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08-11-2007, 10:06 AM
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preparing for the all africa poker tournament
Hey guys, the all africa poker tournamentis taking place next weekend. I won my seat online, and it will only be my second big live tournament. I would like some guidelines on how i should prepare for this tournament (mentally, physically etc)
Here's the blind structure (30 000 starting stacks): [ QUOTE ] Friday 17th August 2007 – The Tournament starts at 09:00am. Blind – 25/50 – 1 Hour Blind – 50/100 – 1 Hour Blind – 100/200 (25 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 150/300 (25 Ante) – 1 Hour Lunch Blind – 300/600 (50 Ante)- 1 Hour (All 25 chips are removed) Blind – 400/800 (100 Ante) - 1 Hour Blind – 500/1000 (200 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 700/1400 (100 Ante) – 1 Hour Dinner Blind – 1000/2000 (200 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 1 500/3 000 (300 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 2 000/4 000 (300 Ante) – 1 Hour (All 100 chips are removed) Blind – 2 500/5 000 (500 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 3 000/6 000 (1 000 Ante) – 1 Hour (All 500 chips are removed) Saturday 18th August 2007 Blind – 4 000/8 000 (1 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 5 000/10 000 (1 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 7 000/14 000 (2 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 8 000/16 000 (3 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Lunch Blind – 10 000/20 000 (3 000 Ante) – 1 Hour (All 1 000 chips are removed) Blind – 15 000/30 000 (5 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 20 000/40 000 (5 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 25 000/50 000 (5 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Dinner Blind – 30 000/60 000 (5 000 Ante) – 1 Hour (All 1000 chips are removed) Blind – 40 000/80 000 (10 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 50000/10 0000 (10 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Blind – 100 000/200 000 (20 000 Ante) – 1 Hour Should the tournament not be concluded play will continue until a winner is decided. [/ QUOTE ] What type of strategy should i have for this blind structure where we start off very deep, but in the 13 hours of day 1 the starting stack goes from 600BB to 5BB? also what reading should i do? (i have most of the 2+2 books, and a few other tournament and tells books) The buyin is ZAR30,000 (for a package including accomodation and meals, about R20k will go to the prizepool), 120 players are expected, and the payouts are expected to be (US$1 = R7): 1st – R1,030,000 2nd – R280,000 3rd – R230,000 4th – R180,000 5th - R130,000 6th – R120,000 7th – R110,000 8th – R100,000 9th – R90,000 10th – R80,000 All comments will be appreciated 
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08-11-2007, 11:55 AM
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Re: preparing for the all africa poker tournament
First of all, the average stack will probably be atleast 30xBB by the end of day 1 due to bustouts.
When you are playing with 600xBB (or 200xBB), position is more important and suited connectors and pps are more valuable. Unsuited high cards or less valuable. You generally should not raise a bunch of limpers with AQo in the blinds. You probably can/should make larger than normal raises, since they are likely to be called. Obviously, with deep money, there is plenty of opportunity to outplay people and win big pots from people overplaying top pair or whatever. Doyle Brunson's chapter in <u>Super System</u> is good for deep money play. You want to be familiar with the players at your table and their styles. Usually, there will be some people who are just donks and some players who kind of know what they are doing but are weak/tight and readable. You want to take advantage of these. You want to avoid the better players as much as possible, but if someone is playing overaggressive there are ways to take advantage of this also. Lindgren's <u>Making the Final Table</u> describes how to play the players and situations in a major tournament. As far as books, obviously HOH, TPFAP, and NLHTP are worth reading. People tend to play cautiously in live tournaments, so there should be a lot of opportunities to steal pots later on, but be careful when someone who is not a known LAG shows strength. It is a long day, so try to keep your concentration. I busted out of both major tournaments I played in late in day 1.
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