Grant Kinnear

Grant Kinnear

Age: 27

Birthday: October 17th

Country: Scotland

Nicknames & Networks:
Nev3rBluffsMuch – iPoker
BoostyPro – Cereus
TheFeared – Ongame
Divine_Eight – Microgaming

BiggestWinnings:

$9,500– 3rd place in $100K GTD
$9,800 – 6th place in $300K GSOP
$7,700 – 1st place in the $25K GTD $50 rebuy
$7,300 – 1st place in the $25,000 Sniper
$4,200 – 5th place in $100K GTD
$3,600 – 6th place in the $60,000 GTD
$2,400 – 4th place in the $7,500 GTD
$2,000 – 2nd place in the $10,000 GTD

Grant’s tip

“The key to preserving chips and winning max in a single hand, or over the course of a tournament is bet sizing. You must always base your bet size post flop on what hand you perceive your opponent to have. Whether you think he has nothing & he’s betting small to hope he re raises, or you think he has very little of the board and betting small to get paid off for the hands in their range.
Don’t be a robot & don’t bet out without thinking what hands you’re hoping either to call, or to fold to your bet. It’s imperative that you understand bet sizing, because without this you’ll either lose too many chips in badly played hands, or not win enough from your opponents when you are ahead.

General bet sizing pre flop should also be 2.3- 2.7 max, unless you know there is a station on your table willing to pay you off so much more with extremely bad/ weak hands. In which case i’d be opening much higher with premium made hands (but only, if I know that this opponent will come along for the ride).

Work on your post flop play very hard, read books, read the boosty blogs, watch videos etc- There are not very many good post flop players at mid to low stakes & if you can get an edge in this department I am 100% positive you will beat these games at a much higher pace than you do now.

Know when to change gears, theres no need to go crazy in the early stages of an MTT, try to play to the best of your ability while not playing like a robot. When deeper/close to the money or even in the money try to take advantage of table dynamics. Try to change gears according to this & make sure you can adjust to the dynamics of chips changing hands.
Sometimes a table will be very passive, even with a lunatic on your table, until he/she gains some chip advantage, then a player you have perceived to be rock-like has probably changed gears himself. Always pay attention.”