4 Simple Mistakes RUINING Your Poker Tournament Results
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- A lot of players struggle to close out tournaments. I get asked all the time about how to close the gap, and it turns out that these players have a lot of issues in common. Today I want to talk about some of these common mistakes and how to fix them.
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If you missed yesterdays video, I analyze quite an interesting hand on Poker Night In America. czcams.com/video/4O_NO-_G-gk/video.html
Cool I'll check it out after this one - thanks for the tips - peace.
You only own 6 tshirts? Are you busto? I suspect your advice may be -ev.
hey doug, wheres the best place to go and learn poker terminology as in icm utg etc etc, i know the basic ones but wana get into detail of what the positions are called etc, thank you
U should start a new game and call it Omaha polker. No limit Omaha hi where u can use any or none of ur 4 cards. U'll be the king of Macao.
Doug I do very well playing tournament just limping. I limp AK AQs all pairs up to JJ thou some times I will raise with those hands, but I prefer just to see the flop. My strongest play is post flop, as I can smell weakness and take pots at will, with proper bet sizing. I also limp my 56s J10s KQs. Basically I only raise QQ KK AA and I usually limp those in early positions. The times I limp my big pairs in early position, sometimes people raise and I can reraise other times there is no raise so my hand is disguised.
There are so many aggressive players now, the trap is the most effective way to play against these guys. Raising just gives away your hand strength and to much information, or it just gives the maniac a chance to reraise you with rags, or out play you. No one is just giving their chips away. the way to win at poker is to come from behind. id much rather limp call then raise and get reraised. Ive cracked so many aces, kings Ak its crazy. And I have lost more money on Aces, kings AK then I do with 56 suited. My limp range is so wide that opponents that observe have no clue what im holding.I may have 56s Ako KQs JJ 64o 74o Meaning I can steal lots of pots with nothing because I just might have two pair when the flop shows 3 cards under 8.
I play way to many hands with a unreadable range which allows me to steal pots at will. i do most of my raising and reraising post flop. And Ill do it with any hand in any position, I have learned that aggressive post flop play is the best to get someone to fold. My favorite move is to limp on a raise call every street then shove with nothing on the river or the nuts. Rarely by the river does the raiser have the NUTS. And if you call every street the raiser just assumes you have something. Sure I get caught alot but i also create havoc, my opponents never have a clue what im holding and at anytime I will attack you with the nuts or rags. it makes it very difficult to get a read of my holdings or hand strength,.
I would love you to try your luck at our weekly home tournament that has been played every Thursday for twenty years. Two of our regulars have won over 100 000 at the WSOp and have only played a few tournaments.
I find a good winning strategy is flopping quads. If you can do that, you'll see your winrate improve rapidly!
Edvards Kuks I’ve been trying my hardest to flop quads but only hit royals. Is this still a valid strategy or should I switch to slots?
not good enough for me i need quads multitabling 12 tables on all
I prefer suited sets...
I had 2/2 vs A 10 Diamonds. flop comes 2D/2/D I check he checks, turn D I check he raises I call, river I check he value bets 15 bb I all in/ xD
Depends what quads, I only play AAAA and KKKK I use QQQQ as a bluff and fold the rest.
Tip #5 : When playing online tournaments, yell "FOOLLDDDD!!! FFOOLLLDDD!!! FFOOOLLDDDD!!!" at your computer screen.
ok got it... I knew there was something I was doing wrong
Lolol i am always doing this. "You better fold..you aint about that life..fold bitch folddd"
Hahaha
haha I do that part right
Bro I’m so deep about that shit. I’m always like “you don’t want to call, that’s half your stack, you could be very wrong, your family will be disappointed, just let me have this one, I just want this one”
So glad Doug explained to play “normally” against top players I might recognize, cause you know, I’m running into Negreanu all the time in my low stakes tourneys on PokerStars…
I've ran into Lex Veldhuis twice on Pokerstars on $50 buy in tourneys
He allso said and ment players you think or know are good players
He's everywhere
Instructions unclear; bought into WSOP for half my roll
JaySooz508 Intructions unclear, when I play with a pro I only play with aces
Lol
Instructions unclear, I play ante and non-ante the same
Instructions unclear, I dont wipe my ass i just get off the toilet
I have 300 on my PS and think about buy in the 215 sunday million with 50k players tonight 😹
Here is the bottom line to ANY TOURNAMENT... the bottom line is, you gotta win flips, that's it. Everything else is secondary.
Winning flips is easier than chasing straights, flushes and boats.
lmao in depth analysis
TheLandOfTears s , true
You can win without going all in consistently
literally so true lol
Doug, I realize that you put out this content for exposure and to gain subscribers ($), but you come across as knowledgeable, while being lighthearted, self-deprecating and genuine in these videos. You have a knack for this. Keep up the great work!
I think an important part of aggression is players noticing it and adapting their range, and you being able to exploit that. If they see you jam with KQ, they’ll start calling your jams with AT or A9, which gives your AQs or AKs much more value. Creating your range is almost as effective as having the hands themselves
Thanks for the call-out, Doug. Your shtick is BOTH funny and spot-on.
This is so relevant to me. Played in a $240 NLH event yesterday and got 17th out of 120. I'm always right there at the end then I'm just blinding out on the bubble. It sucks.
You need to find a hand to jam with before you get below 10-15 big blinds
tip number one to win your first MTT...play 300 of them
live?
You've forgot to add at the same time.
then bluff it off in a cash game within 24hr
@@JackKingOS😂 you mean my life’s story?
i think doug deserves more credit for the amount of content he provides us plebs.
and obviously knows his shit as evidenced by Polk handing Dnegs his ass
Hey Doug, this was uber helpful thank you man. I'm about to play my first 11 dollar on Sunday, so gonna play it tight, hopefully get through the riff raft and then release the beast.
Just wanted to say thanks for your PTOTD a few days ago. I needed a quick reminder to "Play your game." I started to question a few moves I made but in the end, lesson learned and I'm in the green. Just getting a little reassurance from ya was a huge help. Keep it up. Thanks man
No problem! I think the Poker Tip of the Day is a great way to give advice to people
Great stuff Doug just started playing two weeks ago learning my skills right now. Thanks
"Good players get 2 cards -just like you." Well said.
One thing I really appreciate about these tips is that I can apply them to card games even if they don't involve Poker at all. I'm a Weiss Schwarz Nationals Representative from 2015 and have never played Poker in my life, and even then I still learn things based off of your tips that I really should internalize more.
Thanks, Doug.
Doug, you're commentary analysis in the SugarHouse Casino livestream March was simply superb. Thanks.
Hey Doug, I just played my first tourney after watching this and won 1st place. Thanks for the help on all your videos!
Congratulations mate what tournament was it
Is this a paid review lol
Online sit n go for 1$
Oh this poor soul.
5 hours into my first 20k- I had ladies cracked by the small blinds 43 off (he was trying to bluff me off my 2.5x raise). The straight he turned busted me in 43rd... I even flopped a q giving me a set. I fixated for weeks on what I could have done differently. "Should I have gone all in and aimed for the blinds/antes? Was it the right move to under rep to get the big and small to put more chips in?"
Fast forward- the next two 20ks I entered, made final table, ran great, and bluffs went through. Playing the exact game that fucked me at the first.
Point being- trust that you're good enough to be at the table if you're sitting there! Everyone gets sucked out on sometimes. Bad luck is a feature of this game. Good luck guys.
Not building the pot in a tournament, when you have queens in late position, with no one else in the hand but sb and bb, would be the surest way to lose in any tournament, straight up.
Like Polk said sometimes it's your turn to die..
Hahaha not trying to be a dick, but I don't need more studied players at my 20ks! if you're watching Doug videos you're not welcome ;) All I'll say is Southern California every Friday. Good luck!
I'm not expert, but when I play I try to be less aggressive at a new table so I get a feel for how the other players play. When I'm involved in hands with people who will bet anything to try and make their hands, and I have a strong hand, I know that pretty much only an all in will push them off the hand. Which maybe I shouldn't do, but I've been burned a lot trying to get value for my good hands and had my opponent make bigger bets than they should and getting me on the turn or river.
Bad luck is a feature of this game? Bad luck is ALL of this game. 5% skill, 95% luck. Bullshit.
So I watched this video this morning and joined some low stakes tourney tonight with the deliberate notion of not thinking as much about ICM and won 50$ from like 10cents..... I gotta say winning first feels incredible after usually finishing 10th 20th or 30th or whatever. Your tip about going hard with antes and if it's your time to go really changed my game. You're my poker hero bud.
Keep it up Doug , amazing content . opening 50% on the button ftw in MTT . made a huge difference to my game play . See more flops in position and make decisions from there .
Two fundamental mistakes I see people making in tournaments.
1. Playing too many hands early on
2. Playing too few hands late on
Mitjitsu It just clicked in my head.
Hey, you forgot an 'r'!!
This just about sums it up.
As a good deep stack player and a poor short stack player I def do this misstake.
@@Auktioneronline People say early game in a tournament plays the same as a cash game. Maybe in the higher buy ins where players are prone to playing absurdly tight. In that case playing looser poker with more bluffs makes sense. However, vast majority of the time nitting up and exploiting calling stations is the best strategy during the opening levels.
first time I see some poker player giving the most honest tips. i like it
You're the best Doug, thanks for all the help.
I find in large fields, table selection is key. I recently played in a circuit event and had 3x the average stack. I spent the next 4 levels getting moved to 6 tables because of my being next BB or table break downs. I couldn’t get a read table to table, then got moved to a table with 5 other pros. Between getting blinded out and losing middle set over top set, I was hurting. I was afraid to get aggressive on a new table with bad cards not knowing how anyone plays. Great points as always Doug. You’re one of the best.
Hey Doug, love the pic in the background with Hellmuth smirk LOL that is awesome! Have a great one!
Thank you for your videos Doug! You´re offering very much help to me ! :)
this guy is the realist poker advisor out there. doug your pre flop chart has been an improvement for me.
Thanks for the info, i was not aware of some of the things you said, cant wait to put these to work , thanks hope to see you at the tables.
good stuff here Doug . very well done sir . keep em coming!
Hey Doug I am going to play in a higher stake tournament than usual this weekend against some well known pros, and I am considering drastically changing my game, what specific tips do you have that you think I should employ?
Great tips. Love doug's honesty.
Fantastic wake up call straight to the point! Play your range aggressively against anyone, especially with antes.
Hey great video. Something right in my territory. Would appreciate more tournament info in the future - gives some great points to think about.
Hey Doug, I have a question that has really perplexed me regarding late regging. Is it true that an average winning player is only expected to increase chip stack by 25-40% by the end of the late reg period? And therefore, late regging or max late regging doesn't affect my ROI by much? If true, I think I would prioritize cash games more during the W SOP and late reg the tournaments that I play. Thanks!
Hey Doug, would you be able to do a review of freely available analysis software that you have used/use and think could be useful?
Thanks for the content man!
Michael Yeager No problem Michael!
@@DougPolkPoker 3 years later this is still wholesome
hey doug thanks again for another great video, I feel as though your my coach! I should be paying you as I've been dominating micro stakes mtts as of late thanks for the help!
thanks Doug. good advice.
great stuff doug you should do more tournament content
Great vid Douglas. TY sir 👍
I specifically sought this topic and then searched to find your take.
Wasn't disappointed.
Thanks again.
Hey Doug, I have a question. How big the average field of the tournament should be, so I would not experience few months of a downswing that often (I grind full time and easily beat the field)? Does 500-1000 people still counts as "huge"?
Great stuff as always. You should keep doing what you're doing. I just joined UpSwing and it's great. I'm a 42 year old live player relearning the game from the ground up ;)
Rick Tilghman ne
Consistently placing between 10th and 20th?
That's beautiful!
*The overwhelmingly majority of players mere slowly or quickly go broke.*
If you are cashing nearly all the time be happy.
doug ive not played in a while. im just getting used to it again.. been playin for the last four months just in three dollar spin and go and ten cent tournies... your videos have helped me alot. do u think im playing in the right games in terms of getting practice
Doug I saw you bought a new lense for your camera but I'm wondering if the focus is not as sharp as before? Or did you upload in 1080p before? Might just be in my head.
good tips 👍nice explanations. I just subscribed because your not overly opinionated like some, well so far 😀
Hi Doug, Where did you get that T shirt? love it! Also I like your philosophy of playing for 1st place. I have found myself getting a bit timid in the past when there are pay jumps. But I guess if you bubble one tournament from your style of play you might get 1st in the next one. which sure as shit beats a min cash!
hey doug, I was wondering about your upswing poker lab. I went to the website and it for the most part just seems to be geared towards holdem. I play PLO for the most part and was wondering if you offer just as much material on omha
Thanks for the Polker tips
cool point too about sitting down with some software to analyze ante v non-ante ranges thanks!
Hey Doug Wanted to ask you what is probably a stupid question, but when I am playing online in a fairly big (500+ players) tournament I find myself typically finishing in around the 2nd or 3rd table about 80% of the time m busting out about 15% of the time and making top 5 of the final table the rest of the time. Next weekend I am going to go play my first live tournament a very small one with only a $50 entry fee and less than 10 tables. How different is this live play going to be compared to the online play? Do you have any tips? Thanks
Wish you would come back to poker video bro. They still help us . Don’t forget where you came from bro. Your poker play and tip really help. Don’t play cool. Don’t forget about the 35 percent that still enjoy the Polker Hands! Have a great week bro!
A great vlog of some of your insights.
Hey Doug, when it comes to tournaments is more rake better?
Thanks a lot for this video!
Doug, why don't you change your name to Doug Pok? You know, because of POKer Hands?
tteverywhere 97 YES
or just Doug Poke
Doug Pokesher
StillTrying2Help
I did. I mean, I thought of a lot of jokes like this and the Pok one seemed the best.
may as well just change it to doug poker
Hey Doug! I really like the title. 4 Simple Mistakes RUINING Your PoLker tournament Results! Awesome!
I was waiting for this video
Can you discuss the value/importance/timing of showing a winning bluff occasionally? Or do you recommend never showing?
sick i implented those 4 tips and now destroying micro stakes 3 wins out of 3 tournaments, Thanks Doug!!!
thanks so much. appreciated
Hey Doug Im not in a Trolling mood today but I do have a more serious question or topic. For people like me who started playing online Poker and want to transition into the Live world. How can we prepare and what are some things we can expect that may be different then playing online? If you dont think it would be a good video I understand but I figured Id throw an idea out that could help me as well as others!
Doug, can you make a video explaining to intermediate players easily overlooked simple mistakes. Like I still don't really know when I should be betting 3/4 the pot, 1/2 the pot, or the whole pot, etc.
Doug can you please review a Chip Reese hand?
Thanks a lot love the channel.
I like the fourth tip. On poker stars they usually let you know it's your time to die when you get AA or AK. Also those last three tips were amazing! But the first ,tip#4, had the most content!
I just watched this and proceeded to bubble! I want a refund!
Lol
Perfect video right before my Vegas tourney bender
@1:50 lol I love that you needle Vanessa Selbst every chance you get XD
Great content! 😎😎
I think when you're playing micro or low stakes it does make sense to adjust some of your strategy to the fact that you're mainly playing with weak players.
I feel like this mainly manifests in more exploitative bet sizings, however I also do feel like this is a bit of a guessing game and that new players should focus on developing a solid general strategy and then try and pick out these exploitative spots once they have more experience.
The dealers in all organized poker tournament hosted by casinos does a (what looks like) normal Overhand Shuffle. But while the dealer is shuffling they keep track of the cards they want to stack, and with a little practice they can manage to put the exact number of cards in between the cards they want to stack to make the next round of dealing favorable for whoever they choose.
@DougPolk Can you please make a video about relative position? How to best use it and any tips on it. Also having a agro player on you right or left. Thank's
"Everyone knows when you go to 2k , no one three bets and you play family pots!" -Hilerious quote from the GOAT !Keep up the great content!
THank you so much Vanessa Selbst, you're my favorite player.
She looks better and smarter in this video
Hey doug, Any advice for playing 10 cent all in every hand tournaments?
Tournament sucks, there's no rake at each hand.
Love the videos Doug..
love that picture of you and hellmuth. perfect.
Nice to get a conformation from a man like You.! 💎
When I first saw you framed that picture of your winning hand with Hellmuth next to you I was DEAD XD
Hey Doug, have you ever thought of calling it Polka Hanz? .... On a serious note, thanks for the new PLO content on Upswing. I was sort of half-watching last night, looks really good so far, looking forward to watching more thoroughly tonight.
BradDanyluk is there any plo8 content on their yet?
Good video! I have a question - What do you think about develop "standard" ranges, for tournaments, like this exemple:
100+ UTG and UTG+1
Maniac (vs tight table, blinds fishes, button tight, blablabla):
16% 55+,ATs+,A5s-A2s,AJo+,K9s+,KQo,Q9s+,J9s+,T8s+,97s+,86s+,75s+,65s
Loose (vs average table, blinds fishes, etc):
14% 66+,ATs+,A5s-A2s,AJo+,KTs+,KQo,Q9s+,J9s+,T8s+,98s,87s,76s
Default (vs "no infos"):
12.5% 66+,ATs+,A5s,A4s,AJo+,KTs+,Q9s+,J9s+,T8s+,98s,87s,76s
Tight (vs agro table, a lot of 3bettors, blablabla):
10% 77+,ATs+,A5s,AQo+,KTs+,QTs+,J9s+,T9s,98s,87s
Anyway, i am trying to improve this kinda "strategy?" but a lot of good pros said to me that wasnt great. What do you think about it? Thanks.
This is a kind of a long term improvement, maybe in 3 years im crushing the hole sh*t, or not... lol
It might be a great way to learn the ranges, but it's going to be too much.
You will want a standard opening range from every position, against all players, on all stacksizes. Once you get 3-bet, you will need other charts to determine which hands will 4-bet/flat/fold, with all the stacksizes, against all different opponents, and then 3bet ranges.
All in all, it's probably good to have as a "standard", but if you have to look at a chart to determine what the best play is, you're not learning the game correctly and it will probably make your analytical thinking of the game weaker.
I'd use it if I wanted to get out of lowstakes :)
Doug: big blind ante seems to be here to stay. Does this then change the tourny strategy to play just a bit more like cash? in the sense that you're now not investing money in every pot. Do you defend your BB (which is now pretty much doubled) with an even wider range?
Doug Polk can you do a hand analysis on the hand where Grinder fold it a flush head up yesterday on WPT tournament of champions ?
I feel like it was one of the most extraordinary spots I seen on TV poker !
love the video Doug.
You never fail to amaze me, Dan.
Good points, especially the last one (though you don't need us to tell you that :-P). At lower stakes levels, a lot of players really do sweat cash and final table bubbles, and as a result bluffs get even stronger than they already are. In a cash game or earlier in the tournament you might see these players call at least a flop bet to see if their equity improves on the turn, but as the bubbles approach, often they'll just fold down on the flop if they haven't hit it hard enough.
Poker is a lot like many other sports and games in the world - if you play conservatively for fear of not placing high enough, you decrease your chances of an overall win. In many forms of competition the best of the best have an all-or-nothing approach and it serves them quite well.
Like the picture in the back :-) Priceless!
Phil's body language says it all!
You are the best coach!
Doug your videos are dope AF
Played poker last night while watching your video and this guy sitting next to me laughs and points at his phone. We were watching the same video 10 seconds apart from each other LOL! Keep it up Doug! Thanks for the poker vids!
playing poker and watching vids at the same time??
@@benforshizzle I play poker and watch porn at the same time.
@@bigballinhustla nice move
I always look your videos and I hope one day to become a your level of player to be able to sit at a table with you. but it will be very difficult because now i play to NL25. for me you're one of the best players at the moment and you're an inspiration to many.
My only recorded live cash (most tournaments around here aren't tracked, I've played in maybe 6 tracked events) was 4th in an HPT with about 530 players. I went into day 2 tied with the 2nd or 3rd biggest stack and about 50 players remaining.
I've been to day 2s of other events with average or below average stacks, and never done well. That day was some of the easiest poker I've ever played. My raises got more respect than normal, people just gave up on turns against me a ton, and my preflop 3-bets worked all the way down to the final table every time (and at one point I was 3-betting at least once a round).
I am part of many poker groups on FB, and I see that question a lot... "I make it almost to the bubble but I'm always short stacked and end up getting it in good but losing." My answer is always the same: Play more aggressively in the middle stages so you either bust or have a good stack to contend. One 1st place is worth ten, a hundred or in really big field events maybe thousands of times what a min cash is. Playing for 1st and busting earlier, especially in low to mid stakes tournaments that run weekly or daily, is the only way to show profit (if you even can overcome the rake).
Thanks for the tips, Doug! I'm thinking of hitting the WSOP for the first time since 2010 this summer and have been debating what parts of my game I should work on for the better structures and players... I suppose the only answer is "all of it". Keep up the amazing work.
in the beginnig you said tha you should enter more hands due to the aante factor but lately you said thay your range in the tour should be more conservative...can you explain what do you mean???
Thanks Doug. For busting me on the bubble
Hey Doug when are you going to do that hand about Phil Laak that you promised a few videos ago? ;)
Doug, love the new picture behind you I bet Phil is pounding the like button