Poker Satellite Strategy
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*Poker Satellite Strategy Amazon
*Dara O’kearney
*Poker Satellite Strategy
*Online Poker Strategy
*Video Poker Strategy Training
*Poker Satellite Strategy Dara O Kearney
*Poker Satellite Strategy Book
*Apr 13, 2017 Imagine a situation in a satellite where 9 players get a World Series of Poker entry and there’s 10 remaining. The action folds around to a player with 100,000 in tournament chips who moves all in from the small blind.
*WSOP Satellite Tournament Strategy To get to the WSOP, most people win a satellite tournament. The optimal strategy to succeed at a satellite tournament depends on the structure of the tournament. There are three common types of satellite structures that people compete in.
Live on Kevin Martin’s Twitch channel, satellite specialist Dara O’Kearney coaches the partypoker pro on satellite strategy. He reveals a lot of secrets from.
I review ‘Poker Satellite Strategy’ by Dara O’Kearney and Barry Carter and I give you 3 of my favorite action steps that I took away from this book.
In case you missed episode 232, I reviewed Ed Miller’s book, ‘Poker’s 1%’.
Get Poker Satellite Strategy.Poker Satellite Strategy Review (3:40)
Loved this book. I bought it as a Kindle book for $9.99, what a deal!
It does speak lots of GTO strategies, but there’s also plenty about exploiting opponent’s and situations based on positions and stack sizes and how likely they are to fold or call or shove their stacks.
My notes document is 12,285 words and 13 action steps: 7x Play and 6x Study, and here’s the Top 10 for you:Introduction: How to Get the Most Out of This Book
I like how they make certain assumptions about the readers and explain all this.
They also structure the book in order of relevance.Chapter 1. Why play satellites?
The best reason is so that you can play in an event beyond your bankroll for a fraction of the price.
But there are some secret reasons to play satellites:
*They frequently miss their guarantee
*They are good ways to make money.
*The best reason is because they are the softest form of poker. Recreational players make a ton of mistakes and MTT regulars do as well.Chapter 2. Satellites in 30 Minutes
I like how they’re doing this quick and simple MED’s of satellites chapter.
7 quick and easy points of improvement, my favorite is…
Play Tight and Reduce Variance
You are playing for prizes of equal value, there is no additional value for having more chips when the bubble bursts. Having 60% of the chips and play or only 3 bb’s doesn’t matter. Winning a ticket to the bigger event is winning a ticket.
In general, tighter players will win more seats than the looser more aggressive players.Chapters 3-6: Endgame Strategies
The most important skill in super satellites is knowing when to call and when to fold versus shoves. Calling too wide is the costliest error players make.
They discuss things like: ICM, Calling Ranges, The Stone Bubble, Shoving
The Chance of Cashing math (you’ll have to read the book for how to calculate).
If your COC is at 90% (which means you’ll win your set 90% of the time), you need 90% equity to get involved in a hand (and nothing has 90% equity when calling a shove, not even AA).
Each chapter contains a list of Key Takeaways which are the most important bits of information to take from the chapter.
The rest of the book discusses everything else you need to know regarding satellite tourneys. Things like:
*Adjusting to Imperfection
*Mega Satellites
*Average Cash Stack (ACS)
*Early Game
*Post-flop
Useful HUD Stats
*VPIP and PFR
*Limp
*Raise/Fold to 3bet
*4bet
*Cbet
*3betMy Recommendation:
Everyone needs to read this book. It doesn’t matter what stakes or games you play, satellites are a profitable and fun game. But, not just read the book, you’ve got to play in some satellites and DON’s as well.My Results:
Updated: after recording the episode, I played 3 more DON’s.
13 DON’s played, won 12/13 for a 92% cashing rate. Earned $57.88 from these 13 DON’s, almost 6x more than I paid for the book!
I wouldn’t have even played in these DON’s if I didn’t buy the book. So, money and time well spent!3 Favorite Quotes (11:45)Chapter 2. Satellites in 30 Minutes
“Fold equity is the most important form of equity in a super satellite.”
Raising and shoving are much better ways to enter any pot in satellites. If you can get everyone to fold, you’ve taken down a pot and reduced variance.Chapter 5. Endgame – Shoves
“You won’t be making a massive error in the late stages of a tournament shoving the entire range you would normally play, and it is much easier from a mental game perspective to keep it simple and have a default strategy.”
Near or on the bubble all you have to do is maintain your stack, the goal is not to increase it. Pick the best spots and all you really need to do is succeed in your shove steal once per orbit. But, if you are the shortest stack at or near the bubble, you can ramp up that aggression and know that your opponent should be folding a lot so shoving ATC is profitable. But still try to pick your spots and remain aggressive. You don’t want to get blinded out.Chapter 12. Mental Game
“If you are bored in a satellite, you are doing it wrong.”
There is so much to pay attention to (stack sizes, player types, HUD stats, # of players, etc.), so pay attention.My 3 Favorite Strategies and Action Steps (16:20)1. Play with Purpose: Double or Nothing SNG Grinding (16:20)
Taken from chapter 3: Endgame
For the next five days, play couple Double or Nothing SNG games simultaneously each day. Because the prize structure is the same as a satellite, this is perfect practice for you.
Try to use what you’ve learned from the book:
*
*Avoid calling all-in’s
*Take the lower variance lines
*Fold equity is the most important form of equity in satellites
*Work out what the average stack will be on the bubble and tighten up when you achieve 70% of that
*Lock up when you are inside the bubble by more positions than there are players outside of the bubble
Tag difficult decisions, especially those where your tournament life is on the line near the bubble.
This is a great task because satellites can often take a long time to play, but Double or Nothing SNG games run pretty frequently and take at most 45 minutes. They are perfect practice for somebody who wants to improve their satellite skills.2. Play with Purpose: All shoves on the stone bubble (17:50)
Taken from chapter 5: Endgame – Shoves
When you get to the stone bubble of the tournament, no more open-raises. Instead, open shoves only. You don’t want to let your opponents come back over the top forcing you to fold those valuable chips.Poker Satellite Strategy Amazon
Instead, put them to the test with your shoves. If they’re capable of calling wide, make sure your shoving range is far ahead of their wider calling range.
Keep your bluffs to a minimum unless you know the players are not willing to call and risk their tournament life without a great hand.
I really like this Play with Purpose task because it truly does relieve some of that mental game stress. If you think you should be opening to 2.5 or 3bb’s with AQ at a 12 bb stack, you’re now putting yourself in a potential post-flop decision situation. It makes sense that shoving with this instead gives you maximum fold equity while at the same time relieving a bit of that stress.3. Play with Purpose: label the players as Nits, Maniacs or Stations (19:00)
Taken from Chapter 5: Endgame – Shoves
In the next 5 satellites you play, pay attention to the action and HUD stats and label each player at your table as a Nit, Maniac or a Station. Nits make folding mistakes; Stations make calling mistakes. Maniacs are overly aggressive and can make both betting and calling mistakes.
Experiment with widening your ranges to any 2 cards when you only have Nits left act. When there are Maniacs and Stations still to act, tighten up your ranges to only shove with hands that you don’t mind getting called.
This is a great task to help keep yourself focused on the players at your table. Even though this book teaches you to follow GTO strategies, it also teaches you to adjust your play based on the opponent you’re up against. And you can only do this if you’re paying attention, taking notes and using your HUD.Challenge (20:05)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Choose one of the 3 action steps I gave you today and take action with it. If you find it helpful to your game, pickup Dara and Barry’s book, Poker Satellite Strategy. Read it then do the other 9 action steps from this episode’s free PDF download (found in the show notes page).
Now it’s your turn to pull the trigger and do something positive for your poker game.Support the Show
Gerry Enns picked up PokerTracker 4 through my affiliate link (at no additional cost to him and he supported the show). This is the best poker tracking software, and Gerry’s now experiencing it! In appreciation of his support, I sent him the Smart HUD to aid in exploiting every opponent he faces and in making more +EV decisions. Plus, that database of hands to study is pretty nifty.
BD, Brad Kochanski and Mike Gunn purchased my Smart HUD (now with a 1-hour webinar!) for PokerTracker 4. The HUD comes with 16 stats and 6 custom popups along with specialized color coding for the most useful stats. It’s perfect for getting the most from PokerTracker 4 and your online play.
Nelson Domingues purchased both How to Study Poker Volume 1 and Volume 2 in PDF form directly through me. Thanks for your support, Nelson, and send any Q’s my way.
*Smart Poker Study Audiobook Excerpts - March 4, 2021
*I Am Your Poker Coach - February 16, 2021
*Counting Outs and Making Profitable Calls - February 4, 2021By now, most poker players know about the importance of satellite tournament qualification.
Satellite events that offer inexpensive entry to major poker tournaments almost seem too good to be true. For a significant discount of 90 percent or more on the standard entrance fee, literally anybody can take their seat at a World Series of Poker (WSOP) or World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event.
And from there, the sky truly is the limit.
Chris Moneymaker’s miraculous win in the 2003 WSOP Main Event turned his $86 satellite fee into a $2.5 windfall – not to mention the spark that launched a Poker Boom.
More recently, an online qualifier competing on the PartyPoker platform took home over $1.3 million on a meager $5.50 satellite ticket into the MILLION Online Main Event.
Stories of satellite entrants turning their “one time” into life-changing sums are a dime a dozen in the poker world. Accordingly, players of all caliber regularly convene at the satellite tables – either one-table “sit and go’s” or multi-table “mega-satellites” – to try their hand at parlaying a few bucks into a big score.
You’ll find satellites offering entry to your local casino’s seasonal series, to major online circuits like the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), and of course, the WSOP and WPT centerpieces.
But whichever satellite you choose, knowing how to separate your typical poker strategies from the task at hand is essential to success.
Simply put, satellites offer a completely different gameplay dynamic from your average multi-table tournament.
The prize payouts are flattened, meaning everyone who cashes takes home the same seat. Early levels are defined by aggressive chip chasing, while the latter stages see players clam up in hopes of surviving – the exact opposite of how a standard multi-table tournament plays out.
And you might even see somebody fold pocket Aces face up on the felt before the flop is even dealt. Yes, you read that right… folks are out here folding the rockets to win satellites, and the oddball strategy actually works.
All things considered, satellites are an extremely useful tool within any poker player’s arsenal – but only when you know how to play the game.
To help you improve your understanding of sound satellite strategy, check out the six tips below, each of which comes directly from a respected source within the poker instruction industry:
When you first sit down for a satellite poker session, the task at hand – aside from building a chip stack that is – should be research and reconnaissance on your opponents.
That goes for every poker game for that matter, but in the satellite format, learning even a little about an opponent’s situation and status can be crucial.
The reason being, everybody plays satellites for different reasons, and knowing those reasons can give you great insight into how they can be beaten.
Basically, you can lump satellite players into three main groups.
First, you’ll find the pros who grind “sattys” on the regular in between their major tournament days. For this group, each satellite is simply another opportunity to pad their bankroll, so they won’t be all that attached from an emotional perspective.
These players should be approached with caution and avoided when necessary.
Next up are the middle of the road grinders, folks who aren’t exactly pros to be feared, but players who know their stuff nonetheless.
These guys and gals can be seen playing multiple satellites in a row, so they certainly know their way around the table, but they’re far from experts. As such, consider this group to be fair game when it comes to attacking opens and three-betting.
Finally, you’ll invariably come across a certain cross-section of the satellite community who stick out like a sore thumb. These are the players who saved up to take their one shot at a prestigious poker tournament, and for them, the satellite is essentially their Main Event.
Accordingly, this “scared money” can be exploited through relentless aggression.
To find out which players fall into that third category, all it takes is a little small talk.
Try to act the part and talk about how amazing it is to see the WSOP convention halls for the first time. If somebody takes the bait and reciprocates, revealing their own excitement just to be on poker’s grand stage, you can reliably sort them into “shot-taker” territory.
The team at Gripsed Poker – which counts former WSOP Main Event winner Greg Merson as an instructor – captured the effectiveness of this small talk strategy in a post on the best approach to satellite tournaments:“The early stages of the tournament are also when you want to hone in on your opponents. Let them spill the beans on how hard they worked to get here, or how they already scored a seat to the main event. This will give you valuable intel into how they might be playing. If they already have a seat guaranteed, they’re more likely to take risks. If everything is riding on this satellite, they are going to be super tight. Use this information against them without divulging anything yourself.”
Anybody who talks about their first time visiting Vegas, or how they’ve always wanted to play a gold bracelet event, can be targeted in this fashion.
Similarly, players who let their financial status slip – “Man have I been on a downswing, this is my last shot at satelliting in…” – are easy prey.
Once you’ve identified a player who has a significant attachment to this single satellite, the objective is straightforward and simple – exploit their vulnerability.
Whether they’ve waited all year for this one satellite shot, or they’re on the verge of exhausting their bankroll, you can count on opponents in this group to play passively.
They’ll open and fold to three-bets, fire out predictable continuation bets only to retreat at the first raise, and try to check-call their way to the showdown.
At every turn, however, you’ll be waiting to put the hammer down, scooping up the easiest chips imaginable when they inevitably fold.
And hey, it might not always feel good to use a strategy like this, but poker is a zero-sum game – there must be losers to support the winners. If you want to be a winner, picking on the weaker and less experienced players is part and parcel of satellite poker strategy.
Moving on to actual gameplay strategy, satellite players must realize that this particular version of a poker tournament creates a unique dynamic.
In a normal tournament format, prizes are paid out according to a progressively escalating table. That is to say, those who just make the money before going bust will double their buy-in, while final table members might make a 20x multiple and the champion capture’s the lion’s share of the prize pool.
Under this format, accumulating more and more chips is the prime directive. Simply surviving might earn you a minimum cash, but to grab the gold and glory at the end, you need to build a bigger and bigger chip stack.
But when you play in a satellite event, the prizes are flattened across the board. In other words, everybody who “wins” the satellite takes home the exact same prize – a seat in the Main Event (or its equivalent cash value).
When you pony up $565 to play a multi-table mega satellite at the WSOP, the end goal is to win a $10,000 seat in the Main Event. Every 20 players putting $500 into the prize pool generates one Main Event seat, so a few hundred players on hand results in a few dozen seats to be claimed.
Here’s the thing though, when the bubble finally bursts to put everyone in the money, you’ll get one of those seats whether you have one chip or one million.
Here’s how the strategy mavens at Poker Listings described this inverse dynamic when it comes to chip accumulation in their satellite strategy primer:“In a satellite there is no need to have all the chips in play to win, so don’t put yourself in situations where you risk your stack. Instead, play tight, solid, fundamental poker. By playing tight and in position you can minimize the risk to your stack while still accumulating chips. Be patient. Just because you are getting no cards does not mean you need to get involved with garbage.”
What this all boils down to in the long run is a more conservative approach in the early going.
While you might feel comfortable flipping a coin with Ace-King suited in a standard tournament – hoping to double up quickly or go broke trying – risking your entire stack on a 50/50 spot is disastrous in a satellite. There’s just no need to go crazy in the early levels, especially during the pre-ante phase when preflop pots remain meager.
This tip piggybacks on the previous advice a bit, but it bears repeating – your job isn’t to build the biggest stack in the room, just one big enough to get you over the finish line.
With that in mind, the middle stages of a satellite can take on a totally different feel when compared to standard tournaments.
In a regular multi-table event with progressive prize payouts, the middle levels are known as “moving time.” This is when shorter stacks will start gambling, getting it in with pocket pairs or premium over-cards hoping to win a flip.
Similarly, the bigger stacks are happy to oblige, risking a small chunk of
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*Poker Satellite Strategy Amazon
*Dara O’kearney
*Poker Satellite Strategy
*Online Poker Strategy
*Video Poker Strategy Training
*Poker Satellite Strategy Dara O Kearney
*Poker Satellite Strategy Book
*Apr 13, 2017 Imagine a situation in a satellite where 9 players get a World Series of Poker entry and there’s 10 remaining. The action folds around to a player with 100,000 in tournament chips who moves all in from the small blind.
*WSOP Satellite Tournament Strategy To get to the WSOP, most people win a satellite tournament. The optimal strategy to succeed at a satellite tournament depends on the structure of the tournament. There are three common types of satellite structures that people compete in.
Live on Kevin Martin’s Twitch channel, satellite specialist Dara O’Kearney coaches the partypoker pro on satellite strategy. He reveals a lot of secrets from.
I review ‘Poker Satellite Strategy’ by Dara O’Kearney and Barry Carter and I give you 3 of my favorite action steps that I took away from this book.
In case you missed episode 232, I reviewed Ed Miller’s book, ‘Poker’s 1%’.
Get Poker Satellite Strategy.Poker Satellite Strategy Review (3:40)
Loved this book. I bought it as a Kindle book for $9.99, what a deal!
It does speak lots of GTO strategies, but there’s also plenty about exploiting opponent’s and situations based on positions and stack sizes and how likely they are to fold or call or shove their stacks.
My notes document is 12,285 words and 13 action steps: 7x Play and 6x Study, and here’s the Top 10 for you:Introduction: How to Get the Most Out of This Book
I like how they make certain assumptions about the readers and explain all this.
They also structure the book in order of relevance.Chapter 1. Why play satellites?
The best reason is so that you can play in an event beyond your bankroll for a fraction of the price.
But there are some secret reasons to play satellites:
*They frequently miss their guarantee
*They are good ways to make money.
*The best reason is because they are the softest form of poker. Recreational players make a ton of mistakes and MTT regulars do as well.Chapter 2. Satellites in 30 Minutes
I like how they’re doing this quick and simple MED’s of satellites chapter.
7 quick and easy points of improvement, my favorite is…
Play Tight and Reduce Variance
You are playing for prizes of equal value, there is no additional value for having more chips when the bubble bursts. Having 60% of the chips and play or only 3 bb’s doesn’t matter. Winning a ticket to the bigger event is winning a ticket.
In general, tighter players will win more seats than the looser more aggressive players.Chapters 3-6: Endgame Strategies
The most important skill in super satellites is knowing when to call and when to fold versus shoves. Calling too wide is the costliest error players make.
They discuss things like: ICM, Calling Ranges, The Stone Bubble, Shoving
The Chance of Cashing math (you’ll have to read the book for how to calculate).
If your COC is at 90% (which means you’ll win your set 90% of the time), you need 90% equity to get involved in a hand (and nothing has 90% equity when calling a shove, not even AA).
Each chapter contains a list of Key Takeaways which are the most important bits of information to take from the chapter.
The rest of the book discusses everything else you need to know regarding satellite tourneys. Things like:
*Adjusting to Imperfection
*Mega Satellites
*Average Cash Stack (ACS)
*Early Game
*Post-flop
Useful HUD Stats
*VPIP and PFR
*Limp
*Raise/Fold to 3bet
*4bet
*Cbet
*3betMy Recommendation:
Everyone needs to read this book. It doesn’t matter what stakes or games you play, satellites are a profitable and fun game. But, not just read the book, you’ve got to play in some satellites and DON’s as well.My Results:
Updated: after recording the episode, I played 3 more DON’s.
13 DON’s played, won 12/13 for a 92% cashing rate. Earned $57.88 from these 13 DON’s, almost 6x more than I paid for the book!
I wouldn’t have even played in these DON’s if I didn’t buy the book. So, money and time well spent!3 Favorite Quotes (11:45)Chapter 2. Satellites in 30 Minutes
“Fold equity is the most important form of equity in a super satellite.”
Raising and shoving are much better ways to enter any pot in satellites. If you can get everyone to fold, you’ve taken down a pot and reduced variance.Chapter 5. Endgame – Shoves
“You won’t be making a massive error in the late stages of a tournament shoving the entire range you would normally play, and it is much easier from a mental game perspective to keep it simple and have a default strategy.”
Near or on the bubble all you have to do is maintain your stack, the goal is not to increase it. Pick the best spots and all you really need to do is succeed in your shove steal once per orbit. But, if you are the shortest stack at or near the bubble, you can ramp up that aggression and know that your opponent should be folding a lot so shoving ATC is profitable. But still try to pick your spots and remain aggressive. You don’t want to get blinded out.Chapter 12. Mental Game
“If you are bored in a satellite, you are doing it wrong.”
There is so much to pay attention to (stack sizes, player types, HUD stats, # of players, etc.), so pay attention.My 3 Favorite Strategies and Action Steps (16:20)1. Play with Purpose: Double or Nothing SNG Grinding (16:20)
Taken from chapter 3: Endgame
For the next five days, play couple Double or Nothing SNG games simultaneously each day. Because the prize structure is the same as a satellite, this is perfect practice for you.
Try to use what you’ve learned from the book:
*
*Avoid calling all-in’s
*Take the lower variance lines
*Fold equity is the most important form of equity in satellites
*Work out what the average stack will be on the bubble and tighten up when you achieve 70% of that
*Lock up when you are inside the bubble by more positions than there are players outside of the bubble
Tag difficult decisions, especially those where your tournament life is on the line near the bubble.
This is a great task because satellites can often take a long time to play, but Double or Nothing SNG games run pretty frequently and take at most 45 minutes. They are perfect practice for somebody who wants to improve their satellite skills.2. Play with Purpose: All shoves on the stone bubble (17:50)
Taken from chapter 5: Endgame – Shoves
When you get to the stone bubble of the tournament, no more open-raises. Instead, open shoves only. You don’t want to let your opponents come back over the top forcing you to fold those valuable chips.Poker Satellite Strategy Amazon
Instead, put them to the test with your shoves. If they’re capable of calling wide, make sure your shoving range is far ahead of their wider calling range.
Keep your bluffs to a minimum unless you know the players are not willing to call and risk their tournament life without a great hand.
I really like this Play with Purpose task because it truly does relieve some of that mental game stress. If you think you should be opening to 2.5 or 3bb’s with AQ at a 12 bb stack, you’re now putting yourself in a potential post-flop decision situation. It makes sense that shoving with this instead gives you maximum fold equity while at the same time relieving a bit of that stress.3. Play with Purpose: label the players as Nits, Maniacs or Stations (19:00)
Taken from Chapter 5: Endgame – Shoves
In the next 5 satellites you play, pay attention to the action and HUD stats and label each player at your table as a Nit, Maniac or a Station. Nits make folding mistakes; Stations make calling mistakes. Maniacs are overly aggressive and can make both betting and calling mistakes.
Experiment with widening your ranges to any 2 cards when you only have Nits left act. When there are Maniacs and Stations still to act, tighten up your ranges to only shove with hands that you don’t mind getting called.
This is a great task to help keep yourself focused on the players at your table. Even though this book teaches you to follow GTO strategies, it also teaches you to adjust your play based on the opponent you’re up against. And you can only do this if you’re paying attention, taking notes and using your HUD.Challenge (20:05)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Choose one of the 3 action steps I gave you today and take action with it. If you find it helpful to your game, pickup Dara and Barry’s book, Poker Satellite Strategy. Read it then do the other 9 action steps from this episode’s free PDF download (found in the show notes page).
Now it’s your turn to pull the trigger and do something positive for your poker game.Support the Show
Gerry Enns picked up PokerTracker 4 through my affiliate link (at no additional cost to him and he supported the show). This is the best poker tracking software, and Gerry’s now experiencing it! In appreciation of his support, I sent him the Smart HUD to aid in exploiting every opponent he faces and in making more +EV decisions. Plus, that database of hands to study is pretty nifty.
BD, Brad Kochanski and Mike Gunn purchased my Smart HUD (now with a 1-hour webinar!) for PokerTracker 4. The HUD comes with 16 stats and 6 custom popups along with specialized color coding for the most useful stats. It’s perfect for getting the most from PokerTracker 4 and your online play.
Nelson Domingues purchased both How to Study Poker Volume 1 and Volume 2 in PDF form directly through me. Thanks for your support, Nelson, and send any Q’s my way.
*Smart Poker Study Audiobook Excerpts - March 4, 2021
*I Am Your Poker Coach - February 16, 2021
*Counting Outs and Making Profitable Calls - February 4, 2021By now, most poker players know about the importance of satellite tournament qualification.
Satellite events that offer inexpensive entry to major poker tournaments almost seem too good to be true. For a significant discount of 90 percent or more on the standard entrance fee, literally anybody can take their seat at a World Series of Poker (WSOP) or World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event.
And from there, the sky truly is the limit.
Chris Moneymaker’s miraculous win in the 2003 WSOP Main Event turned his $86 satellite fee into a $2.5 windfall – not to mention the spark that launched a Poker Boom.
More recently, an online qualifier competing on the PartyPoker platform took home over $1.3 million on a meager $5.50 satellite ticket into the MILLION Online Main Event.
Stories of satellite entrants turning their “one time” into life-changing sums are a dime a dozen in the poker world. Accordingly, players of all caliber regularly convene at the satellite tables – either one-table “sit and go’s” or multi-table “mega-satellites” – to try their hand at parlaying a few bucks into a big score.
You’ll find satellites offering entry to your local casino’s seasonal series, to major online circuits like the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), and of course, the WSOP and WPT centerpieces.
But whichever satellite you choose, knowing how to separate your typical poker strategies from the task at hand is essential to success.
Simply put, satellites offer a completely different gameplay dynamic from your average multi-table tournament.
The prize payouts are flattened, meaning everyone who cashes takes home the same seat. Early levels are defined by aggressive chip chasing, while the latter stages see players clam up in hopes of surviving – the exact opposite of how a standard multi-table tournament plays out.
And you might even see somebody fold pocket Aces face up on the felt before the flop is even dealt. Yes, you read that right… folks are out here folding the rockets to win satellites, and the oddball strategy actually works.
All things considered, satellites are an extremely useful tool within any poker player’s arsenal – but only when you know how to play the game.
To help you improve your understanding of sound satellite strategy, check out the six tips below, each of which comes directly from a respected source within the poker instruction industry:
When you first sit down for a satellite poker session, the task at hand – aside from building a chip stack that is – should be research and reconnaissance on your opponents.
That goes for every poker game for that matter, but in the satellite format, learning even a little about an opponent’s situation and status can be crucial.
The reason being, everybody plays satellites for different reasons, and knowing those reasons can give you great insight into how they can be beaten.
Basically, you can lump satellite players into three main groups.
First, you’ll find the pros who grind “sattys” on the regular in between their major tournament days. For this group, each satellite is simply another opportunity to pad their bankroll, so they won’t be all that attached from an emotional perspective.
These players should be approached with caution and avoided when necessary.
Next up are the middle of the road grinders, folks who aren’t exactly pros to be feared, but players who know their stuff nonetheless.
These guys and gals can be seen playing multiple satellites in a row, so they certainly know their way around the table, but they’re far from experts. As such, consider this group to be fair game when it comes to attacking opens and three-betting.
Finally, you’ll invariably come across a certain cross-section of the satellite community who stick out like a sore thumb. These are the players who saved up to take their one shot at a prestigious poker tournament, and for them, the satellite is essentially their Main Event.
Accordingly, this “scared money” can be exploited through relentless aggression.
To find out which players fall into that third category, all it takes is a little small talk.
Try to act the part and talk about how amazing it is to see the WSOP convention halls for the first time. If somebody takes the bait and reciprocates, revealing their own excitement just to be on poker’s grand stage, you can reliably sort them into “shot-taker” territory.
The team at Gripsed Poker – which counts former WSOP Main Event winner Greg Merson as an instructor – captured the effectiveness of this small talk strategy in a post on the best approach to satellite tournaments:“The early stages of the tournament are also when you want to hone in on your opponents. Let them spill the beans on how hard they worked to get here, or how they already scored a seat to the main event. This will give you valuable intel into how they might be playing. If they already have a seat guaranteed, they’re more likely to take risks. If everything is riding on this satellite, they are going to be super tight. Use this information against them without divulging anything yourself.”
Anybody who talks about their first time visiting Vegas, or how they’ve always wanted to play a gold bracelet event, can be targeted in this fashion.
Similarly, players who let their financial status slip – “Man have I been on a downswing, this is my last shot at satelliting in…” – are easy prey.
Once you’ve identified a player who has a significant attachment to this single satellite, the objective is straightforward and simple – exploit their vulnerability.
Whether they’ve waited all year for this one satellite shot, or they’re on the verge of exhausting their bankroll, you can count on opponents in this group to play passively.
They’ll open and fold to three-bets, fire out predictable continuation bets only to retreat at the first raise, and try to check-call their way to the showdown.
At every turn, however, you’ll be waiting to put the hammer down, scooping up the easiest chips imaginable when they inevitably fold.
And hey, it might not always feel good to use a strategy like this, but poker is a zero-sum game – there must be losers to support the winners. If you want to be a winner, picking on the weaker and less experienced players is part and parcel of satellite poker strategy.
Moving on to actual gameplay strategy, satellite players must realize that this particular version of a poker tournament creates a unique dynamic.
In a normal tournament format, prizes are paid out according to a progressively escalating table. That is to say, those who just make the money before going bust will double their buy-in, while final table members might make a 20x multiple and the champion capture’s the lion’s share of the prize pool.
Under this format, accumulating more and more chips is the prime directive. Simply surviving might earn you a minimum cash, but to grab the gold and glory at the end, you need to build a bigger and bigger chip stack.
But when you play in a satellite event, the prizes are flattened across the board. In other words, everybody who “wins” the satellite takes home the exact same prize – a seat in the Main Event (or its equivalent cash value).
When you pony up $565 to play a multi-table mega satellite at the WSOP, the end goal is to win a $10,000 seat in the Main Event. Every 20 players putting $500 into the prize pool generates one Main Event seat, so a few hundred players on hand results in a few dozen seats to be claimed.
Here’s the thing though, when the bubble finally bursts to put everyone in the money, you’ll get one of those seats whether you have one chip or one million.
Here’s how the strategy mavens at Poker Listings described this inverse dynamic when it comes to chip accumulation in their satellite strategy primer:“In a satellite there is no need to have all the chips in play to win, so don’t put yourself in situations where you risk your stack. Instead, play tight, solid, fundamental poker. By playing tight and in position you can minimize the risk to your stack while still accumulating chips. Be patient. Just because you are getting no cards does not mean you need to get involved with garbage.”
What this all boils down to in the long run is a more conservative approach in the early going.
While you might feel comfortable flipping a coin with Ace-King suited in a standard tournament – hoping to double up quickly or go broke trying – risking your entire stack on a 50/50 spot is disastrous in a satellite. There’s just no need to go crazy in the early levels, especially during the pre-ante phase when preflop pots remain meager.
This tip piggybacks on the previous advice a bit, but it bears repeating – your job isn’t to build the biggest stack in the room, just one big enough to get you over the finish line.
With that in mind, the middle stages of a satellite can take on a totally different feel when compared to standard tournaments.
In a regular multi-table event with progressive prize payouts, the middle levels are known as “moving time.” This is when shorter stacks will start gambling, getting it in with pocket pairs or premium over-cards hoping to win a flip.
Similarly, the bigger stacks are happy to oblige, risking a small chunk of
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