In practice, this likely means they have studied open-raising ranges and have adopted tight ones. In order to generate a 0% ROI, they need to be better than the majority of the players in their pool. Let’s profile a typical break-even MTT player who plays something like $150 buy-ins live and $15 buy-ins online. I think it’s useful to start this discussion by trying to understand why 3-bet frequencies are invariably too low within the pool of otherwise competent players. Why Do Players 3-Bet Shove At Too Low A Frequency? In the absence of instruction, MTT players fail to 3-bet shove anywhere close to the optimal frequency. But in going over my notes for the last fifteen years of such work, I could not find a single exception. It does sound a little too good to be true, that I can suggest one strategic modification to any student’s play, which has an immediate pay-off. If your initial reaction to this claim is one of skepticism, I don’t blame you in the least. I have learned one shocking yet powerful lesson from this approach.Įvery beginner-to-intermediate level student that I have ever coached has exactly the same leak, and it is costing them a significant slice of tournament ROI. This allows me to identify their most obvious leaks, which in turn acts as a starting point for our work together. My preferred method of working with MTT students is to begin with a hand history from a recent tournament in which they went deep.
