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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Totally depends on your stack size. If you are a big stack, its a good time to open up your game and take advantage of the fact, smaller stack are more risk averse. If you are a middling stack you do need to play tighter especially against big stacks. As a small stack you play relatively normal. In MTTs both small and medium stacks can sometimes benefit by slowing down the action to reduce the number of hands dealt, before the bubble burst.
aorodrigo
Rock Star
Platinum Level
This is an interesting topic about your question> https://www.cardschat.com/forum/online-poker-73/wasting-timebank-really-clever-551752/
thedarkman
Legend
Platinum Level
That depends on your chip position. If you have a massive stack, you can use it to steal the blinds. If you have a tiny stack...pray!
mariale_1990
Legend
Platinum Level
For me it depends on the stack I have at that moment, but also on other factors such as: how passive or aggressive they are playing at my table, if there is any player who can affect my stack so much that it puts my game at risk. But I usually don't like to take unnecessary risks at that stage, I prefer to be safe and then risk.
_420_420_
Rock Star
Silver Level
Just played a tournament yesterday... the bubble was no sweat at all! A guy with a wayyy bigger stack then me jammed AK into a set of 7s on the flop then the guy hit quads on the turn... He committed ICM suicide
yuriko oyama
Legend
Platinum Level
I see so many traps near the bubble, and I've personally fallen into so many, that I prefer to try to conserve my stack, and if I'm very short, I wait as long as possible so that the unwary leave before me.
thedarkman
Legend
Platinum Level
It really hurts to go out on the bubble. I'd rather be busted out first hand than one off the money.
TeUnit
Legend
Loyaler
It depends on your chip stack- With a big chip stack you want to be poning, there is no better time to accumulate chips. If you are the short stack its time for what Prahlad Friedman would call "practicing avoidance" while you wait for your spot to shove.
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mura2545
Enthusiast
Silver Level
All controlled until you get paid!
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budaloto
Enthusiast
Silver Level
GGpoker returns buy in if you early bird (register before tournament start, not after). If you play BH tournament prize of lowest ITM is same as BI.
I go aggresive when im early bird with short stack, because most of player play thigh to return investment. There is good chance with stealing some BB to increase stack for later game
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budaloto
Enthusiast
Silver Level
GGpoker reward bubble in low and mid stakes. Full BI + Freeroll pass which is Flipout tournament.
