The Final Table

[kidflopadelic]

Hi reel,

I used to have the same exact problem and in my opinion, it is a common problem among solid players who last until the bubble or beyond.

You probably already know you have to play tighter in the beginning to build a stack, then selective through the middle of the tourney. But when it's crunch time, you must be willing to change gears and go for it.

I know, it's not easy to carefully and thoughtfully build a nice stack for an hour or more to make the final table, and then abandon that philosophy, but it made a huge difference for me in the past.

It sounds counter-intuitive, but that's the crazy game of poker

good luck

[NEpeach]

I have trouble at the FT too. no hand seems good enough lol But I watch and learn

[reelbigbeagles]

Yeah, changing the whole gameplan at the final table is especially hard, simply because it feels like I've put too much time into this tournament to let it hang on a 50/50 coinflip. But I realized today that poker is exactly like relationships - you need to adjust to the other person's personality in relationships and you need to adjust to other people's palying style's in poker.

I guess what I'm saying is that it sounds like there is no definite final table strategy in poker, rather situational strategy. Kinda like all of poker LOL.