SnG in the money %

#1 14th January 2009, 1:06 AM

Just curious... what is a good % for ITM?

#2 14th January 2009, 3:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Styrofoam

Just curious... what is a good % for ITM?

I think 100% is a nice even number you should shoot for......

#3 14th January 2009, 6:43 AM

i think that speaks for itself. I am curious as to what is expected.

#4 14th January 2009, 7:01 AM

I'd have to say everytime. I'm assuming you're playing a 9-handed, one table games. I know the little guide I give myself is to reach 1st place everytime, but atleast the money. So I mean... it's not too bad if you're playing well and you get beat but once you start making stupid decisions... stop playing tournaments. Start fresh the next time.

#5 14th January 2009, 8:07 AM

Check out one of the stats sites - www.officialpokerrankings,com, or www.pokerprolabs.com, etc. - to see what others are accomplishing. ROI rather than ITM may be a more useful metric (a lower ITM can have a higher ROI when the player places first more frequently than third). I think I saw in other postings here something like 40% ITM being a good target result... I see players with a positive ROI on these sites with ITM's less than 40% for SNG's...

#6 14th January 2009, 8:47 AM

Srsly 100% in the money is absolutely impossible.
Look at your ROI more than ITM %.
Get your ROI around 30%. For SNG thats ridiculously good.
For MTT of course you can win much more so ppls ROI is much higher

#7 14th January 2009, 8:56 AM

itm is pretty irrelevant. one guy could have 30% itm and be a net winner and the next could have 40% and be a loser. just focus on roi and maybe your distribution of 1st/2nd/3rd/4th places.

#8 14th January 2009, 7:29 PM

I would say 1/3 In the Money would be good a reasonable goal.

#9 16th January 2009, 2:36 AM

Well... is that even a positive result.. $10 dollar buy-in.
1st = 50% = $45.
2nd = 30% = $27.
3rd = 20% = $18.

for 1 win in 3 SnG's .. a 3rd is -$9.00, 2nd is breaking even and a 1st would have you up $18.

For me I'd have to say I need to be ITM 50% or I'm not doing good enough.

#10 16th January 2009, 3:40 AM

have you tried the ps double or nothing sng? 10 players, top five almost double their buy-in. making it to the top five isn't difficult, unless you just aren't getting any winning hands that day. I won 10 the same day I made my first deposit and almost doubled my br. It's a slow way to build a br, but not as difficult as trying to win 1st in a regular sng.

$25.00 - $1+.25 + $2.00
$26.75

$1.75 x 10 = $17.50
+$25.00

$42.50

#11 18th January 2009, 10:29 PM

I dunno, I used to coast into the money 3/5 times.. then I took it all into one big SnG and blew it and got 4th... so don't do that. If you play enough constantly.. you get a good feel for everything. I'd just get in there, but make the smart BR decisions.

#12 19th January 2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Dorkus Malorkus

itm is pretty irrelevant. one guy could have 30% itm and be a net winner and the next could have 40% and be a loser. just focus on roi and maybe your distribution of 1st/2nd/3rd/4th places.

^ this.

Just limping into third place most of the time won't always net you a profit, so chasing a certain ITM number can actually be counter productive.

Like Dorkus and a few others have said, focus on your ROI instead (ensuring that you include rake / entry fees in your calculations). If your ROI is positive then you're making progress, and your ITM number is irrelevant.

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