***September SNG Thread***

[Logan2]

If you are Villain in here (BB), you will call?, if yes why?.

full tilt poker $2 + $0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t80/t160 Blinds - 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): t3080 19.25 BBs
SB: t3440 21.50 BBs
BB: t1950 12.19 BBs
UTG: t2740 17.12 BBs
CO: t2290 14.31 BBs

Pre Flop: (t240) Hero is BTN with
2 folds, Hero raises to t3080 all in, 1 fold, BB requests TIME, BB calls t1790 all in
BB shows 3 ♦ 2 ♦


He have 18/9 and even request time to think about calling, so not sure if this is actually a good call? (is a 9plyers)

 

[dg1267]

Obviously he's calling with the bottom of his range. I have no clue why he did that. It's not like he had to. But your shove might have looked fishy to him. Had you been pretty active prior to this hand?

Edit: I don't care how fishy it looks, I'm still calling this an easy fold. It's suited and connected, but still. There isn't that many boards you are gonna be happy with and tons that are gonna send his chips your way.

 

[cjatud2012]

Yeah definitely an awful call from him-- which in turn means Sklansky bucks for you!

 

[cjatud2012]

Well that last session sucked, got to the bubble in like 5-6 tables as the chip leader, finished with four 3rd's and one 1st. Just variance, but should still be an interesting session to review.

 

[Logan2]

Yea, i think that also, is not like he have to, have a note on him like "decent", so was kind of surprise there, even when i could think Button is stealing how good is calling there in long term?, but because the guy actually think before call was wondering if SNG Wizzard could say is a call there on his part.

Talking about SNG Wizzard, where is Wizz, he don´t comeback since his live game, probably he is spending the millions now and forgeting about friends

I make some changes in the think for next month, cashout from Stars and rest of sites and only stay with Fulltilt, don´t like rake in Stars for S&G´s and MTT take a hell of time there, so will put aside Mtt´s for some time and will focus in S&G´s. Also change from 27´s to 9´s, so far as been sweet compared to 27´s, hope month end well for me and all you guys.

 

[dg1267]

I have to put in 77 games in the next 3 days to hit 500. I just don't think it's going to happen. That really sucks too. But I've got so much to do that spending too much time on poker right now is just -life EV. I'll try for it again next month. I still beat my old record of games in a month, so that's good anyway.

 

[cardplayer52]

I'm trying to put some serious volume in ever since I've heard about this blackcard promotion. The problem I have is the more games I play the more passive I get and I start missing easy shoves. Too much playing and not enough study always end up badly for me. Think I'll go study a bit before my session tonight.

 

[cjatud2012]

I heard GiantBuddha mention blackcard in one of his videos from his 100 day challenge, just read up on it now. It sounds really sick, but that's sooo much volume, it'd be near impossible to get playing low stakes. Even at mid-stakes it'd be pretty hard. Are you still at the $10+1's?

 

[cardplayer52]

I'm mixing in $22s I play 16 tables 11 of them are $11s and 5 $22s. I need to get in 64 games total to hit my mark. This is about 5 hours a day not sure I can handle that pace. I'm hoping to move up to all $22s shorty then I think it would be reasonable to achieve "blackcard". I'm just toying with the idea now. Just trying to get 500+ftps for the last 4 days of the month. When I see what the bonus is I'll deside if it's worth it.

 

[cjatud2012]

Happy to hear you're moving up. But yeah 5 hours everyday sounds close to impossible, you'd need to play all $2 rake games or mix in some $3 rake games to come close.

I wonder how blackcard will compare to the Stars VIP system when all the info is revealed? Right now it's way superior to Iron Man I think, but with a blackcard store and cash bonuses it might cut the gap a little, plus you can have rakeback on FT...

 

[dg1267]

What is this blackcard that you speak of? Link please.

 

[cardplayer52]

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-rooms-10/ftp-debut-new-reward-program-black-183898/

 

[OzExorcist]

Got a spot with AK preflop over in HA if anyone's interested: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tournament-hand-analysis-51/12-nlhestt-turbo-ak-sb-preflop-184111/

As for Black Card membership, it's only a lazy average of $71.42 in tournament entries every day for us SnG players. That's a big stretch at the $11/$12 level for anyone not playing full time but it's probably doable at the $22/$24 level. Which we're all gonna be crushing by Xmas, right?

 

[cardplayer52]

As I understand it the ironman promo will still be in effect. This is an add on to that. As for the $22s I've only played 48 of them starting out on a heater is nice. I know I could play continuously and be done in less than 4hours. If I played all $22s it would work out to be less than 3 hour a day. That's what I'm hoping to work into if I think it maybe worth it. If not I'll just wait till I'm playing all $22s till I give it a try for real. People are guessing with all ironman and blackcard and rackback it would work out to about just under 40% rb(this is just a guess) but we can't really know until we see what type of bonuses are in the store. But that work out to be about $235+/week just in rb and bonuses nm any possible profit and leaderboard prizes. Seems to me it may be worth it. I can't wait till the 30th.

 

[dg1267]

Thanks for the link, CP.

 

[cjatud2012]

For anyone who did not see: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/gen...-well-newest-instructor-deucescracked-184109/

With two days left in the month I have to earn only 128 more FTP's to get a week of free Cardrunners. I plan on finishing it all up tomorrow, I have to teach this afternoon for about three hours then finish a project that's due in the morning-- we'll see if I have any room for sleep in that schedule (hint: seems unlikely!).

 

[gallopingael]

For anyone who did not see: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/gen...-well-newest-instructor-deucescracked-184109/

With two days left in the month I have to earn only 128 more FTP's to get a week of free Cardrunners. I plan on finishing it all up tomorrow, I have to teach this afternoon for about three hours then finish a project that's due in the morning-- we'll see if I have any room for sleep in that schedule (hint: seems unlikely!).

Not sure if you were aware of this, but CR videos have a 14 day window for viewing after you unlock them. So, in theory, if you download some videos you want to see and don't get around to watching them, unlock them on day 7 and you'll have 2 more weeks to view them.

 

[cjatud2012]

Not sure if you were aware of this, but CR videos have a 14 day window for viewing after you unlock them. So, in theory, if you download some videos you want to see and don't get around to watching them, unlock them on day 7 and you'll have 2 more weeks to view them.

I did not know this, but am glad that I do now!

 

[Logan2]

Still one day left, but meh

My goals for September.

-Play 100-120 S&G´s in the $2´s and $3´s / Reached, end with 180
-Play 10-20 S&G´s in the $5´s / Reached
-Study at least 1 time a week (4 times in the month) /Reached.

End the month positive wich is great after a bad streak early, last couple days trying 6 tabling, after some try looks like need to move from tiling to cascading, still unsure if need table ninja or not, will look on to the trial tomorrow.

Need to think in my goals for next month but goals truely help me to play and study a lot more in September, enjoy reading all of you guys and is really helpfull read all your HH and opinions.

 

[polingpower]

i'm going to join you all next month .. starting out with 9 man 2,25 on ft see where it goes:ridinghor throw in some 5.50 9 man also

 

[dg1267]

Good job on your goals for the month Logan! And polingpower, the more the merrier!

I'm sitting at 450 games on the month with a 7% ROI. Barring a major catastrophe tomorrow, this will be the best month ever. I've also started tossing in two $5 SnG's with my four $2's. Hopefully that will go well.

I'm still going to try to reach 500 games on the month, but I'm not going to go crazy over it. I might play one or two more 6 game sessions tonight and then see where I sit tomorrow.

 

[billdogg]

A cooler, but did I play it wrong? I was trying to take it down PF, then went for check-raise on flop which didn't work. Then tried to act weak on turn, and figured I was good on river. But it turned out I was way behind from the start.

It does fit how I've been running all month though. Finally get a good hand, only to be outdone.

Full Tilt poker game #24315382020: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (188164859), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 01:12:01 ET - 2010/09/30
Seat 1: Gazebra28 (1,770)
Seat 2: ManicLombax (2,471)
Seat 3: billdogg87 (1,350)
Seat 4: kint44 (1,615)
Seat 6: Sorondo (1,614)
Seat 7: Raambo11 (1,890)
Seat 8: klohsterheim (1,410)
Seat 9: allergictobroke (1,380)
billdogg87 posts the small blind of 40
kint44 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to billdogg87 [Kd Ah]
Sorondo folds
Raambo11 folds
klohsterheim folds
allergictobroke folds
Gazebra28 folds
ManicLombax folds
billdogg87 raises to 240
kint44 calls 160
*** FLOP *** [8s 9s Ad]
billdogg87 checks
kint44 checks
*** TURN *** [8s 9s Ad] [Ac]
billdogg87 bets 160
kint44 calls 160
*** RIVER *** [8s 9s Ad Ac] [3h]
billdogg87 checks
kint44 bets 240
billdogg87 raises to 950, and is all in
kint44 calls 710
*** SHOW DOWN ***
billdogg87 shows [Kd Ah] three of a kind, Aces
kint44 shows [8c 8d] a full house, Eights full of Aces
kint44 wins the pot (2,700) with a full house, Eights full of Aces

 

[cjatud2012]

Why didn't you bet the flop? Seems like a really simple spot to bet like ~t360 then call a shove or jam the turn.

 

[Logan2]

I don´t think will check there in flop, there is a posible flush and str8 draw there so you actually giving chance of a free card to villain if just check, you want to start making a pot there so i will bet in flop, if you bet since the start and he call your flopbet and call turnbet then a red flag pop up and can start to worry, other way you have not much idea where you stand and can end like this.

If i play the hand same way like you did i think will be really hard to not be busto too.

 

[billdogg]

90% of the time, I would have bet 1/2-3/4 pot on flop with top pair and a wet board to protect my hand. I guess I was bored and wanted to get fancy, and was hoping for a check-raise on the flop.

I guess I'll go back to my standard play.