***October SNG Thread***

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New month, hope it brings new run goodzzzz for all of you.

We had a really great thread last month, however this month it's been requested that we keep the content of this thread to the following:

-putting in volume
-what soft games are
-run bad, EV bitching
-general quick strategy stuff (Hey guize, what's your fold to steal %?)

If you would like analysis on a specific hand, post it in Tournament HA so that it is more accessible to the rest of the forum, then you can post the link here so we can all find it.

Let's try to make this month as good as last month!

I'll make my own goals shortly.
 
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Welcome October, i expect great things from you.

Still working on my goals get back soon.
 
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Guys - please try to post your HA in the HA forum and your strategy in the strategy forum this month!

Per C9's suggestion:

Try to keep this thread's discussion topics to stuff like:

-putting in volume
-what soft games are
-run bad, EV bitching
-general quick strategy stuff (Hey guize, what's your fold to steal %?)


Thanks!
 
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Guys - please try to post your HA in the HA forum and your strategy in the strategy forum this month!

Per C9's suggestion:

Try to keep this thread's discussion topics to stuff like:

-putting in volume
-what soft games are
-run bad, EV bitching
-general quick strategy stuff (Hey guize, what's your fold to steal %?)


Thanks!

thanks Debi, will put this into OP.
 
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Sorry for my ignorance, what is HA?.
 
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HA stands for "Hand Analysis".
 
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Ah, thanks, CJ.

bummer, i find September the more fun in the topic because we do all in same place, and was easy to post HH because people in here is helpfull and respectfull and some in here play in same stakes and games, with HA open to all forum i don´t think post hands again.

So now the topic will be just for chit-chat, right?.:p
 
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okay, goals for this month:

1) Bronze Ironman-- will translate into ~200 STT's
2) watch as many CardRunners videos as I can
3) spend more time in SNGWiz, always seems to be a fail lol
4) try to get some of my HH's reviewed by others (hint hint :p)
5) take an extra second before each decision to make sure it is the correct one (being careful not to overthink :D)

Should be a good month if I can manage my time better. One kind of nerdy thing I did today was I took the nash heads-up table and made it the background on my computer... That way I can easily reference it when I play. I've started cascading 10 tables on my new monitor, leaves a lot of space on the right side for the table.

Ah, thanks, CJ.

bummer, i find September the more fun in the topic because we do all in same place, and was easy to post HH because people in here is helpfull and respectfull and some in here play in same stakes and games, with HA open to all forum i don´t think post hands again.

So now the topic will be just for chit-chat, right?.:p

Yeah, it was really great and there was a ton of good content but that content was really only available for the few people who frequently posted in that thread. The goal is to make some of that good discussion more accessible to the rest of the forum, therefore making the forum as a whole a better place.

I think casual strategy talk here is still fine, and we can link to threads in the HA section in here too. So hopefully the content will stay the same, it'll just be in different places I guess.
 
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Also, Debi, when are you coming back to us to get your fix? :p
 
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Well - I actually played almost 250 sng's in Sept and had my first winning month since early this year. I might bump it up to about 300 for October but will still be playing a lot of MTT's.

If I didn't travel so much I could get a good month in lol. But there is New York in Oct and Vegas in Nov.
 
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That sounds cool! What brings you to NY? (I think I can figure what brings you to Vegas)
 
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My goals for October.

1) 350 games (At least 300)
2) Silver Ironman (At least Bronze)
3) study every 3 days.
4) 8tabling (6/$2 & 2/$5 first 15 days then 4/$2 & 4/$5 last 15 days)
5) profit
6) something will come up.
 
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Something come up now replying to dg in last month thread.

6) Study players in my stakes every sunday, make notes using HEm replayer
7) Focus more when are top3, this month i notice that when reach top3 (top5 in the 27´s) focus more on other tables because this was already on money and make me end in 3rd when have the chance to win it.
 
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I'll post my goals in the AM. But cjatud(or anyone else for that matter) if you want to send me some HHs i'll be happy to look at them. I'm mostly reg speed turbos but i'll be glad to give you my input fwiw. and be sure to watch all of collins STT videos. do a seach for his name because one is listed in the cash section not sngs. he got a good one for $12 turbos on fulltilt.
 
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I want to give the $2 90 SNGs a try during October.

No challenge or anything, I'm just looking to profit this month with these games. They're as close to deepstack MTTs as I can find. However, I can probably put in a ton more volume with these games and I can (hopefully) expect my $/Hour will be much higher.
 
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Oh, I just noticed the $1 KO 90-seat SNGs on Stars. These games also start with 2K, 10/20 blinds. I don't have a lot of experience with KO MTTs, but I can imagine the play being pretty soft with some players calling light with weak hands trying to get a few KO bounties.

Does anyone have any experience with these KO MTTs? I can also see this being good for someone trying to build a BR. Score 2 KO's (.25) and you've basically made your rake + KO fee back. Score 6 KO's and you've made your money back, so you're free rolling the MTT. It's not going to happen all the time, but just picking up a few bounties here and there will be beneficial to the BR. What are the cons to this game?

Given my small BR ($50), I think these may be the game of choice for October if I'm looking to grind MT games and make profit.
 
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Well after messing around all year putting no real volume in and genrally no being in a decent state to grind mental wise I played a few sessions of the ole 18 mans last month and feel good too set some goals-

1) Start 4 tabling today then gradually get up too 6 then 8 in the next week or so (6 has been my max)

2) Play the 3$ 18 mans and hopefully play a few 5$ ones when the bank roll allows or when I feel good about my game.

3) Get a silver star this month

4) Try to do some studying which is something I suck at.

Lets have a great month everyone.
 
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Well - I actually played almost 250 sng's in Sept and had my first winning month since early this year. I might bump it up to about 300 for October but will still be playing a lot of MTT's.

If I didn't travel so much I could get a good month in lol. But there is New York in Oct and Vegas in Nov.


What a life! I Feel so bad for you. LOL jk..

Have fun in traveling!
 
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Goals for the month:

1) Profit.
2) play 450 STT's
3)continue 4-tabling and begin 6-tabling by the end of the month
4)dont let a losing day breed several losing days.
5)Qualify for the BOP.
6)have one day per week playing no STT's(a freeroll or an Mtt or two only)
 
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Goal this month:

1.) keep a rolling average of over 500ftps.
2.) top 100 on low limit sng leaderboard
3.) 1 of 2 good size study sessions a week with SNGWIZ
4.) stick to a pre-game warm up review of icm spots
5.) plan a day to review reg's games in my hem
6.) post 1-2 HH's in the HA forum with links here
7.) try to comment on 2-3 HH's a week

Bonus I hope to be totally rolled for and playing all $20s this month. If all goes well maybe take shots at the $30s.
 
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philthy, I've never put in a ton of volume in those types of tournaments, I've played maybe like ~50 of the $3.30's on Tilt and the players are roflbad. 3-bet shoves will get called by T9o when stacks are 50bb+ deep. It's really ridiculous. I don't know how the one's on Stars play, but I'm sure they're not all that different. Don't really know what to suggest as a strategy for play like that, lol.

I have never been and Joe is taking me there for our annual anniversary trip.

Sounds great! I've only driven through on my way to New England. My girlfriend goes a couple of times a year for Broadway. I don't really think I'd like it too much there though, too big.
 
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hello fellow sng

I want put in 250 to 300 sng
Spend a day a week doing hand reviews & make notes
On players in the 5.50 reg
Watch more videos & study & do 1 & 2 sweats this month
Contact me if you want do one have teamviewer&skype

Build the bank roll on full tilt
Playing the 2.25 to 5.50 on full tilt
Hopefully be rolled to move up at the end of the month
learn how to post hands :rolleyes:
 
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I'm sorry if this is considered a hijack...I don't intend it to be. I just want to know what people are using to track how many SNG's they play. I want to look at September so I can get a goal number for this thread. Thanks :)
 
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I use an excel spreadsheet I made to track volume and profit - will be glad to send it to you if you want to see it. (I can't rely on HEM since I play on 2 separate pc's - and it misses games from time to time.)
 
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