MTT Strategy

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If you play solid TAG strategy early you should not be card dead in the middle with a short stack very often. Everyone hits a cold deck and get shortstacked though and agression is the only thing that can save you, not your cards. Look for spots to pick up blinds, when a very short stack comes in open pushing call a little wider to help build a stack. Any 2 live cards vs 2 higher non-paired cards are not much of an underdog and you can accumulate chips that way.

There is a style for every card in the deck. As a beginner the standard TAG strategy will keep you out of trouble. A lot of players you see in televised tournaments play looser than even the loosest players I know. The read/ feel of the situation is more important than the cards you hold, this is true, but without a lot of experience stick to playing mostly decent holdings and your decisions will be a lot easier. Then you can gradually loosen up and add more subtle aspects to your game but as a beginner a seasoned player can sniff out when you are weak and exploit that.