partypoker MILLION Sochi<\/a> in Russia. I haven\u2019t been to a country that doesn\u2019t predominantly speak English before, so it will be an interesting challenge for me to get around the city and just conversing with people in general. I\u2019ve always wanted to hit up Eastern Europe and now I get to go see some of it and play for a huge sum of cash.<\/em><\/p>\nFor those partypoker players looking to follow in your footsteps, what are your top 3 poker tips?<\/strong><\/p>\n1. Find and Understand Value<\/em><\/p>\nIf there is a 1 cent tournament with 20 x $1.10 tickets guaranteed and 100 players, you have a 1 in 5 chance of turning 1 cent into a $1.10 ticket, which means 5 cents on average. That means in later stages, on average, it\u2019ll cost you 5 cents to play the $1.10 to $5.50, 25 cents to play the $5.50 to $22, $1 to play the $22 and $5 to play the $109.<\/em><\/p>\nOnce you understand that concept, why wouldn\u2019t you play a $109 satellite if it takes just $5 and some time and effort on average?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nAlso, you can improve your odds further by picking the right time of day to play and just being a better player than average through your own study.<\/em><\/p>\n2. Just because you play higher doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t move down<\/em><\/p>\nWhen I started to play these 1 cent tournaments 10 days ago, my best friend criticised my decision to do so, saying I should be playing $22 or $109 buy-in tournaments.<\/em><\/p>\n10 days later I am up over $2,100 CAD in live tournament entries and tournament tickets, plus a few hundred cash \u2013 all from nothing but playing penny tournaments with no risk.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nWhen you see an opportunity, put your ego aside and get to work.<\/em><\/p>\n3. Get in the game today!<\/em><\/p>\nRight now there are multiple opportunities to win many seats to incredible live tournaments around the world. But these opportunities never last forever and the best thing you can do is play as many satellites while you can. Start from a cent for maximum value. You can play in the MILLIONS tournament, where making Day 3 guarantees you a min cash of \u00a35,000, from a penny; let alone the first prize of \u00a31,000,000!<\/em><\/p>\nAnd winning your way to Russia, Germany, UK or Austria, how sweet is that?<\/em><\/p>\nDo you think satellite games require a very different strategy to regular tournaments?<\/strong><\/p>\nAbsolutely! You need to learn and understand the math of satellite tournaments, which is different from the traditional \u201cam I getting the right price to call?\u201d math. You need to understand when you can fold into the money, when the blinds are going up, how many chips you need to coast into a seat. You need to make your decisions more on the tournament variables than on your hand strength. Sometimes it\u2019s correct to fold Aces and sometimes it\u2019s correct to go all-in with any 2 cards. Understanding those situations is critical to consistent tournament success.
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There are plenty of little things to learn and adjustments to make, but I\u2019ve specialised in satellites for years and it takes<\/em> time to learn them.<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0What do you love most about playing on partypoker?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe opportunity! It is the best place right now to try and live the poker dream.<\/em><\/p>\nAnyone, regardless of skill level, has an opportunity, to win their way into a big tournament. Then once you\u2019re in a tournament anything can happen, and if it\u2019s your day you can make more cash in one tournament than a year of work. Once you realise that the opportunity is better on partypoker currently than other online poker rooms, you\u2019re already off to a good start.<\/em><\/p>\nIn your finding, is poker more skill or luck?<\/strong><\/p>\nPoker is a game of skill, with elements of luck sprinkled in.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nI\u2019ve had days where I\u2019ve been so unlucky that it would make some people\u2019s heads explode.\u00a0 But when I check my stats it\u2019s a smooth, steady incline with minor bumps along the way. Seeing that over thousands of tournaments is very reassuring. The more you play, the more your results will tell you if you\u2019re playing good or need to change things up.<\/em><\/p>\nThere are so many strategies, bet sizes, recognising who\u2019s playing too few hands and who is playing too many, plus utilising your own table image to your advantage. None of these things are based on luck, but all of them help determine your success.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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