Strategy:
SNG: Sit and Go Tournaments
NL tournament: your opponent's hand ranges
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1. Introduction
In this article
Basic procedures
What are the typical ranges
Adjusting your range according to the opponent
The ability of the player to estimate the hand range of his opponent is a substantial part…
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levan1985, 18 Mar 08 13:35
hiii alllll !#2
styc0, 15 Apr 08 18:38
o#3
nVIDIA69, 31 May 08 16:43
hi#4
mouse89, 06 Oct 08 14:59
ok#5
adzaki, 02 Apr 09 12:34
good#6
Mpincham, 07 May 09 17:25
interesting never thought of it that way b4#7
lekski, 17 Nov 09 02:06
Why risk bubbling by calling without a strong holding? The CO is a 10:1 dog to our stack and has less than a SB behind#8
Koshburger, 06 Feb 10 07:58
ok#9
serbandaniel, 27 May 10 16:58
lekski this is a late stage of the sng judging by the chipstacks, the blinds are way too big to wait for a strong hand. You need to push or call with a stronger hand compared to your opponent, you can't afford to wait for hands like AJ+ anymore.#10
Laiwinsh, 10 Sep 10 08:14
To be honest, I did not understand this article. I would appreciate if someone could rewrite it in more detail.#11
Edukator99, 02 Oct 10 12:14
I agree with Laiwinish. I understand most other articles but how am I supposed to 'put him on a range' exactly?? This article is very unclear.#12
RGOD2, 06 Oct 10 14:46
Putting players on ranges is beneficial, But playing with that player will give you an even better idea of how many times they break that so called range.#13
MoneyGirl2906, 30 Oct 10 12:12
Guys i think that guessing somebody s range is a matter of experience. That s why they always say you can only learn poker by playing it. I my friend is very good player a semi pro and i see how his poker instinct are by far more "developed". I could say i often use this things: feeling about a certain hand, opponetns style, our stack sizes and his position. Hopefully I gave somebody at least a little help. And one more advice if you play for example just one tournament and follow every hand guessing what your oponnents have this could help a lot especially when you are in a big decision involved.#14
SPADES1, 02 Feb 11 22:33
More useful than it appears. My compliments.#15
mattisks, 01 May 11 18:48
Ranges like 0% and 100% are almost impossible -->> these are possible. There are still players pushing every hand. 0% is possible also. There are still players sitting out. And on some sites you gottu be observant to spot these early in tourney..:P
#16
NoOneSpcl, 15 May 11 07:19
Push ranges of 100% are not only possible, but as stated in the article, in many examples in SNG SB vs. BB they are also the optimal play.It is definitely so in the first example given in this article. Just plug the values into an ICM calculator and see for yourself.
It's just common for most players, even ones who know the ICM inside out, to be afraid of pushing hands like 72 and 32 even if they know that it should be profitable.
#17
NoOneSpcl, 15 May 11 07:24
The importance of doing these adjustments to his range(seeing which hands your opponent will treat differently than he should) is important:In a Sit N Go, if your opponent makes a bad play, and loses EV, it does not necessarily mean you get +EV... Some mistakes by him will cost BOTH of you EV, and who gains that lost EV then?
the other players in the tournament...
So counting on him to be 100% accurate may be a worse idea than observing his push/call ranges throughout the tournament/s in different scenarios. (use notes!)
#18
Angelface21, 30 Jun 11 13:58
Putting people on ranges is an instinctive process you learn by playing them. You can not force that to happen having played a few. Let it sink in and let it go! That is how you learn. Give it time!#19
krax0r, 12 Jul 11 10:19
I think this article is only useful for players who already have an idea about hand ranges. This of course comes with experience, but you might reach silver status without playing enough to gain that exp. So I think those who don't understand this should come back after playing a few hundred SNGs at $1 level.#20
PSPhuong, 29 Aug 11 21:26
good#21
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