Strategy for the $6.50 6 handed Turbo SNG's on FTP?

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I have decided to test my mettle on the 6 player $6.50 Turbo SNG's on FTP. The blinds escalate every 3 minutes.

First place pays 65% and second pays 35%.

I know how to play at the end game using ICM push fold type theory, and when you get in the money, you can make use of Heads Up Nash Equilibrium if the bilnds are big enough (otherwise, I'm comfortable playing a standard heads up game)

I guess I'm wanting a good guideline for when the blinds are very early and you have 1500 chips.

I had played some of the super turbos with starting stack 300 chips and 30 chip big blinds, but those are too insane. I think this game is ideal for my new 23" monitor. I've been playing a lot of double ups on Merge lately but I got tired of that as their software has so many glitches (it can't tile 12 tables correctly even in mini mode on my big 1920x1080 monitor)
 
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I can't really comment with any degree of certainty. I specialize in 9 mans. However the adjustments i'd make would be opening up earlier, 3betting more earlier.

There's probably a heap of other adjustments i'd make, but the main ones would be playing looser, earlier.

The bubble probably plays a lot differantly than a 9 man, but i havent looked at the 6max games much.
 
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I can't really comment with any degree of certainty. I specialize in 9 mans. However the adjustments i'd make would be opening up earlier, 3betting more earlier.

There's probably a heap of other adjustments i'd make, but the main ones would be playing looser, earlier.

The bubble probably plays a lot differantly than a 9 man, but i havent looked at the 6max games much.

Well, I'm going to just specialize in 6 max from now on. I've played 9 max SNG's, but since I don't have poker tracker, I don't know how I performed in them. I'm going to track 6 max by just keeping track of the number of 1st places, 2nd, and loses that I get.

I also figure that the presence of 1 donkey helps a lot more in a 6 max than a 9max. If the donkey busts out of the 6 max, you are now way closer to the money, whereas in a 9 max it doesn't make a huge difference.

I came to the same conclusion - I'm going to be 3 betting and squeezing more than I usually do.

Also the bubble situation is simpler. I don't have SNG Wiz yet, but I imagine it'd be a lot easier to memorize what to do when 3 are left and the blinds are high (basically, at that point, which hands to push with, which hands to call or overcall with).

I also like the fact that when you're heads up and in the money, the play also gets a lot simpler (push or fold).

One more cool thing is if you are on the bubble with the chip lead and you get the other 2 people all in with you and win that showdown, you instantly win the game. (That's happened to me a few times on the superturbos, but not the turbos yet)
 
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Bubble spots are never as simple as having pre-determined ranges, they rely heavily on a lot of differant factors, mainly how you're stack size relates to the players left at the table.

You can search for you're distribution on sharkscope, it gives reasonably accurate figures especially over a large sample. The number of 1st's and 2nd's doesn't tell you a lot without the whole picture.

Anyways best of luck!
 
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Bubble spots are never as simple as having pre-determined ranges, they rely heavily on a lot of differant factors, mainly how you're stack size relates to the players left at the table.
That's what ICM does. Input stack sizes, blinds, and prize distribution and it gives you ranges.

You can search for you're distribution on Sharkscope, it gives reasonably accurate figures especially over a large sample. The number of 1st's and 2nd's doesn't tell you a lot without the whole picture.

Anyways best of luck!
I prefer to keep my own custom spreadsheet which computes my ROI based on # of 1sts, # of 2nds, and # of losses (3rd-6th. Don't care which position i bust out of for now).

Don't like using Sharkscope in that case because it mixes in all the other SNGS in that statistic, and I'm not paying for SS membership.
 
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