Try MTTs!
When blinds are small, and stacks are big, as is the case in ring games, bingoing is not a very profitable strategy.
The same is true early on in MTTs, and then you have to do boring things like “raising first in” and “3-betting” and “proper bet sizing”, and god forbid having to do good postflop play like “c-betting” and “protecting your range” and doing “semi-bluffs” or “betting a polarized range on the river”.
Later in the MTTs, when blinds become higher, we can do the FUN things that we all came for! Shove-or-fold strategies! Not only do you not have to worry about boring things like bet sizing and postflop play, but it’s also a very profitable strategy! It’s a bingo player’s dream!
If like to bingo loosely, look for MTTs with antes! All that dead money in the pot is a great for your aggressive playstyle.
BONUS: I know bingo players don’t want to think about things like “ICM”, but if you want to get a few extra chips for some reason, tightening up your range a bit when the bubble is approaching is a simple solution.
BONUS: I know bingo players don’t want to think about things like “ICM”, but if you want to get a few extra chips for some reason, tightening up your range a bit when the bubble is approaching is a simple solution.
OR… When players are tightening up at the bubble you can loosen up your range and pick off some pots when others are playing tighter.
I join the MTTs, play “true poker” when stacks are deep, and play bingo when stacks are shallow, especially when I would be out of position postflop.
I do that because I think it’s the optimal way to play the game. (And got 7th in a week 2 marathon bingoing half the tourney.)
Don’t hate the player, hate the game. It’s within my right to play the game according to the rules, in a way that gives me the best chance of winning, and in fact I believe if I fail to do so in a competitive setting, I am disrespecting my opponents.
If you don’t want people like me shoving for 10BB from SB, then I think it is on you to switch to other tournament formats than NL, where doing so is not a legal play.
Personally speaking, I think you come across as whiny if you complain about someone making a correct play, especially in a competitive tournament setting!
