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Multi-Table Tournament Strategy: Late Blind Levels

• 31.06.2025 2:02 pm
• Helen
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Congrats! You have finally reached the blind levels. Now this is where you will have to make tough decisions.

I am either removed from the game or I make it to the last table. If you happen to be like me, you are interested in winning rather than placing, I will give you the details on how to build a big chip stack so as to do just that.

The cards are not needed for you to get to the final table

In the later rounds, I do not get the cards, but I use most of my time building a big chip stack. How do I do that? It is quite simple. I do this by raising the blinds the moment everybody else is trying to get to the cash. This is a certain way of either being removed or winning the tournament.

I like this kind of plan that I do not feel comfortable revealing the secret that breaks up a dangerous tournament player and a normal tournament player will be very straight with you, there is quite a big risk involved, but nomally, the people will not call you the moment you raise their blinds. If all through the game you have been playing tight, then you have the chance to steal the blinds from anywhere.

Out of the cash plan

My best way of creating a big chip stack is by raising blinds. I normally play tight simply because the cards run cold at times. If you have played tight the whole game, you are allowed to bluff.

If the blinds get a little bit high, I will only use two cards to raise them. If I do not get the tight players, I will ensure that every player makes a decision for every single chip, I will raise most of the time and if I come across a caller, I will bet the flop. Your challenger will most likely miss the flop and at that point, you can take down the pot. If your opponent reraise, you should fold on the other round of blinds. I collect a lot of chips by doing this all through the tournament.

You will get called on a bluff at times. The main idea is to let your challenger take the hand. Even if fanatics happen to be behind me, I will put the other players all-in easily. This is easy since you have been sitting tight all through the game. If you come across aces, shake it off and be ready for the other tournament. This plan may sound very dangerous, but it is less dangerous than it might seem. A lot of people will not call except when they have got aces. They do this mostly if you have portrayed a tight table picture.

The plan of the big stacks

If what you have is an average stack or a small stack, you would like to remain with the above plan. You may want to play tighter if you are the chip leader of the tournament. Just play the same way you did in the early rounds until you find yourself in the final table. The exclusion is if the player left to act at your back is a tight one.

If you have a big stack, I advise you to sit tighter than normal. You may also like to raise the blinds more often when you get some good pairs. Therefore, keep in mind that if you are keen, all the chips can vanish very fast.

Tips on how to be a winner, I encourage you to read my last article entitled Multi-Table Tournament Strategy: Final Table.