The final goal of a player in a poker tournament is to be the last player in the game and have all the chips. Subsequent to that achievement, there are a series of goals to be reached all dealing with the elimination of other players.
At the beginning of play the primary goal is to increase the chip count of your stack. This can be measured by tracking the increase of your chip stack relative to the amount of increases in the blind structure. Players normally start with a chip stack greater than 60 times the big blind. The goal is to collect as many chips as safely possible and to avoid becoming “short stacked” by having a chip count of less than ten times the big blind currently being played. Being short stacked usually means that a more aggressive play is required when a starting hand of reasonable value is dealt. This aggressive play increases the chance of being eliminated from the tournament but waiting for a pat hand may mean if it does show up there may not be enough chips left to bet to have the effect of increasing the chip count to a playable level.
Since the object of play is to eliminate fellow players from the tournament when players do become short stacked they also become targets of elimination by their fellow players. This can actually become an advantage in that an all-in move by a short stack may generate more than one call and will thereby increase the potential winnings of the short stack player wins the hand. Elimination from a tournament because of the turn of the cards should not be considered as poor play. Loss of chips and subsequent elimination through inappropriate betting or chasing of cards on both the turn and river should be a wake up call to evaluate the style of play. Most players know what went wrong and the successful players make adjustments.
At the beginning of play the primary goal is to increase the chip count of your stack. This can be measured by tracking the increase of your chip stack relative to the amount of increases in the blind structure. Players normally start with a chip stack greater than 60 times the big blind. The goal is to collect as many chips as safely possible and to avoid becoming “short stacked” by having a chip count of less than ten times the big blind currently being played. Being short stacked usually means that a more aggressive play is required when a starting hand of reasonable value is dealt. This aggressive play increases the chance of being eliminated from the tournament but waiting for a pat hand may mean if it does show up there may not be enough chips left to bet to have the effect of increasing the chip count to a playable level.
Since the object of play is to eliminate fellow players from the tournament when players do become short stacked they also become targets of elimination by their fellow players. This can actually become an advantage in that an all-in move by a short stack may generate more than one call and will thereby increase the potential winnings of the short stack player wins the hand. Elimination from a tournament because of the turn of the cards should not be considered as poor play. Loss of chips and subsequent elimination through inappropriate betting or chasing of cards on both the turn and river should be a wake up call to evaluate the style of play. Most players know what went wrong and the successful players make adjustments.
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