What I learned as noob in the Big Deep Stack tourney

Alright, I'm new to poker owned and just getting back into poker since black friday.
I play on carbon poker and won a freeroll into the Big Dance.
First time I played that type of tourney and here's a few things I learned.
#1 Scared money is just dead money. If you are nervous in a hand that is going to affect your ability to make the right decisions.
#2 It's impossible to win a big pot without putting your chips in the middle. While you shouldn't just go crazy with mediocre hands, you can't always fold to a 3 or 4 bet. There's really only 3 ways to win a huge pot in hold'em against competent players. A) The hold'em nightmare AA vs KK or KK vs QQ. B) Over pair vs flopped set C) Over pair vs monster draw. That's where's the money is at. Yeah can exploit weaker players by ramming your AK into the KQ. You'll find fish you can stack off with them calling with JJ after the flop with your Q on board etc. The real huge pots are those 3.
#3AK is only dominant over other aces preflop. It is hand that can hit and hit hard but don't go crazy with it.
#4 The button is your friend. You should be willing to call/raise with almost anything remotely playable. Depending on your opponents, you don't even need anything good. Often times raising the Cbet will take down the pot unless they have a monster. The 3 or 4 players to your left need to be abused.
#5 Patience. Even if you are getting a little shortstacked in the middle stages, pick your spots to steal but relax and don't go crazy. You still have plenty of time.

Take a shot with the big boys every once in a while. There are only 4 aces in the deck. not all 3 players in the pot can have rockets lol. No monsters are under your bed. If someone is always raising on your blind, every 3 or 4 times 3 or 4 bet'em. Doesn't matter what you have. Eventually they will learn, you're not the sucker. Smack'em a few times. They will search for a different one.
Anyways, this is just my thoughts on playing in deep stacked tourneys.
See ya this sunday in the big time.

good advice!! rule #3 is defintiley a good one! AK is way overplayed!!

well I think AK gives you chances against any pair QQ and lower. You still have chances to hit. You also are dominating any A or K, but it's really strong preflop as it doesn't have much play after the flop. Personally, I love Big Slick especially when he breaks their heart on the river with the K. Deep in tourneys it's a monster Especially against the short stack. They are going to play back with any ace or any K9 Kt KJ or KQ. It's heart breaking for them to see

Rule #3 is definitely true. Too many people overvalue AK and think it's as strong as AA. Rule #4...I love button betters, always take their chips with rags..definitelly does't work against seasoned players.

I agree with #3 its pretty much 50-50 preflop even if your against like 3,4 or something but it still is dominating something like kx or ax

Im not sure what game your talking about, but I'm assuming the $215 big ticket. I have played in that a couple times, definitely alot of light 3bets. I like your advice, sounds pretty acurate and sound. GL.

sounds like great deepstacked advice. position / blind play has ALOT to do with my deepstacked game

yea ace king is always over played! I fall into that trap myself sometimes!

Well written thrread my friend!

Don't be scared, call that three bet late position with a "mediocre" hand provided you have enough chips. Suited connectors can be big profit on a flop.

#3..I see so many people get trapped with AK by throwing out a reraise pre, and following up with fatty C-bet on a rag flop.

Deepstack is more skill based than non deep stacked play IMO

very insightful...thanks for the post OP.

Good advice/pokers rules. I myself overplay AK sometimes but am never scared money.

Good Tips. AK is overplayed especially in limit formats. Definitely a no limit type hand better than limit. Nice to see you're learning and sharing your tips....should help everyone learn a little bit more too.

Ace rag (like AK) crushes me daily...Ship It with any ace rag

Better players have a greater chance of winning Deep Stacks IMO....less luck involved

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Rule #3 is definitely true. Too many people overvalue AK and think it's as strong as AA. Rule #4...I love button betters, always take their chips with rags..definitelly does't work against seasoned players.

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You can take down the button raiser with rags until he gets just slightly better on the flop than you do. I think button play is much more valuable in middle and late stages though. When people have 10k chips, calling a 60 chip raise doesn't mean anything. Calling a 250 preflop raise doesnt mean anything. If nit is only raising premium hands on the button, i think the blinds will be able to fold reasonably however when you constantly apply pressure you can cause one of them to spazz out and play back into with 2nd nut hands. I stacked off 2 people last weekend doing that. AA vs QQ and JJ vs AK. 2nd hand jack KJ5 rainbow was on the flop. Poor guy couldn't help himself on the turn and shoved. I thanked him very kindly before he was felted.
This post was just meant just some insights I gained. it's not really meant to be a guide or 100% facts. Just for me to share. That's all

Nice tips and great start!

One thing I would recommend is trying to dig even deeper. Okay AK only dominates other aces, but how does that alter the way you should play them? What should you do if you miss an A or K on the flop? Is it a 3betting hand? If your opponent is loose aggressive versus tight aggressive, versus loose passive, etc. how does that change your relative hand strength? How does that change your chances against their range? Are there cards that can hit for you to make money without hitting your hand? Things like that.

i play AK aggressively and its my 2nd most profitable hand with a win rate of 72% out of 163 times. AQ, now that's an overplayed hand.

wen you play deepstack you can wait for big hand

In deep stack tourneys I would say less varience not less luck. Rule 1 I definitely agree with. Rule 2 I do not, in a deep stack tourney there is no reason to risk all of you chips unless you have the nuts. Hints Negrano's strategy small ball poker (just depends on your strategy). Rule 3 on the AK I think that new players definitely overplay by calling too many bets when they did not connect. But non the less it is a strong hand when it hits because you will almost always have the best hand in a small pot. Just got to use pot control.

Totally agree with #3 and #4, good luck