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Old 02-13-2007, 07:17 AM
Mido Ps Mido Ps is offline
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Default Mid-Stage MTT (sorry if there\'s a post about this before)

Hi guys, this is my first post, and I'm relly hoping I'll get a response on this....

Ok here it is,
Early rounds after the first break (when the blinds are 50/100 at bodog), say I have $2700ish in chips, so my M is just bellow 20. What I've read, I should play more hands, than i'd play when my M is above 20, shift-up the gears to agresive style (which will open with any ace, any two face cards, any pairs, and any suited connectors down to 43o). BUT I've lost the ability to play small pairs and suited connectors.

NOW HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT?

And in his book, Harrington also wrote that agresive style doesnt care much about position. This is confused me the most. Say you have $2900 in chips when the blinds are 50/100, UTG folds, your on 2nd post with A6o, you raised makin it 300 to go, and some one behind you with $1200 move all in, you have to fold. And left you with $2600 in chips, several hands later you do the same thing with KTo also out of position, and the other small stack thinks "I've seen this before, maybe I can make him fold too!". Now you are wounded, the blinds are up to 75/150 and you had to sit back waiting for a premium hands... (not to mention someone behind you are trapping with A's, because he knows what you are doing!)

Maybe, some one can give me their hand requirement when they are playin in the yellow and orange zone.... It'll be such a big help for me.. hehe...

Oh yeah, I got a tendency, when I'm drop to the orange zone, i'd let my self drift down to the red zone while waiting for premium, because I think, if i raise when my M's about 7, my raise will chopping about half of my chip stack, if I got 3 callers, than its a disaster! I dont have more chips to back me up to give some one the wrong odds to see the turn. And if some one put me all in??? I wont go for all of my chips with KTo kinda hand!!!

And in the red zone, that's when the confusion mounting!
Harrington wrote that T6o is a strong enough hand to push. I dont like that idea... Even when I have the first in vigorish.

Until now, when I'm in the red-zone (which almost every time), I'm pushing with any suited ace, AT or better, any two face card JT+, any pair and any suited connectors but just down to 98s. I also need help for hand requirement for pushing in the red zone but not yet in the money....

One more thing, when the blinds are 150/300 with $25 antes each at a full 9 handed table, say you have $2250 in chips. If there's no antes you are not desperate to push with wide range of hands. Because the initial pot is $450 and your M is still 5 and you have 7.5BB. But with antes, makes the initial pot is $657, you still have a 7.5BB (even it's shrinking after each hands because the antes), but you well landed on the M of 3! Will you making the same move (pushing with wide variety hands)?

Harrington never explains the details on that area (hands to push), so I really hope I'll get my answers here..

Thanks In Advance Guys....
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