It's a similarly big mistake to play the early levels of a tournament the same way you'd play the middle or later stages, and vice-versa. It's a big mistake to play a no-limit hold'em tournament the same way you might play a cash game. We've covered some of the broader concepts affecting multi-table poker tournament strategy so far, including how tournaments differ from cash games, the importance of stack sizes in tournaments, and how the objectives of chip accumulation and survival work alongside each other in tournaments.įrom here let's begin to talk more specifically about tournament strategy as it changes from the first levels all of the way through to the final table - that is, how your approach should evolve and adapt as you move through the different 'stages' of a tournament.
