CardRunners Training: Miikka ��Chuck Bass�� Anttonen Discusses Strategy for Bounty MTTs

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Today CardRunners instructor ��Chuck Bass�� �� a.k.a. high-stakes multi-table tournament pro Miikka Anttonen �� shares a preview of a classroom-style video focusing on useful strategies for playing multi-table tournaments with bounties.

As Anttonen points out, since bounty tournaments reward you for earning knockouts, it becomes all the more important to cover your opponents if possible, as otherwise a percentage of the prize pool is going to be unavailable to you.

��Go after small pots a bit more usual early,�� he recommends, ��to get slightly ahead of people in chips.�� Even just winning a few small pots during the first level to take a lead over your tablemates can be greatly beneficial, especially in the ��Super KO�� tournaments where a full 50% of the prize pool goes to bounties. The bounty-incentive should therefore affect your decision-making in individual hands, Anttonen explains.

The discussion moves on to consider ��Progressive KO�� tournaments as well, with Anttonen offering further suggestions pertaining to that format and how having a big bounty on yourself can affect the dynamic in ways that are in fact unfavorable to you. Take a look:

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