Hello fellow PS'ers!
I've played 100 SnG's (turbo) at pokerstars now. I figured this would be a good time to share my experiences and humbly ask some of the more experienced players if they can spot any obvious leaks in my stats (I'm sure there are plenty).
I feel this might be a long post. Stats and results are presented first, and some questions are posted below that.
First, the graph that everyone loves to see:
As you can see, the graph is very humble. I seemed to have a better results during the first 50 tournaments. I only had 3 1st place results after the midway point.
Overall, I had:
1st places: 11
2nd places: 11
3rd places: 20
My stats by position:
I don't really know what I should be looking for and if there are any important stats missing.
My own analysis:
Please feel free to disagree! I want to become a better player and I appreciate any input you may have!
In general, I find it pretty easy to get to the last 5 players by simply playing tight. During the first 30-40 hands , i typically have stats like 13/7 or less.
Once I get to the 15BB'ish stack and things start to heat up, I suffer from a "blind curse". I feel obliged to atleast try to steal the big blind or defend it. Even worse, sometimes when someone limps/min-raises and I have a marginal hand like A4o, K9o, J9s, I feel like i need to punish them for being 'weak', and re-raise all-in straight into their KK-trap...
I went through all my loosing hands where i lost my stack on the bubble. of the 14 4th place finishes, I made the correct decision according to Pokertracker's ICM calculation only on 7 of those. So that is of course a major problem. I seem to be able to score around 85-95% on the ICM trainer though, so I think I am just panicking once i get around 7-8 big blind stack.
All the strategy and video sections seem to recommend the more aggresive play on the bubble, but I think that is where I am perhaps too aggressive now. My EV graph seems to indicate that I am not making the right decisions as well, since it is not going up..
So... Questions:
Is my own analysis plausible?
When is the right time to start 'panicking' on the bubble in terms of finding got shove spots on the bubble - perhaps 3-4 BB's instead of 8?
Comments, encouragement, analysis and suggestions are appreciated!
regards,
