In this article, I will present general strategies you can use in big tournaments, meaning hundreds and sometimes thousands of players, such as freeroll tournaments for example.. These strategies apply to “normal pace” tournaments. By that, I mean a typical structure found in tournaments where the blinds start low, and the blind increments from level to level are not excessively steep. Also, the total time between level increases is average (10-12 minutes or so is common). These strategies do not apply to “turbo” tournaments where the blinds increase very quickly and by a lot.

Starting Strategy

Because this is a slower pace tournament, I will advise you to take your time when you first start out. Semi-conservative play is good at first. You’ll notice that what tends to happen in the first 10 hands of any big freeroll tournament is that a lot of people go all in. Some go all in because they have an ace in their hands and hope to get lucky. Others my have a pair and try to win big. Some people just go all in no matter what they have and hope to win the “first hand lottery”. You don’t want to be involved at this stage because too many people call. Remember that in general, you only want to be…. read rest of article at MyPokerCorner.com