The MTT Life

Life of an online MTT Player

Playing online MTT’s can be one of the most frustrating games that a poker player can experience. They can also be the most rewarding, there is just nothing like being at a final table competing for a top finish and top payout as well.

Here are a few things to keep in mind if you are going to play MTT’s.

1). MTT’s like life, are NOT fair:

*You can play mistake free for hours and then lose a standard coinflip/race or get coolered AA>KK or flop a set and get bad-beat by back door straights and flushes and min-cash or bubble and not even cash at all.

*You can also see really bad players win a lot of tournaments/money that you are better than. Worst of all, these things can and will happen over large stretches/samples of games.

2.) MTT Variance is nasty:

*The very best online MTT players go through many ups and downs. The “swings” as they are called can last for thousands of games of losing or breakeven before a top finish can put them back up again. The best players understand this and are able to keep playing good volume and keep playing at or near their optimal game even when they are losing money daily for long periods of time.

3.) MTT’s can be rewarding:

*The rewards both financially as well as psychologically can be tremendous in MTT’s. For me there is no better feeling then being at that Final Table competing for a win, it’s is like no other feeling.

Here are a few suggestions if you intend to be an MTT player and wish to be successful doing so:

· -Join a teaching site and watch many videos of winning players. While they all will play different and some even poorly it is good to see and understand the mental approach that winning MTT players have and you will pick up on this in these videos.

· -Surround yourself with other winning MTT grinders. Group chat on SKYPE, AIM etc… share hand histories and discuss strategy daily.

· -Humble yourself daily, no matter how good you are or think you are you need to always have an open mind in the examination of your game.

· -Last, As the late great Jim Valvano said: “Don’t give up, Don’t ever give up !” Winners never quit and quitters never win, it is really that simple.