Summer tournament season is in full swing. Have you ever wondered how certain players are able consistently to make deep runs? Each of their games have nuanced differences, but I bet if you lined up 100 of the top tournament grinders in your area and asked several of them at random to break down their early stage strategy, a pattern would emerge.
Generally speaking, they avoid jumping into the pandemonium known as Levels 1-4 unless they have a darn good reason to do so. In this article, I am going to discuss three adjustments for early stage tournament play that will help support this winning style of tournament poker.