and more information you can make big folds. I didn't have the time to make a big fold like some I have heard of, but I did, c/c, c/f with Ax on a AAyz board. Also playing deeper it is easier to make big folds obviously. In online MTTs guys are much less afraid of putting there tournament life at risk. So that means when going allin guys will have nittier ranges.
In live tourneys with big buyins a lot of the field is happy to breakeven or double there money. Pwning the bubble is much more effective live.

That's all I can think of now. I would expand on reading people, or coaxing people into calls or stuff like that, but I suck at it. Also Alan you would be much, much better at answering your own question, but obviously you knew that when asking it.
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