If you read my older post http://www.72os.com/poker/component/option,com_myblog/show,online-poker-vs-real-live-poker..html/task,userblog/Itemid,258/

Here is paragraph from it.

As you can see. I planned to play the game slow and steady like most of the pros.

I didnt have any money in my account ( dont get paid till tomorrow ). So I entered a free play money game for 300 chips against 27 other players. ( I wanted to test the theory ( Slow And Steady Wins The Race ), so I didnt want to play for more chips and in a bigger tournament ).

So I played slow. I wouldn't raise any at the start even with a Ace/King. Only few times I raised before the flop and that was if I had pockets or even suited Ace/King/Queens. I didnt raise much either, since I didnt want a good hand to goto waste. I raised around 3X the Big Blind. That tells the other players you have a good hand but they dont know what it is ( Pockets/Suited/High Cards ). Some players will call it with high cards hoping to hit them but most of the other players will fold, and if you see that your card is looking good you should raise. (Lets say you had pocket 10s) You should raise if your pocket is higher than any of the flop (Lets say the flop was 5, 2 ,8) and if there is no chance of flush / straight for the other players, you should raise big ( around 4 to 5 times the Big Blind ). This tells the other play you have a good hand and would make them fold. Unless the other player has the highest card on the flop, which is good for you since you have a higher pocket. You should play it slow if the next card (turn) is higher than the pockets you have ( bet 1/2 of what you bet before or 2 X Big Blind). If the other player goes All in, its safe to fold since they might have hit the turn or even hit 2 pairs ( Unless the other player only had few chips to go all in, in that case you should call. The chances are the other player is hoping or is just going all in with desperation, either way you wouldn't lose as much and you have a better chance of winning the pot than he/she does).

With a winning hand ( Straight / Flush / Full House ) Most of the time I would not go all in. I would just raise min 5 X Big Blind. Unless the other player is low stack and has few chips left to go All in, in that case I would bet around 60 % of the other players chips. The other player trying to bluff or with a Pair will go All in, hoping you would fold.
This is a good idea to use even if you don't have a straight/flush but have a possible winning pair, against a low stacked opponent ). And even if the other player folds, he/she would be left with so little chips, that they wont be able to come back and beat you, unless you make mistakes or they get really lucky. If you get your opponent to low stack, and keep playing it slow and steady, you should be able to beat them.

In the tournament I played today I beat 20 players and was in the lead with 14, 000+ chips and the second place had 7, 000+ chips and so on. There were 6 more player I had to get past in order to win the first place. I got my lucky break when the fourth chip leader went all in (7, 000) with a straight ( 3[d], 4[c] , 6[c] , 7[h] ) There was one more card to be drawn, and I had Straight Also, but with a flush possibility 5 [c] , Ace [c] ). Even if I didn't get the straight it would be a split pot ( unless the other player had 5 / 8 ).

I called the 7, 000 and hit the flush and my chip lead became 3 times bigger than the second in lead. With this I started playing a little aggressively. I raised before the flop when I had good hands ( even high cards Ace/King ), but I would fold if I don't hit anything on the flop, Bluffing was not an option ( I was determined to get the first prize).

Finally it was just me and one other player head to head. I had Around 20, 000 + Chips and the other player had 14, 000 +. The other player started to bluff and go All in most of the time, And this cost me to fold good hands. I got annoyed by the other players "All in All the time" tactics, but I didn't fall into his trap, he was trying to get lucky : " Do or Die ". I had few Aces but with low kickers [ 2, 3 ,5 ]. My oponent had gone All in almost 6 times here and there. I noticed that he went all in with Any pockets, so I finally decided to call a All in with suite [ Ace [d], 9 [d] ). I figured if the player has pocket Aces, I can hope for a flush. And if he has Anything below Ace, I can hit the Ace n win. If he had anything below 9 I have a chance of hitting either Ace or 9 and win. and sure enough I hit both 9 and Ace. The other player only had pocket 5's. He thought I was gonna fold like all the other times, but he just called All in a little too much.

Next thing Iam going to do is use this tactics on a money tournament, once again I will start off small, playing a $5 + 0.50. tourney against 9 other players. I hope to win that and go on from there. ( I Already won few of the $5 tourneys against 9 other players, but this time I Am gonna use this tactic and see if it helps me come out on top each time.).. ..

I will write more About the next tournament I win and add more tricks, and helpful tips ... ..

( don't worry about the grammar and spelling! :) ) ... ..