Well November has come up way too quick and it is time to start a new SNG thread! Looks like November will be a good month as there is the Collin Moshman interview coming up and the November SNG challenge.

I didnt have a very good october and I am determined to turn that around so I have set myself some decent goals for the month.

1.Buy Holdem Manager
2.Deposit on Pokerstars
3.Play only when not tired, changing from night shift to day shift will be good
4.Play only $3.40 SNGs on stars,MTTs will be on FT
5.Play only one table at a time for first week
6.Focus on every tourney, no webpages or other things in background.
7.Try to predict opponents hole cards in every hand, not just the ones I play
8.Collin Moshmans SNG strategy will be delivered
9.Read it
10.Set up HEM properly for SNGs, it would be great if people could share their configurations that they have going for sit n gos so I can get an idea of which stats are most important to have in front of you
11. Review every tournament.

I shall take a number 6 please. Must stop doing stuff and playing poker, I think the answer for me will be to play two tables and see what happens. Will be my last chance for regular poker this week so hopefully I can increse the bankroll a little bit fot the inevitable rust that I shall have when I play next.

Have a good month everyone.

Same goal as every month, Pinky:

1 - Play lots
2 - *shrug*
3 - Profit

1. put in more volume this month(gold or possibly iron medal)
2. review all my sessions in SNGWIZ
3. watch more videos(stoxpoker woohoo)
4. try to put together another BRM policy(hoping to move up to $22s)
5. exchange some HHs with other players to review and discuss
6. try a few sweat sessions sometime this month(cardplayer52 on skype)

1. Start short with 10 dollars on Stars
2. Pay a couple of 3.40 tournaments
3. If In The Money then continue else wait till have bigger roll.

My goal this month is to learn how to beat $1 and $2 SNG's

Yeaaa - November is finally here!! A month with no traveling - I can finally play poker.

Goals:

1. Watch lots of Stox videos!
2. Have 2-3 coaching sessions.
3. Buy Collin Moshman's HU book.
4. Play lots of $5 sng's and throw in some $10's here and there.
5. Get back to playing at least a few MTT's a week.
6. Post some hands in HA and keep serious sng discussions going all month at CC.
7. Try not to embarrass myself when doing the Collin Moshman interview lol.

My Mid-day update with my results from last night to today.

I have played 7 $1.20 9 Player Sit and go's.

7 x 1.20 = $8.40

1st Place 4.50 x 3 = $13.50
2nd Place 2.70 x 2 = $5.40
3rd Place 1.80 x 0 = $0.00
Unplace 0.00 x 2 = $0.00

Total $18.90

Profit $10.50

looking foward to november having just worked 21 days straight noticed was playing tired and getting more 2nds or busting out. thank you dakota for getting that interview should be good. Going to try and get rolled for 6 dolla ft games waiting till 50 buyins got 270 now all in all just trying to get back on track and keep improving

Keep getting suck out on AA vs 99 hit a 9 pfffft

Nov goals:
1. 2k games
2. Stop watching all-in showdowns
3. Don't tilt (#2 might help)
4. Profit

1. Stop switching games and stick to sng's for the month
2. 1K games at least
3. Get rolled for $6 games (100 Buyins)
4. Participate here I suppose

1) Play at least 200 SNG's (had 181 in Oct.)
2) Move up in stakes if possible.
3) Make the final table in a large $2.20 MTT on PS. (Got so close in Oct.)
4) Don't let the grades slip (this goal is so directly affected by poker I thought I'd include it lol.)

Just played a 9 game set

1st- 1
2nd- 3
3rd- 3

so far so good this month, turbo's sure are swingy though.

Whole day sucked (or rather sucked out)

No apparent tilt although I lost twice boat over boat on the river and a flopped nutflush vs flopped straight flush.

Can't evade these I guess......

- was down 27$ until the last game, a 180 player 2$ FT sng.

Made 5th for 27$ lol - so I moved sideways at least (+ 100 FTPs).

Tomorrow is sng day for me - I am hoping to get some good games in. Tuesday will be busy - doctor, Collin's interview then a sng coaching session - all back to back lol.

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

Tomorrow is sng day for me - I am hoping to get some good games in. Tuesday will be busy - doctor, Collin's interview then a sng coaching session - all back to back lol.

Good luck where are you playing at the moment?

And I hate poker down 4 buy ins today. most on the bubble.

I play at Pokerstars. I don't like the sng's at FT - the normal speed ones are like turbos with only 6 minute blind levels. Besides I at least get to play in the Pokerlisting freerolls at Pokerstars when I earn points - I get nothing at FT.

Another 9 sng set completed

1st- 0
2nd- 4
3rd-1

Originally Posted by Johnnybmoto

Just played a 9 game set

1st- 1
2nd- 3
3rd- 3

so far so good this month, turbo's sure are swingy though.

Originally Posted by Johnnybmoto

Another 9 sng set completed

1st- 0
2nd- 4
3rd-1

Great job! Are all of them turbos?

I despise turbos, so I only play regular SNGs and I am not very good at multi tabling. I am going to have to amend my goal of 300 SNGs to 150 as I can only play 4 in two hours. I start a new table when the blinds get to 50 /100 on the other one.

In my 10 games (using last night and tonight) so far: $5.50 - 1 table SNGs

1st - 2
2nd - 3
3rd - 2
N/C - 3

ROI - 83 % - Let's hope the rest of November goes this well

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

Great job! Are all of them turbos?

Ya, all turbo's.

Only playing the $3.40's right now trying to get back in the swing of things as far as sng's go. Haven't played any before today in over a month.

Regular speed is just to slow for me, Sng's are all about the push/fold in the later stages and that is where they are won, so with turbo's I get to that point faster.

Also, lifetime graph here, game 170 is where I started playing yesterday. Before that I had no clue for the most part.

I have to agree on Fulltilt sngs, I dont like the structure although I have only played 40 or 50 there, has anyone experience of other sites?

And good job Jonny on being in the positive took me a little longer than that.

already down $54 this month. but had a sik come back. here's the 4th hand of the toruney and last one.

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HAND 1
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$11 Buy-in (15/30 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 9 Players
Poker Tools by Stoxpoker - Hand Details

CO: 1,380 (46 bb)
BTN: 1,620 (54 bb)
SB: 1,470 (49 bb)
BB: 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+1: 1,650 (55 bb)
UTG+2: 1,410 (47 bb)
Hero (MP1): 1,470 (49 bb)
MP2: 1,500 (50 bb)
MP3: 1,500 (50 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is MP1 with K♠ K♥
UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises to 105, Hero raises to 300, 6 folds, UTG+2 calls 195
Flop: (645) J♦ 8♠ 9♥ (2 players)
UTG+2 bets 1,110 and is all-in, Hero calls 1,110
Turn: (2,865) A♠ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (2,865) 5♦ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results:[spoil] 2,865 pot
Final Board: J♦ 8♠ 9♥ A♠ 5♦
UTG+2 showed A♥ J♥ (two pairs, Aces and Jacks) and won 2,865 (1,455 net)
Hero showed K♠ K♥ (a pair of Kings) and lost (-1,410 net)
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HAND 1
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$11 Buy-in (250/500 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 2 Players
Poker Tools by Stoxpoker - Hand Details

Hero (BB): 12,080 (24.2 bb)
BTN: 1,420 (2.8 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 7♦ Q♠
BTN raises to 1,420 and is all-in, Hero calls 920
Flop: (2,840) K♣ T♣ 9♣ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (2,840) 8♦ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (2,840) 6♥ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results:[spoil] 2,840 pot
Final Board: K♣ T♣ 9♣ 8♦ 6♥
Hero showed 7♦ Q♠ (a straight, Six to Ten) and won 2,840 (1,420 net)
BTN showed A♣ 6♠ (a pair of Sixes) and lost (-1,420 net)
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November goals :

1. I know it's SNG thread but keep that 30BB/100 on PLO 6 max ring games in order to put bankroll at a level I'm comfortable with to replay higher buy-ins SNGs later with less BR management concerns

2 Due to the fact October have been kind of disastrous month for SNG (was playing 9 players 12$ turbo on FT with positive ROI until September and then i finished October playing 6.5$ ones with a negative ROI), trying to switch from turbos to standard ones : actually I play only turbo SNGs due to lack of time but as Debi said difference between turbo and standard structures aren't that high (6mn vs 3mn) so I may have to do that switch in order to see if it's turbo strucutre that is my problem or if it's more a problem on my own play (which i highly suspect as bad beats alones can't explain such an hideous month even if SNG Wiz didn't report many errors in my pushing and calling ranges).

3 So that would say playing 5.5 6 man and 9 man to begin November with.

4 Moving back to the 10's $ SNG before the end of the month.

5 Post more consistently SNG hands where I find my play to be debatable and be more active in analyzing SNG hands posted here on CC.

We'll how much goals I'll respect and succeed in (me think I would have a hard time to respect goal number 5 but let's see...)

My goals for Nov are pretty simple. More learning, less playing.

Edit: Scratch that. More learning, same amount of playing

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HAND 1
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$5.50 Buy-in (15/30 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 9 Players
Poker Tools by Stoxpoker - Hand Details

MP3: 1,485 (49.5 bb)
CO: 1,560 (52 bb)
BTN: 1,455 (48.5 bb)
SB: 1,845 (61.5 bb)
Hero (BB): 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+1: 1,470 (49 bb)
UTG+2: 1,470 (49 bb)
MP1: 1,215 (40.5 bb)
MP2: 1,500 (50 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 7♦ 7♠
7 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to 90, SB calls 60
Flop: (180) 4♠ Q♥ 4♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (180) 4♥ (2 players)
SB bets 60, Hero calls 60
River: (300) J♣ (2 players)
SB bets 60, Hero calls 60
Results:[spoil] 420 pot
Final Board: 4♠ Q♥ 4♦ 4♥ J♣
SB showed 9♦ A♠ (three of a kind, Fours) and lost (-210 net)
Hero showed 7♦ 7♠ (a full house, Fours full of Sevens) and won 420 (210 net)
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you can click the "stoxpoker" box to watch it. anyways i though this would be a good hand to discuss. my main question is should i be cbetting the flop here? and what about raising the turn or vbetting the river? no reads yet. how do you play this/

Right played a few of the 90 Players SNG's Cashed in both 16th and 9th.

Stop playing the SNG's since the bad run of 4 in the row with no cash. Come back today played 1 and come 2nd. Going to start again after my dinner!

Originally Posted by Johnnybmoto

1. Stop switching games and stick to sng's for the month
2. 1K games at least
3. Get rolled for $6 games (100 Buyins)
4. Participate here I suppose

Is 100 buyins really necessary, or is that just your preferred level of comfort?

Originally Posted by cardplayer52

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HAND 1
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$5.50 Buy-in (15/30 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 9 Players
Poker Tools by Stoxpoker - Hand Details

MP3: 1,485 (49.5 bb)
CO: 1,560 (52 bb)
BTN: 1,455 (48.5 bb)
SB: 1,845 (61.5 bb)
Hero (BB): 1,500 (50 bb)
UTG+1: 1,470 (49 bb)
UTG+2: 1,470 (49 bb)
MP1: 1,215 (40.5 bb)
MP2: 1,500 (50 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 7♦ 7♠
7 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to 90, SB calls 60
Flop: (180) 4♠ Q♥ 4♦ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: (180) 4♥ (2 players)
SB bets 60, Hero calls 60
River: (300) J♣ (2 players)
SB bets 60, Hero calls 60
Results:[spoil] 420 pot
Final Board: 4♠ Q♥ 4♦ 4♥ J♣
SB showed 9♦ A♠ (three of a kind, Fours) and lost (-210 net)
Hero showed 7♦ 7♠ (a full house, Fours full of Sevens) and won 420 (210 net)
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you can click the "stoxpoker" box to watch it. anyways i though this would be a good hand to discuss. my main question is should i be cbetting the flop here? and what about raising the turn or vbetting the river? no reads yet. how do you play this/

I definitely raise more pre, probably to around 150. The reason I say 150 is that the majority of the opponents you will face will call 150 if they will call 90. So value wise it is good to raise bigger early. Once the blinds get higher you can revert back to the 3x raise. Your in the early stages and 7's aren't really that strong of a hand, but, I don't have a problem playing them.

Raise to 150 or so and be happy to take the pot down right now.

The flop is a pretty safe one for you, no flush or straight draws and only one over card.

When it is checked to you, I definitely put a bet in here. Odds are he missed and will fold, if he calls and no scare cards come I raise the turn if he bets and call the river after the jack comes.

I've found in these low limit tournaments that those small bets scream bluff. They have the Idea that they want to try and steal the pot but they don't want to risk a lot of money.

Right that did not work either lol... What was I trying to do was up load my the games and Net profit and my total Profit but i give you the end figures instead!

17 SNG games $1.10 and some $1.20.

I have played 3 90 seater $1.10 SNG's 2 final tables and another in the money.

Total Buyins $19.90 Total Wins $27.47 Total Profit $7.57

4 MTT from $1.10 to $5.50

Total Buyins $7.70 Total Wins $19.00 Total Profit $11.30

I'm currently using Excel to most of my calculations! Which i have tried pasting the cells in here hence the post above me! Then i tried to paste a word doc in but you had to download it .... So if anybody can tell a way of uploading all that kinda data please i would love you for ever more.....

November goal....
Move up to the $6/ 6 person sngs, which means over funded bankroll I hope

Originally Posted by TheWall

Is 100 buyins really necessary, or is that just your preferred level of comfort?

It's a little of both. I play turbo's and play 9 at a time. Variance can be killer in the turbo's so I like to have a little extra cushion.

It's also a comfort thing, I don't want to have to reload if I go on a bad run. I want to have enough buyin's to withstand variance.

You could get by with 40-50 buyins if you wanted to.

Originally Posted by sharkyo01

I'm currently using Excel to most of my calculations! Which i have tried pasting the cells in here hence the post above me! Then i tried to paste a word doc in but you had to download it .... So if anybody can tell a way of uploading all that kinda data please i would love you for ever more.....

2 options I can see right off the top of my head.


1. Use google docs for your spreadsheet, then you can link directly to it (only editable by you we just see the numbers)

2. Take a screenshot of your excel spreadsheet. Just make sure everything you want is on the screen and press your "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. Open up MS Paint (Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Paint) and press Ctrl + V (Paste). Then just save it, and upload it to photobucket.com which you can then link here.


Good luck!