| One of my forum members and video | | | | 2- You may very well be cutting your own legs |
| subscribers came up with this question and even | | | | at this stage because it is volatile for a reason - |
| though I have addressed it before it certainly is a | | | | that being many opponents with orange and red |
| topic worth getting deeper in thought. Here is the | | | | mzone stacks are not in the least bit interested in |
| question: | | | | making the money and for scoring 3, 5, 8 or 10 |
| “I have watched your videos Marty and I | | | | bucks for their account. Although that attitude is |
| actually have a list of your key points that I read | | | | sound mathematical advice for serious money |
| through at the beginning of every tournament and | | | | tournaments, I have never found it profitable |
| sometimes during as well. I am constantly telling | | | | competing with a table of brain-deads. |
| myself MAKE THE MONEY but yet, when it's | | | | 3- Every time you bust out due to over |
| getting close to the bubble I start becoming more | | | | aggressiveness NEAR THE MONEY there is at |
| aggressive and half the time end up busting out | | | | least a 20% chance that you would have |
| when I could of easily (or barely sometimes) | | | | encountered significantly better opportunities (AA, |
| make it to the money. I know you talked about | | | | AK, KK, QQ etc.) just a hand or two later that |
| how making the money is vital when you are | | | | would have doubled you up. Add that to your ITM |
| starting out but once you have an established | | | | money finishes and all of a sudden you are ITM |
| bankroll this might change. How can I work on | | | | 15% to 20% of the time. Calculate a fraction of |
| convincing myself that while aggressive play is | | | | those times into final table and top 3 finishes and |
| best if you have the money to do it, while I'm | | | | then you start to see how a bankroll building |
| building my bankroll it is not what I want to be | | | | process really works. |
| doing?” | | | | 4- Staying extra tight aggressive at this stage will |
| Ok fair point here and I agree it's a difficult | | | | also give you more quality time in a tournament |
| concept to grasp, but I would like to reiterate | | | | that translates directly into experience which you |
| here that in entry level tournament play your | | | | can refer to over and over again. Let's face it, |
| most profitable strategy will be super tight, even | | | | the nitty-gritty and tough decisions of tournament |
| NEAR THE MONEY. Essentially you shouldn't be | | | | play starts NEAR THE MONEY, so why be willing |
| playing hands (while establishing your bankroll) | | | | to bow out there in a marginal situation? Here is |
| where you are NOT the favorite. Being a clear | | | | where you get to see the quality players making |
| favorite is even better when NEAR THE MONEY. | | | | good decisions and taking advantage of others |
| I have several reasons for this, so hear me out. | | | | mistakes. |
| 1- In a higher buy-in situation your aggressiveness | | | | 5- Finally, inching up your poker bankroll is infinitely |
| will have impact, but not in the tournaments (you | | | | better than reloading. If you can learn to manage |
| should) be playing while building. Namely the $1 to | | | | your own emotions, improve your decisions, and |
| $10 multi table tournaments. As many tournament | | | | tame the monkeys while playing low buy in online |
| indicator forum members will agree with me here, | | | | tournaments you are absolutely setting yourself |
| your aggressiveness will often be matched with | | | | up for bigger, more profitable tournaments. Use |
| utter stupidity and while you can have a strong | | | | your initial deposit as a learning grace period for |
| hand in such a situation, it's usually the marginal | | | | yourself. If you have to reload that’s fine, but |
| leads that fall and send you sinking into the tilt | | | | don't reload because of over aggressiveness |
| zone. | | | | NEAR THE MONEY. |