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How tight do you play early in tournaments?

I’ve been folding a lot early in MTTs unless I have a clear edge, often through the first 3 levels at 100bb deep. What is your cutoff for opening hands when stacks are full? I don’t want to get stacked with a marginal hand.

Anyone else stay tight until antes kick in, or take small edges right away if the table looks weak? thanks

Edit: asking about regular speed events, not turbos.

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Antes change it, before that nobody's folding to your raises at 100bb anyway. Folding three levels is fine.

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Tight early is fine, but the cutoff seat isn't the same as UTG.

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agree

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so youre folding aces on level 3 too or just the junk

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i'm fairly selective early too but i don't sit on my hands waiting for antes if i'm in position and the table's passive. once opened a suited connector in the first level and just took it down with a small cbet, barely risked anything.

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Antes are when it actually matters.

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Small cbet, like a third pot? That never takes it down where i play.

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1/3 pot

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Takes it down plenty where i play.

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i’m patient early, but i still open playable hands in position before antes. offsuit hands can turn into a headache at 100bb, so i’d rather stick with suited connectors and pocket pairs.

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