Interview Questions for Collin Moshman (author of "Sit 'n Go Strategy")

[Poker Orifice]

Hmm seems quite interesting...is the book expensive? if not where can I buy "sit n go strategy" book

Check on Amazon.com

 

[No Brainer]

It is the third hand of a $3 SNG and you are dealt AK in the bb. One player limps in before you and you raise it, then he pushes all in. Now at this level we can put an unknown player on a large range of hands, say TT+, AJ+, KJ+. With this range our AK is a 62/38 favorite. I know that getting into confrontations early in the tournament is going to be bad for you tournament equity, but do you think this is too much of an edge to pass up?

 

[Pillshark]

I'm only half way through the book at the moment,due to the fact that I keep going back,and re-reading certain parts.Should have it finished by Xmas .
Q./Do you have any preferances as to where you play Sng's?
(ie.Live as opposed to online?)
Q./As long as a player remembers to divide a larger Sng,(18-45+) into
Early/Mid/ & Late blinds,then would it not be possible to adopt the same principles & strategies,as would be used in a 9/10 seater Sng?

 

[Debi]

I will go through these tomorrow and choose as many questions as I can. If your question is long expect it to be edited lol.

Thanks for all of the responses - you have until tomorrow to add any last minute ones.

 

[Debi]

Thanks for all the questions!! I am trying to group them together by topic and eliminate duplicate questions, etc. I should be able to send them to him today or tomorrow. Once I get them back I will post them in General Poker as a sticky I think.

 

[PC69]

Thanks for all the questions!! I am trying to group them together by topic and eliminate duplicate questions, etc. I should be able to send them to him today or tomorrow. Once I get them back I will post them in General Poker as a sticky I think.

Thanks again Deb.. Much appreciated

 

[sharkyo01]

I would like to know if you could make a stable living off playing SNG's?

 

[Debi]

Collin responded and prefers to do this over voice - like in Skype.

If any of you have experience in recording something like this and can advise me on the best way to do it please contact me in msn or send me a pm.

 

[Smotpoker]

You're more after a program that will record all the audio coming from your machine, rather than a specific skype recorder. I haven't tried it personally, I have recorded a ventrilo conversation, but this was a long time ago.

Try this...
http://www.voip-sol.com/15-apps-for-recording-skype-conversations/

From my very brief perusing of the interwebs about this topic I hear lots of good things about PowerGramo (#7 on that list). Some of them are freeware, some shareware.

 

[kidkvno1]

If it ain't a problem, i thought of some i did not see anyone ask..

How did his first SnG go?

Dose he have any plans, to be a teaching coach?

What are his thoughts on programs, to help play better in SnGs..

 

[sharkyo01]

Collin responded and prefers to do this over voice - like in Skype.

If any of you have experience in recording something like this and can advise me on the best way to do it please contact me in msn or send me a pm.

Whoop Whoop that sounds very cool!! Any body every meet him / seen him?

 

[Debi]

Whoop Whoop that sounds very cool!! Any body every meet him / seen him?

My coach lives near him and they have met various times.

 

[sharkyo01]

My coach lives near him and they have met various times.

This sounds really cool! Are you going to type out what he said? Or let us download the convo?

 

[Debi]

This sounds really cool! Are you going to type out what he said? Or let us download the convo?

I will transcribe it.

 

[sharkyo01]

That fair enough... Your going to be doing that for agessss .... So thank you in advance

 

[bullishwwd]

SnG questions

I have read that the most effective SnGs are 45 person

Payout makes it more worthwhile than smaller ones and takes alot less time than say a 90 person.

What is his strategy for playing a 45 person SnG?

I have never heard of this pro...assuming he is a pro.

Wally

 

[Debi]

Actually it is too late for questions - but that question in the post above was already included.

The interview is scheduled for Tuesday - let's hope the recording works and that I don't say anything stupid to Collin lol.

 

[c9h13no3]

Everyone says that high stakes SnG's come with a great deal of variance. At what point do you start to see the variance rapidly increase? Is there a point where it becomes smart money to switch from SnG's?

Would you suggest that a beginning player start out as a SnG specialist, or is some other form of poker a better long term investment?

Any general thoughts on SnG's in the non-hold'em games? Do split pot games or limit games allow for a bigger edge inherently than high only or no limit games?

 

[c9h13no3]

Actually it is too late for questions - but that question in the post above was already included.

 

[Debi]

Everyone says that high stakes SnG's come with a great deal of variance. At what point do you start to see the variance rapidly increase? Is there a point where it becomes smart money to switch from SnG's?

Would you suggest that a beginning player start out as a SnG specialist, or is some other form of poker a better long term investment?

Any general thoughts on SnG's in the non-hold'em games? Do split pot games or limit games allow for a bigger edge inherently than high only or no limit games?

Faggots

Damn - where have you been C9??

Those are good questions - I might try to integrate those points into existing questions. Doing a voice interview gives me a little bit of leeway there.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

Damn - where have you been C9??

Those are good questions - I might try to integrate those points into existing questions. Doing a voice interview gives me a little bit of leeway there.

 

[Debi]

Everyone says that high stakes SnG's come with a great deal of variance. At what point do you start to see the variance rapidly increase? Is there a point where it becomes smart money to switch from SnG's?

Would you suggest that a beginning player start out as a SnG specialist, or is some other form of poker a better long term investment?

Any general thoughts on SnG's in the non-hold'em games? Do split pot games or limit games allow for a bigger edge inherently than high only or no limit games?

Damn - where have you been C9??

Those are good questions - I might try to integrate those points into existing questions. Doing a voice interview gives me a little bit of leeway there.

Those morning updates are killing me lol.

 

[Debi]

Okay - interview is done! He was very nice and though I was nervous at first it just took a little small talk to make me comfortable. The interview lasted about 30 minutes so it may take me a few days to transcribe it.

No way am I posting an audio interview so all of you can make fun of my southern accent!

I will get to work on it as soon as possible!

 

[No Brainer]

Wow, sounds like you would of had time to speak about everything. Did you get all the questions in that you wanted?

 

[Debi]

We had more than enough questions. I had eidted them for the written interview - and then when he requested a voice interview I had to do it again. When it becomes like a conversation you have to adapt to that.