When you sit down to play tournament poker, you have to be ready. Time and time again you are going to be asked to make a decision, and that decision could mean the end of the game for you at any time. There are hundreds if not thousands of factors to consider during the course of a poker tournament, and knowing what strategies or tactics to employ can be a difficult proposition. Your poker strategy should be like a deck of cards itself, with you ready to deal out the cards you need to address a particular situation.
Imagine, if you will, a custom deck of cards. It likely has more than 52 cards in the deck, but that is okay, because these are more like recipe cards than playing cards. You have a card labeled "slow playing a monster hand", and a card marked "sandwich play" as well as one with the title "stealing blinds from in-position." Each of your various and sundry poker tactics has its own card, and on that card are the rules for application.
When you find yourself in a poker game and you are in position and all the elements fit the rules for applying "stealing blinds from in-position", do it. The idea here is that you will have way more cards in your deck than you will have opportunities to use them during the course of a single poker game. You may use the same dozen cards over and over again based on the style of game you are in, or you may have to run through half your deck. Keep your cards on tap in your head, ready to use them as you need them.


