How to be a bully?

[slapdash]

I've been playing several single-table no-limit Holdem tournaments on Ladbrokes recently ($10+$1, $20+$2, that sort of thing). I've been doing OK, at least partly thanks to some of the advice I've read here. :ok But one area where I feel I should be doing better is taking advantage of a large stack. When I'm the one with the short stack, I feel the other players manage to bully me far more effectively than I can manage when I'm the one with the money. Any tips?

[Jezza]

Re: How to be a bully? Hi Slapdash, Good to see you in here and glad to hear of your successes so far.... If you have aqquired a large stack in these tournmanents early on then thats great - you have to pick the right time to bully tho. When you have a large stack in these things early on you dont need to get involved at all (Im talking when the BB is 100 or less) without a very good holding. I wouldn't be raising preflop with anything less than premium holdings and I would not start warring over a pot unless I again had a good holding. If you want to take on a preflop gamble with someone then pick a small stack. The time to bully is just before the money when the blinds are large. Say there are four people left and you have a large stack (6,500) everyone else has around 2-3 and the blinds are 200 400. The next person out gets nothing. I would be raising EVERY hand almost - putting them to all their chips (apart from possibly first man to speak) with a lot less than premium hands. They will all fold like flies as they dont want to be the one who goes out just before the money and you will scoop 600 a time from the blinds. Obviously you cannot do this if someone HAS to call like they have over half their stack in on the blind. They will all moan at you in chat but when eventually someone does go and you are down to the last three you should have a mammoth chip lead. Of course if someone does call you and you lose you will still have chips to play with (dont bully other big stacks, just the short ones) Jez