Advice for my first WSOP tourney?

[beermankirk]

Enjoy the horrible players playing 2/5 NL at the Rio cash games, and also 2 words....

Mississippi Straddle!

[woodguy]

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Thanks for the tips, guys! Please keep it coming. Any advice on making it past day 1?

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Raise.

Regards,
Woodguy

[pacecar86]

have fun, play your game & GL....outside temp next week expected to be 115+, so, insta-smoke time...and, oh, don't underestimate the older Soparano type NJ guy at 2/5 nl who tables a little sign "Welcome to the Snake Pit" and puts 2 little plastic cobras on top of his chip towers

[Foucault]

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Your First World Series of Poker by Andrew Brokos

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The writer seems to be rather weak/tight. I would not recommend playing this way since there are too many people preying on those players. The Vehedi quote about being willing to die is better advice. Do not play scared because a good player will smell it and exploit you.

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FYI, the author also (correctly) called off 25% of his stack with KQ high on the river in level 1. :-)

But yes, I do advocate avoiding tricky spots at certain stages of the tournament. If you're going to be weak tight, it's better to do it preflop than on the river.