What I like to do is pick out a weak player that goes all in a lot, wait for a good hand and pick them off. I only like this stategy in a biger tourney because in smaller ones I usually try to out-play the other competitors. In the bigger tourneys you are also more likely to come up against a player that is very loose and will put all of his/her chips in with nothing. If you can catch one of them with a good starting hand like big slick or a high pocket pair, you can knock them off about 80% of the time.
Of course you are taking the risk of losing the tournament early on, but this move pays off more often than not. |