Playing Like A Pro Player:

After having an amazing Poker week in Vegas ((Our) Vegas Poker Tour) we nk we h understood how we should h pld the fessional tournaments and we would like to hear your opinion ab it.
We talking e ab the $120 tournament and up ($330, $540, $1080) we a plr wont l you h nong (e.g. ling an AI h K2 preflop in the 2nd hand of a tournement...).
When you a decent basketball plr and you try and take Michael Jordan 1 on 1, you'll lose (not in 99% of the cases, but in 100% of the cases!!) howe, the beautiful ng in Poker is that if you're a decent Poker plr, you could take Daniel Negranou in a tournament!!
We h pld the tournaments trying to eliminate the luck factor and enhancing the skill factor. We know it's ab 65% skill-35% luck assuming one actually has skill. So, we pld rat tt and bluffed only 10%-20% of the hands. We rly got caught due to our tt image that we had, people believed us and most of the e folded. Howe, even if we ended up deep in the tournament and even when we made it to the final table, we w always short stacked - Always!
Analyzing the tournaments made us understand we're doing someng wrong. Watcg the s made us understand what is the rt way to play, still, we wonder if it is really the rt way.
We now nk that these tournaments should be pld y aggressively and thus, one has to h the bank roll to play it as such. The s who live in Vegas, counting on the fact that touristavg. plrs who coming to Vegas c a lot ab their money and will not l a y h bet preflop unless its a super strong hand (i.e. QQ and up). So, when they see 4 or 5 plrs limping and they h position they sing to 6-7 es BB (instead of the 'standard 3BB or 3.5BB) and make eyone fold 80% of the es. In the remaining 20% they will bet anot 6-7 es BB no matter what comes assuming the the ler has hit nong. In 80% of the cases they will be rt and in the remaining 20% the ler will hit someng but will nk four es before ling the 2nd huge se. In r cases, when the poor tourist will hit a set he will l... and then it mt come to a show down and in 20% of the cases the will suck a victory.... anyway, he has him completely covd so the wasn't hurt too much.
If the plr has no position but has a nice potential hand (e.g. A9s, K,10s or even 9,Js) he will do the 'regular' 6-7 BB se hope not to h any lers (s will be the case 80% of the es) and for the few lers he will bet 6-7 BB after the flop and in 80% of the cases the lers will fold due to hitting nong.
Playing like that all the e will get any plr to the final table h a nice stack of chips and a real chance to win the tournament in 30% to 40% of the games.
If the 20% x 20% actually happen and the is of the tournament that is fine as te is always the option to register the next one. Playing like that 10 tournaments will get one loaded h chips to the final table in at least 3 tournaments ( of the 10) which will make the whole affair fitable.
The "los" in Vegas h the luxury of being able to hit the table again tomorrow or even next week. The "tourist" doesn't h that luxury and wants to continue the experience for as long as they can. Its the diffnce between playing to win and playing to just play.
This is one reason I won't play NL ring games in Vegas because the "los" like to grab a table h a big stack and shove the "tourists" around h huge bets because they know a) Tourists loose, and b) Tourists play h scd money.
I'm not sure if being hyper-aggressive is the rt strategy. Howe, playing a solid tt-aggressive game and having the skills push back on the 7X ses h good cards will get you to that final table in good shape. You now recognize the style. Its e to capitalize on it. Its like playing micro-limit SnG's on the net. You h to recognize that a 3X BB se will not be respected from any position, particularly in the early stages of the tournament.
Well, the los s as they all playing Poker for a living. Te s better than ot but they all s.
Te w also s from ot places in the world (mainly the UK) that came to Vegas and pld h us and we h nessed the same aggressive game play from them, which paid off most of the es in the long run.
I nk its a combination of a few factors e;
First, setting a h price for y good hands (7-8 BB)
Second, recognizing limpers or small ses when we h position and se a lot more no matter what cards we h. Then, se a lot no matter what the flop is. In most cases you will then take that hand as people will be afd of the monster hand you h due to sing pre and post flop.
Third, setting a h price for marginal hands and hopefully get folds or lucky on the showdown.
Next e we go to Vegas (whene s maybe) we'll try s strategy o 10 tournaments and see if it works.