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Tonight myself and a couple of friends are going down to the local casino where they are holding for the first time, a £5 buy-in texas hold 'em tournament... they will apparently be doing this every Wednesday-Friday.

This will be my first proper live tournament... and I am quite nervous. Could be up to about 50 people entering and re-buys for first couple of hours I think!? So the prize pool could be around £500-£600... do you have any advice?

I'm not a fan of re-buys as it drags on and people with too much money keep buying back and play crazy I assume in the early rounds to accumulate chips. I doubt I will be buying back in.

Is a basic ABC strategy the best way to go? Don't try and get fancy with squeeze plays and pulling moves that won't get you any where unless they think beyond their own cards etc?

Thanks.