An Anthology of 2+2 Wisdom on MTT's (Original Thread)

[Foucault]

When I first joined this forum, I asked for links to some of the 'classic' MTT posts. I got referred to a lot of excellent posts, and since I've been here, I've seen a lot more. I've benefited a lot from the gems of wisdom that have appeared in this forum, and I'd like to give something back, but I'm just not a good enough player to produce such a gem on my own. So I thought it might be helpful to others who are new here if I collected some of the posts I found most helpful in one place. A couple of caveats:

1. THIS IS NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT EXHAUSTIVE! I haven't been here long, so I'm sure there are plenty of excellent posts I don't know about and haven't included here. I hope people will reply to this post with their favorites, and help me and others find these pearls.

2. Don't be offended if you aren't on here. See above. I know there are some excellent players and posters on this forum who aren't represented. That just means I haven't been lucky enough to come across one of your great posts yet. Instead of getting angry, please refer me to them.

3. I know Jurollo has talked about having the mods collect and organize the best posts to come out of this forum, and when they do, I'm sure their collection will be much better than mine. But in the meantime, here are my favorites:

Game Selection

Burningyen Compares Tournament Structures at the Major Sites

Getting Paid Off

Jason Strasser Explains How to Build Pots and Get Paid Off With Big Hands

Woodguy Refers Us to Some Tips From Fimbulwinter on Important Ring Game Skills

CardSharpCook Teaches You How Not To Be a Fish

Jason Strasser Discusses Creative Tournament Play

Controlling Pot Size

MrMoo Gets Some Advice About How and Why to Control the Size of the Pot

Making Reads

Gigabet's Almost There With Success and Failure

Aggression

MLG Explains Why Aggression is Good (Even When It Doesn't Work)

Playing the Big Stack

Gigabet's Theory of Stack Sizes

MLG Contemplates Knowingly Taking the Worst of It

MLG Initiatives a Discussion About That Mysterious Inflection Point

ZeeJustin Wonders Whether the Big Stack's Chips Are Really Less Valuable

Woodguy Starts a Discussion of How to Play With a Big Stack

Full Tournament Reports

Adanthar Wins the Empire 15K Guaranteed

Punker Wins the Party Super Tuesday

Punker Wins the Party Super Monday