What is a Deepstack Poker Tournament ?

A type of poker tournament that is growing in popularity in recent years is the deepstack poker tournament. When poker tournaments first came into existence, they were simply freezeout poker games. They were mostly $5,000-$10,000 events, so all the participants got $5,000-$10,000 in chips.

Read on to find out what are Deep Stack tournament and where they came from … (more…)

1 comment April 24th, 2008

Single Table Tournament ( STT ) - The Middle Stages Strategy

Playing in the opening stages of STTs requires tight and aggressive play, in its purest form. Everyone knows that and as a player, I have never had any problems dealing with this issue. Short handed play, or heads up was always something I was naturally good at, too. When I have to be crazy aggressive, and play on the edge, for some reason I feel good about the game and manage to make all the right calls time and time again. I know not all online poker players are like that so I’ll devote a different article to the short handed and heads up stage in the future. (more…)

2 comments March 26th, 2008