Tournaments are a completely different game from Cash. Blinds go up every 15 minutes, your stack shrinks relative to the pot, and you can't rebuy. This guide covers every MTT stage — from deep Early play to the shallow ICM-heavy Final Table — including a Push/Fold chart by stack size, common bubble mistakes, and strategy for Bounty and Re-entry formats.
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Deep stacks, time to play. Treat it like a Cash Game: standard opens, board-based C-Bets, no ICM pressure. Don't risk your whole stack with marginal hands. Goal: patiently accumulate chips and identify the fish before they bust.
Blinds start to hurt. Stealing from the Button and CO becomes crucial. 3-Bet Bluff with blockers (Axs). Don't play deep Set-Mining — implied odds weaken. See opening chart.
The most important moment in the tournament. Everyone wants to make the money. Mid-stacks play super tight — you can steal all the blinds. Rule of thumb:
See also ICM for a Final Table adjusted chart.
Every pay jump here is worth hundreds or thousands. ICM says: don't risk against the Big Stack without a monster. Avoid flips against the Big Stack unless the price is huge. Other Short Stacks? Pressure them — they're fighting for ICM. See full ICM guide.
In Bounty formats (like ClubGG PKO), every knocked-out player adds cash. That changes the math: call all-ins wider because you're also playing for the bounty. Rule of thumb: Bounty = 20% of opponent stack → widen calling range by 3–5%.
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