Adjusting to the final table
If you reach the final table you can’t keep playing like you did earlier in the tournament. Special strategies and moves are needed in this stage of the game, because of the extraordinary circumstances final tables offer. The blinds are normally very high, and you’re either in, or very close to, the money. Inexperienced players often get intimidated when they reach a final table and normally use one of two strategies: they move all-in with every hand or try to check-fold their way in to the money (or to more money).
The all-in strategy
Moving all-in with every hand normally works for a while but it’s obviously a very risky strategy. Eventually another player will hit a good hand and the tournament will be over. On the other hand this way of playing may take a player very far if he or she is extremely lucky. There are examples of absolute beginners winning big poker tournaments.