Poker tournament strategy articles

Tournament strategy for MTTs: push/fold charts, bubble play, ICM, and stage-by-stage advice from early levels to the final table.

308 articles Browse the full library

All tournament poker articles

308 articles Page 1 of 13

Poker Strategy

Lose Less, Win More: The Fundamentals of Big Blind Defense

Poker Strategy

Mystery Bounty Strategy: How to Attack Once the Bubble Bursts

Poker Strategy

Unlocking the Mystery: Early Stage Mystery Bounty Tournament Strategy

Poker News & History

Daniel Dvoress Wins Three Triton Titles as Modern Tournament Mastery Launches

Poker Strategy

How to Defend Against Large Flop C-Bets in Poker Tournaments

Poker Strategy

Sneak Peek: Modern Tournament Mastery w/ Tim Adams & Dan Dvoress ft. Stephen Chidwick

Poker Strategy

Timothy Adams Breaks Down ChatGPT’s Poker Logic

Poker Strategy

How Timothy Adams Attacks from the Big Blind (And Why Most Players Don’t)

Poker Strategy

How Timothy Adams Approaches Deep Stack Tournament Poker

Poker Strategy

Four Doug Polk MTT Hands Reviewed by Two of The Best Tournament Players Ever

Poker Strategy

The Biggest Mistakes Hold’em Players Make in PLO Tournaments (and How to Fix Them)

Poker Strategy

Sneak Peek Inside Crushing PLO Tournaments with Dylan Weisman

Poker Strategy

5 Key Hands from Dylan Weisman’s $530 PLO Final Table Run

Poker Strategy

ICM vs Chip Leader: How Dylan Weisman Navigates a Tough PLO Final Table Spot

Poker Strategy

Play More Hands, Win More Pots: 5 Tips for PLO MTT Success

Poker Strategy

When Betting Bigger Is the Solver-Approved Play In Tournaments

Poker Strategy

Pot Odds Explained and How to Calculate Them

Poker Strategy

5 Situations Where C-Betting Is a Big Mistake in Poker Tournaments

Poker Strategy

Push Fold Charts for Poker Tournaments, Plus More Advanced Strategies

Poker Strategy

How to Play the Turn After Range Checking the Flop (Part 1)

Poker Strategy

From Satellite to Chip Leader: A Day 1 Among the Poker Elite in a $26,000 Event

Poker Strategy

3 Reasons Solvers Check Top Pair Out of Position in Tournaments

Poker Strategy

Slowplaying in MTTs: Three Spots Where It Prints Chips

Poker Strategy

MTT Survival Guide: The Right Way to Defend Against Turn Probes

How do you play poker tournaments?

Tournament strategy changes with your stack depth and the stage of the event. Deep stacks play like cash games, while short stacks use push/fold ranges, and near the bubble or pay jumps, ICM changes what a chip is worth.

Start here

Browse MTT concepts and MTT hand analysis. Prefer cash games? See cash game strategy, or read cash games vs tournaments. For a full course, see Modern Tournament Mastery.