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By Andrew Brokos | Originally published in Two Plus Two Magazine

There is nothing in poker quite so exciting as making the final table of a large-field multi-table tournament (MTT). Suddenly, you are playing for huge sums of money. A strong performance could be a huge boon to your bankroll. It could even change your life! You are about to experience the thrill of high-stakes poker despite having put up relatively little money for your buy-in.

There’s only one problem: you don’t know how to play high-stakes poker. A final table is exciting precisely because it is a rare experience. Unfortunately, if you play MTT’s exclusively, you probably have little experience playing short-handed, let alone heads up. You may not know what Independent Chip Modeling (ICM) is or how to apply it (don’t worry- we’ll get to that).

This article is not about improving a specific skill such as bluffing, value betting, or restealing. Rather, it is about ways to get more practice and otherwise improve your results during the most critical phase of any MTT. Because the vast majority of the prize money in an MTT is concentrated at the final table, your decisions during this stage of the tournament will influence your bottom line far more will than any other decisions you make. Read on to learn how to improve your decision-making skills at the final table!  Read the complete post...