If you’ve played online poker recently then you might have noticed that some of the online poker rooms have been implementing a new wsop tournament structure. The new tournament structure is designed for ten players and the top five players double up there entry fee. So for instance, if you join a $20 tournament then if you come in the top five you’ll win $40. Most poker rooms will end the tournament once you’re down to five players, but if the poker room doesn’t you can just keep going all-in until you’re out once you’re down to five players. We’re going to look at some tips to help you survive and make the final five consistently so that you can build up your bankroll.

* The most important player trait you need when you play in this style of Full Tilt Poker tournament is patience. Without patience you’re going to waste your stack on marginal hands when you don’t really need too. In a double up tournament the action is usually tight so you really only want to play your biggest starting hands. Even if you only win a couple nice sized pots on your good hands you should be in good shape to finish in the top five of the tournament.

* You can generally buy a lot of pots when you’re playing in this style of tournament because most players don’t want to waste there chips unless they have something. It’s a good strategy to take the pots when you can, but if you get re-raised then you should be weary because they most likely have a great hand. As long as you don’t bet to much when you’re bluffing players won’t target you as quickly for stealing pots and they’ll just assume you have a hand so make sure you don’t over bet pots in order to steal a pot.

* When you’re down to six or seven players you should rarely play any hand unless you have a premium starting hand like high pocket pairs or high suited connectors. There isn’t much reason to risk your stack in a big pot at the end unless you really think you have a good chance at winning the pot. Nothing is worse then finishing in sixth place when you should have had the top five locked up so make sure you don’t get impatient and try ending the tournament quicker. Most of the time when players do this they end up losing the hand and are then the low stack on the table and in jeopardy of not finishing in the top five.

* Even though you need to be careful about losing your stack on FullTiltPoker.com you also need to make sure you’re willing to call a big bet when you have a good hand. If you aren’t willing to call an all-in when you have near the nuts then you shouldn’t really play in these tournaments. You can’t be scared because a lot of the time people will try to push you around in these tournaments.