Control The Pot Size
Why Try To Control Pot Sizes
Before you play any pots in tournaments, try to figure out what kind of players you are up against. What the table is like, loose aggressive, conservative, rocks, maniacs, etc. This is very important to how you play your hand and how and when to get chips in. If the table or opponent is loose, then you better have something before you commit a lot of chips. With a rock, if they are in they might be trying to see the flop cheaply. If they are in with a raise, look out. They definitely have something. You want to play small pots with your lesser hands and big pots with big hands. Bluffing is not a good idea when your opponents are deep stacked. Also look at what the flop is. Scare cards, over cards, flush draws, straight draws, did you get a piece of ite
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