By Michael Mizrachi
Recently I changed my style. In the early stages of a tournament, I’ll still be super-aggressive – I’m in sixth gear, raising a lot of pots – but as soon as I’ve built a huge stack, I play a little more conservatively and lay down some hands. I put my car in neutral and slow down a bit before the final table.

I realized that I don’t have to go chasing those big pots in the later stages of a tournament. In the past, I’d be hungry to play the big pots, and found that I’d frequently end up narrowly missing those final tables when I really should have been there. So I sat down, took a long, hard look at my game, and changed my style. That’s what every poker player needs to do once in while, and now hopefully you’re going to see me making a lot more final tables in the future. I might even win Bluff’s player of the year!

So, in the later stages of a tournament, try to…. read rest of article at Bluff Magazine