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BOUNTY HUNTER STRATEGY
MagicMan29
Member Posts: 17
Hi
I'm writing this immediately after taking down the 00:30 £500 bounty hunter (£10+1) so forgive me for any mistakes as it's been a long night.
I've noticed I've been cashing in quite a few recently and I've won a couple and I had a theory about why so I decided to test it during the one I've just played. I decided I would play exactly like a regular tournament and not go after any bounties if I wouldn't be in the hand in any other tournament (People seem to gamble a lot more for the sake of the £3.75s where they probably don't have the odds to call in a normal situation)
Anyway, I got to the final table and then the final 3 and realised I only had ONE bounty (there were like 80 runners). Then I thought it may have been a mistake because if I went out 3rd then 4th would have got more than me! As it happens people still play hands they shouldn't on the final table to get bounties and I didn't so I ended up winning comfortably and finished with 3 bounties and the top prize which was about £120 all together.
That was a lot of rambling but basically I want to know if people agree or disagree that this strategy should work for bounties more often than not? Also, I recommend trying it out and let me know how you get on!
Luke (MagicMan29)
Comments
Do which ever you prefer really.
I agree (mainly).
Contrary to what many others on this forum might suggest Bounty Hunter tournaments are very beatable, even at the low buy-ins raked at 15% rake. I've done quite nicely in them by doing more-or-less what you suggest; I always play to win the tournament.
The winner always gets the most money, irrespective of how many head prizes he/she takes. My strategy is to keep it very tight and aggresive, especially in the early stages. You will see many players playing far too loose and making awful calls to chase bounties, that's good news for us, when we get it in with our premium pairs or after we've smashed a pot we're very likely to get paid. Don't be tempted to join the madness and gamble, that's a losing strategy.
I ignore head prizes in most pots, but there are exceptions. When a short-stack is all-in and you have to decide whether to make the call you should factor in the head prize, particularly if you are last to act. For example if I'm on the BB and a 10BB short stack shoves on me from the SB (with nobody else in the pot) I will call with a wider range in a Bounty Hunter than I would in a freezeout, particularly if the 10BB can't do much damage to my stack when I lose. EG I might fold 87s here in a freezeout, whereas that becomes a call in a Bounty Hunter, particularly if the shortie has a decent head-prize.
You should also consider that many players make light calls in Bounty Hunters. When you have the nuts you should fast play it against those loose players with big stacks who have you covered. Bets that would probably get folds in a freezeouts are much more likely to get paid-off in a bounty hunter.
For the doubters here are my stats in Sky scheduled bounty hunters using this stategy;
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/256/sharkscopebh.png/
(P.S. Nobody look at my tournament Sharkscope, especially for Bounty Hunters...Lol)