Gear Changing

[colipoo]

gear change for me in STTs means the hands i fold without thought early on, become monsters to raise or all in to steal chips late on

[AdamM]

I agree with the STT gear change comments. in live MTTs I've found I've got my gears just about right for the comps I play. first two rounds I'm playing kind of loose/passive trying to see a lot of cheap flops with draws hoping to connect big and win big. If a big hand comes along in that time I'll be making milking bets and building pots. if it's a rebuy I might even be out and out trapping and risking the out draw to get the big pay off. by level three or four I'm tightening up and aiming for a much more classic Tight aggressive. looking to consolodate my position by playing strong when I'm ahead and conserving chips when I'm behind. approaching bubble time Im pushing hard in position and if I get a big hand early position I'm over betting. then final is a fresh start depending on my relative chip stack.

Everyone has different style. some people come out of the blocks much more aggressive than me then tighten up later, others sit back early and come on strong mid game. It's basically a question of finding your style. my hit rate at Notts is around the 50% mark for all comps over the last 3 months so its working for me. now if I could just win a few of those 80/20 shots at the finals...

[Sark79]

ty I appreciate it

[AdamM]

at the end of the day there's no substitute for table time. I started playing home games 5 years ago and online about a year later but I dont think I started really learning until January 2004 when I started playing live MTTs. it took me 18  months to find my own method of consistantly beating the local game and I'm sure my game will need a complete rethink when I get my bank roll up to the bigger buy in deeper stack poker. that's the beauty of this game isnt it. if you stop learning you dont stand still, you go backwards.

[Sark79]

ty Adam,  good luck