The blinds are increasingly rapidly. The average stack size is diminishing at an alarming rate. Everybody seems to want to get it in right now.
Don’t panic — you’re just in a turbo tournament, and five-time World Series of Poker final table participant Dan O’Brien says relax, because even if the structure is faster, turbo tournaments aren’t that much different than your average multi-table tournament, anyway.
Due to his plethora of experience playing turbos both online and live, PokerNews went to O’Brien seeking his top five tips for playing these sped-up versions of the game, and he gave us the following:
Tip #1: “Brush up on your short-stack game”
O’Brien says turbo players need to realize that stacks are going to shallow out fairly quickly as the blinds go up, so they should focus on improving their short-stack games in order to be prepared for the inevitable.