SnG's??

6 max

i have this bad habbit of being the guy that pops the bubble...

im just wondering if anyone has a rule of thumb on holding your lead and not letting the blinds kill you..

i always do well i play sngs just like a cash table (which is what keeps me alive) but i either just make itm or i am the bubble

just conservitive common sense poker..

but it always seems like i am too conservitive and the blinds kill so i make a move and get busted...

im really not used to a time limit...in ring games theres no hurry you just wait it out

so that being said what can i do to improve my itm % without playing crap cards and "getting lucky" i think the biggest problem is the time constraints... but probly not cause i REALLY suck at regular 9/10 person tables..

i do better at six max turbos..

anyway yea i couldnt find any thing on the subject so...

thanx in advance haha

im sucking it up right now

you say you play conservative. maybe a problem is that you are playing too tight. remember that in a 6-max game, what could be a folding hand in a 9 person table could be a raising hand. the general value of your hands are higher than normal.

also, you said you play the same way as you do cash games. this should not be. tournament play and cash game play have many differences, and you will have to adjust you strategy accordingly. i'm sure there are articles on this here https://www.cardschat.com/poker-strategy.php

In a 6-max, 6 player sit & go, you must play for first. Only wins net you any real profit, and your ITM% is kinda meaningless if you're taking 2nd all the time. Loosen up & use the bubble + people's fear of busting to get a big stack going into HU play.

don't do it man, don't do sngs, you have too much to live for

combuboom said:

don't do it man, don't do sngs, you have too much to live for

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Ha ha! But he might actually *like* S&G's. At least, in moderation.


The general rule for tournaments is that when your M is down to ~5, you shove with any semi-decent hand into an unchallenged pot. The reason for this is that your stack is big enough that people will be afraid to call without good hands, and doubling up (even via a suck-out, which are pretty common) leaves you with a significant number of chips to work with.
That is, if you wait until your M is 3 and shove, not only will people look you up with less but if you do win you're still really short on chips.


You have to modify this some. IE, shoving with Q/2o when the BB has either a tiny chip stack is dangerous because they're desperate to call with just about anything. And making that same move against a monster stack is dangerous because they're liable to call with a wide range of hands. So you're looking to make this move against middle stacks if possible.

In SnGs you have to be aggressive. And don't play the turbos. Less skill involved and more luck when it comes to the turbos. Espessially the super turbos.

JDVB said:

In SnGs you have to be aggressive. And don't play the turbos. Less skill involved and more luck when it comes to the turbos. Espessially the super turbos.

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Erm, not really. Most players make big mistakes when playing in high blind situations, and most of the skill in SnG's is having a good knowledge of ICM push/fold decisions. Plus turbos usually have lower fees, and you can play more in a given amount of time. Thus, your hourly rate goes up.

c9h13no3 said:

Erm, not really. Most players make big mistakes when playing in high blind situations, and most of the skill in SnG's is having a good knowledge of ICM push/fold decisions. Plus turbos usually have lower fees, and you can play more in a given amount of time. Thus, your hourly rate goes up.

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correct,i look at turbo sngs as a "high volume" low investment game of numbers haha maybe ill just slow down a lil,if im going to try and be more aggressive then im going to have to pay attention to more detail ... maybe multi tabling with sngs isnt the best idea...

hmm well thanx for the advice thus far folks, i am going to keep on truckin haha with a little reading and some solid advice ill get it im sure!