Poker Strategy: Tournament Poker

Playing poker by the numbers

Super Systems: Fischman

"Make sure you're the one pushing"

Where we put the most rigid poker systems through their paces in a quest for money without talent. This month: Fischman

The System

Scott Fischman’s ‘sit-and-go’ strategy (from Online Ace) The Game

$100 worth of online single-table tournaments (3 x $10, 1 x $20, 1 x $50) How we got on

WSOP winner Scott Fischman is a self-taught poker player who has put together hints and tips garnered from thousands of hands played online in his book Online Ace. Scott advises breaking down STTs into three stages: the beginning, middle and endgame. We decided to follow his sit-and-go strategy to the letter.

The beginning
In the early stages of a tournament, Fischman advises a low-risk, high-reward approach.

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