World Series of Poker Tips

The first thing you need to know about World Series of Poker Tips is that the regular poker-playing tips apply here, in addition to some of the adjustments necessary for tournaments. It's important to increase your stack slowly throughout the tournament. Going for the big wins early on may be repairable if you don't succeed, but later on, too much aggressive playing will get you eliminated before you realize you've made a mistake. Observe your opponents' betting patterns in different situations as the tournament progresses to get an idea of their style of play. Make a good opponent model so you'll know exactly when to push and when to bluff.

Another Tip is never invest a significant amount of your bankroll in any given tournament. Tournaments involve a lot of luck and are generally feast or famine.

Pay attention to the changing game stacks and adjust accordingly. If the blinds are about to be increased to the point where you will be all in soon, take a risk and go head strong with a borderline hand before you will forced in with the blinds. In general, you want to increase your stack slowly throughout the tournament.

Learn which hands do well in heads up situations. A hand like Ax offsuit is a poor hand to play, but is a decent hand to go all in with pre-flop, as it has an advantage over most other hands. Pocket pairs do well, but suited cards go down in value.

Another good tip is to pay close attention to how your opponents act when they are in the blinds. Some will be very tight, so steal their blinds. Others will zealously defend their blinds so smack them when you have a strong hand.

The ‘Gap’ concept is critical in tournaments. Simply put, you should be more eager to enter a pot with a raise than you would in a ring game because stealing the blinds is very valuable in a tournament and even more at the World Series of Poker. On the other hand, if someone has entered the pot already with a raise, you should be prepared to fold. You want to avoid confrontations in tournaments (unless you have the nut hand) and instead just easily win small pots to build up your stack.

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