Erick Lindgren book - Making the final table

I went to the library and spent the whole afternoon there reading this fascinating book by Erick Lindgren. I could not wait to come back and put his ideas into practice in some small online tournaments.

Unlike many books which suggest you start playing tournaments very tight, then gradually loosen up as the blinds and antes increase before going for it as you near the money, this book suggests you focus on chip accumulation from the very start of the tournament. He also suggests you enter marginal hands even when you know you are behind because when they do payoff it can seriously increase your chip stack.

Needless to say I really enjoyed the book but when I put his ideas into practice I lost, lost and lost again. By trying to accumulate chips by raising with marginal hands either in late position or UTG I just kept getting called and the flop never hit. If I fired another bullet I typically got called or raised and when I tried the third bullet I typically lost a load of my chips. When I entered a hand the underdog (maybe a small pair or a flush/straight draw) I kept losing my chips. It may be because I was entering a bunch of low-stakes tournaments to try his ideas that the other players would call no matter what and are not the same as serious players playing in the WPT or WSOP events. It may be I just had a run of bad luck or implemented his strategy incorrectly. The only thing I know for sure is I lost about 12 small tournaments in a row and only changed this when I went back to my old strategy.

I think the idea of a lot of these books is to be able to pull bits of valuable information that you can add to your own game instead of implementing their whole strategy. I guess if Erick told us all EXACTLY how to do it he would not have much play left in him!!

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