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Message: [QUOTE="Cbabycee, post: 6941539, member: 1006127"] From personal experience - I can’t comment on buy ins that big to begin MTTs but the only way to progress is experience. I’ve been playing for 12 years and it’s only in the last year it’s all come together for me and that’s with me living with a very experienced successful MTT player who lives and breathes poker 24/7. The buy in, starting stack, structure all matter and my advice would be to stick to one or two variations and buy in levels - get comfortable with that before adding other variants. You need to keep an eye on the average stack and learn to be patient, but not blind out playing to tight. Pick up on the way your opponents play spot their patterns, be aware of your own table perception and use that to your advantage- mix it up. These things however, can only be used when you are totally confident with the basics, and don’t have to think too much about your hand strengths etc. then you can focus on the bigger picture. Know when you should be pushing, don’t bet fold constantly, be aware of position and pot odds, don’t commit yourself unnecessarily, but be aware of how much damage you could do to those that follow you especially on the bubble. Learning to play the short stack is something that comes from experience but once you master it, it can be easier than playing large stacks. The decisions are easier that’s for sure. AK v AA is always difficult and will be played differently at different times. If I’m on the bubble with AK sat in 10th with 21 left and 20 get a ticket, then I’m folding AK there I’ve no need to risk a guaranteed win. If I have AK and 6BB it’s always going to be a shove, but I’d fold it if it turned up as first hand in a MTT when the blinds are 10/20 and someone’s pushed 1500 all in. I don’t need to risk my tournament for 30 chips on AK when 44 has me beat. If you play online Partypoker have a new feature on PC ‘Wiz’ their AI assistant that will assess your hands and once you’ve played so many will give you a report card of your strengths and leaks and give you missions to fix your leaks. They have tons of free roll MTTs that you can get deep in and learn how to use big stacks. Alongside the AI you can get some really helpful pointers and experience. I get the money doesn’t seem to be an issue but I’ve found being able to afford big buyins doesn’t mean the play is stronger. Micro tournaments can be a lot harder to play because the players are less experienced and have less to lose so gamble more, so getting experience in those games can give you an edge in bigger buy ins. I don’t think there’s a course that can teach you everything because there is so much variation in play and situations, that you get a ‘sense’ of people’s patterns and leaks and that only comes with experience. Try to focus on one or two structures/speeds/starting stacks and get comfortable with those before moving on to others - ie play your deep stack turbo game at maybe 250 and 500 buy in and just stick to that format/variation. Jumping from turbos to hyper can make them seem crazy pressure :) Good Luck [/QUOTE]

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