$$$ October Micro SNG Thread $$$

[belladonna05]

My goals:

- Move up in limit (Currently playing $20+2 with over 70 buyins bankroll)
- Play more games a day, so I won't end up having to eat my bankroll
- Learn to multitable (See above)
- Refine my play
- Buy something cool with my full tilt points

Last week has been rather crazy. I started to work on my late position play and I've been on a high since then. During the last week I've played a total of 66 $20+2 SNGs on FT (normal speed, 9-handed). My ROI% over the last week is a whopping 39%. 14 first place finishes, 7 runner up and 10 third places. (47% ITM). Overall (not counting tournament wins) it's at 25% according to sharkscope (I got a nice icon there now ). I want to have at least 50 buyins before I move to $30+3. I'm almost there

I used to be in this situation until I made the stupid decision to move to ring games and was crushed, but I always found the $30 sngs easier to beat then the $20 ones. I never could figure out the difference. Also anytime I had a downswing of not placing itm for 5 or 6 sngs I always just moved back down so as not to pull my hair out, lol.

 

[cardplayer52]

my 1st $11 SNGs 12 hands in.


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HAND 1
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$11 Buy-in (20/40 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 9 Players
Poker Tools by Stoxpoker - Hand Details


CO: 145 (3.6 bb)
BTN: 1,350 (33.8 bb)
Hero (SB): 1,255 (31.4 bb)
BB: 1,845 (46.1 bb)
UTG+1: 1,455 (36.4 bb)
UTG+2: 2,765 (69.1 bb)
MP1: 1,425 (35.6 bb)
MP2: 1,725 (43.1 bb)
MP3: 1,535 (38.4 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with K:diamond: A:club:
UTG+1 raises to 120, 6 folds, Hero raises to 1,255 and is all-in, BB folds, UTG+1 calls 1,135

Flop: (2,550) 6:spade: 7:heart: J:heart: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (2,550) Q:spade: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (2,550) 3:spade: (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:[spoil] 2,550 pot
Final Board: 6:spade: 7:heart: J:heart: Q:spade: 3:spade:
Hero showed K:diamond: A:club: (high card Ace) and lost (-1,255 net)
UTG+1 showed Q:club: A:spade: (a pair of Queens) and won 2,550 (1,295 net)
[/spoil]


Poker is just not nice to me today. But it least this shows some promise.

 

[Jillychemung]

Argggghhhhh Only 2 2nd places tonight out of 12 games

Here's just a sample of some of my bust out hands and none of them was I behind when all the chips went in.

AQ<K9
A7s<85o
KK<Q8o
KK<A8o
AJ<87

Just gotta keep saying to myself that variance owes me big time.

 

[kidkvno1]

ohhh mini brag itt ..went to check sharkscope since I havn't in forever and i got me a shark
View attachment 23991

Maybe you should look me up on stars.. or better yet check this sit out http://www.pokerprolabs.com/

I'm up for the month, about 10.00 to 17.00 bucks..

 

[Caysewell]

Argggghhhhh Only 2 2nd places tonight out of 12 games

Here's just a sample of some of my bust out hands and none of them was I behind when all the chips went in.

AQ<K9
A7s<85o
KK<Q8o
KK<A8o
AJ<87

Just gotta keep saying to myself that variance owes me big time.

Variance is pretty big in SNGs, cause most of the hands played goes all the way to showdown. 3 out of the 5 hands you mentioned expect to lose about 35-40% of the time all-in preflop.

SNGs have been pretty brutal for me this past two weeks. Kept running into a big pair.

 

[kidkvno1]

Variance is pretty big in SNGs, cause most of the hands played goes all the way to showdown. 3 out of the 5 hands you mentioned expect to lose about 35-40% of the time all-in preflop.

SNGs have been pretty brutal for me this past two weeks. Kept running into a big pair.

Not true, i can get players off of a hand before the turn, unless it's a str8, or flush, but they have to pay their whole stack, to see the turn, river.
I have less showdown hands, in a 9 player SnG then i do in a 45 player SnG.

 

[kidkvno1]

I added a 2nd place win... , that was the best HUs i have ever played....

 

[TPC]

Wow, I didn't know this thread existed until I was talking to JQ and she told me about it. I'll be popping in here more often.

I did shoot a video of a 3.40 one table SNG if anyone is interested.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/learning-poker-57/

 

[Debi]

I will try to check that out after I get back home. I saw it earlier today. I will have to watch the youtube versions cause megaupload = mega headache for me lol.

 

[TPC]

I will try to check that out after I get back home. I saw it earlier today. I will have to watch the youtube versions cause megaupload = mega headache for me lol.

there is also a blip.tv link JQ added to the OP for me. It's just like youtube only the video is a little larger, better quality and it's not in ten parts.

 

[cardplayer52]

Wow, I didn't know this thread existed until I was talking to JQ and she told me about it. I'll be popping in here more often.

I did shoot a video of a 3.40 one table SNG if anyone is interested.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/learning-poker-57/

triggalos i watched the first 2 and thought it was pretty good. i'll have to make some time and watch the rest. and welcome to the sng thread.

 

[No Brainer]

Villian had been playing 80% of hands and raising preflop about 40% so I limped here to get him to raise, he did, I ended all in, seen his cards and thought to myself, "nice double up, hes drawing dead..." then this flop came...

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $50(BB) poker stars
SB ($1,330)
BB ($1,800)
UTG ($1,860)
UTG+1 ($1,120)
Hero ($1,055)
CO ($3,980)
BTN ($2,355)

Dealt to Hero K♦K♥

fold, fold, Hero calls $50, CO raises to $200, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $400, CO raises to $850, Hero raises to $1,055 (AI), CO calls $205,

FLOP ($2,185) J♥T♦A♠

TURN ($2,185) J♥T♦A♠3♠

RIVER ($2,185) J♥T♦A♠3♠6♥

CO shows Q♣K♣
(Flop 91.7%, Turn 96.6%)

Hero shows K♦K♥
(Flop 8.3%, Turn 3.4%)

CO wins $2,185

 

[kidkvno1]

Villian had been playing 80% of hands and raising preflop about 40% so I limped here to get him to raise, he did, I ended all in, seen his cards and thought to myself, "nice double up, hes drawing dead..." then this flop came...

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $50(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($1,330)
BB ($1,800)
UTG ($1,860)
UTG+1 ($1,120)
Hero ($1,055)
CO ($3,980)
BTN ($2,355)

Dealt to Hero K♦K♥

fold, fold, Hero calls $50, CO raises to $200, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $400, CO raises to $850, Hero raises to $1,055 (AI), CO calls $205,

FLOP ($2,185) J♥T♦A♠

TURN ($2,185) J♥T♦A♠3♠

RIVER ($2,185) J♥T♦A♠3♠6♥

CO shows Q♣K♣
(Flop 91.7%, Turn 96.6%)

Hero shows K♦K♥
(Flop 8.3%, Turn 3.4%)

CO wins $2,185

Ouch, i may have to post some of my crazy hands, to where i play them based on my mood...
Tho you did a nice trap there, it's a bummer when the flop does that.

 

[OzExorcist]

Random thought: are there more multi-tabling regs in the Full Tilt $2 SnGs than normal at the moment, or is it just me? Seems every time I sit down I'm looking at three or four tables with three or four of the same players on all of them...

 

[Pokertron3000]

Having one of those days where your getting called down and no matter how much you try your getting rivered. I can understand if they are on a draw but its just hitting a higher pair after calling raises which tells them they are beat. I know this is good in the long run and it brings up somethings I need to improve in my game aswell.

 

[cardplayer52]

this is a crazy game. this month has gone well for me. my roll can now afford a few $11.00 buyins mixed in with the $5.50s. I've thought about trying some turbos but just not feeling it yet. I wrote a little program in exel to help keep track of the ratio of lower/larger buyins I can play. If anyones is interested in it let me know.

 

[Worak]

Random thought: are there more multi-tabling regs in the Full Tilt $2 SnGs than normal at the moment, or is it just me? Seems every time I sit down I'm looking at three or four tables with three or four of the same players on all of them...

I'm there from time to time at these levels :

2$ Sngs + .0.05/0.10 limit O8, Razz and LHE....:joyman::joyman::joyman:

But I'm rather irreg than reg .

Edit: On a side-note the same thought occured to me last weekend - lots of multitablers there (some with notes as decent)

- tried to and managed to evade most of them (and busted 2 ).

 

[Debi]

Final call for interview questions for Collin Moshman!

 

[Worak]

Final call for interview questions for Collin Moshman!

- when did Colin start playing poker ?
- at what stakes ?
- what was his greatest leak in the beginning, how did he close it ?
- in what respect did playing poker change his life ?

 

[kidkvno1]

Final call for interview questions for Collin Moshman!

- Can he make sure i get a win in FTs Piece of Ivey??

- How should one be playing AKA - going on your gut. - playing the way everyone says.

 

[Smotpoker]

I played 4 $1/$2 MTT's yesterday, didn't even make the final table in the 18 man I played. Yesterday was a bad day for me. BR is down about $20 from my original $50. If I played ring games I'd probably have my 100% deposit match from pokerstars by now, but as it stands I'm only at about 170/850 FPP for my free $50. I just don't like cash games really. I can consistently win for an hour or so but I always make a bad read and blow my wad before I'm done.

So I stick with SNG's/MTT's but I can't seem to reproduce my winning day (+$60). My winning day I was running $3 SNG's/MTT's (out of my BR range now that I look back at it). So I kept running $3's till my BR was back to when I initially deposited then moved to down to $1/$2, but I can't even place.

Looking back now my winning day I don't think I had any weed. I've pretty much been stoned or drunk every night since then. I'm out of weed though, so we'll see tonight if it really had very much to do with it or if I'm just bad at poker

 

[cardplayer52]

i'm not sure if i got slow rolled or not. but this guy took the full time to call here(he didn't call for more time).


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HAND 1
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$11 Buy-in (25/50 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 8 Players
Poker Tools by Stoxpoker - Hand Details

MP1: 1,620 (32.4 bb)
MP2: 1,995 (39.9 bb)
MP3: 1,280 (25.6 bb)
CO: 1,460 (29.2 bb)
BTN: 725 (14.5 bb)
SB: 1,470 (29.4 bb)
Hero (BB): 1,625 (32.5 bb)
UTG+2: 3,325 (66.5 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 3:club: 3:spade:
4 folds, CO calls 50, BTN folds, SB completes, Hero checks
Flop: (150) T:diamond: 2:club: 2:spade: (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 100, CO folds, SB calls 100
Turn: (350) 6:spade: (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
River: (350) 3:diamond: (2 players)
SB bets 200, Hero raises to 1,475 and is all-in, SB calls 1,120 and is all-in
Results:[spoil] 2,990 pot
Final Board: T:diamond: 2:club: 2:spade: 6:spade: 3:diamond:
SB mucked 2:diamond: 7:spade: (three of a kind, Twos) and lost (-1,470 net)
Hero showed 3:club: 3:spade: (a full house, Threes full of Twos) and won 2,990 (1,520 net)
[/spoil]

 

[TPC]

i'm not sure if i got slow rolled or not. but this guy took the full time to call here(he didn't call for more time).

How do you get slow rolled when you win the hand?

 

[cardplayer52]

i shoved allin and i think he thought he was ahead. and took the full amount of time to call. but i'm not really sure if he was thinking of folding or not. but i think i'd snap call the shove as it seems likely i'd had a random ten or queen here.

 

[No Brainer]

What the hell was he doing limping into a hand with 27 anyway?