Originally posted by Duncan737
thanks guysOriginally posted by b0b01111
nice blog Duncan...i'll def follow it...i could learn a lot from it...glthanks, which stakes you play?
i've withdrawn all my bankrolls for a debt in jan(~550$),lost 100$ bankroll on stars in feb(on the 180 man 2$ turbo and some big sattelites) 
and now started playing 1$ 45 people once just to have BM..i'm just small although i know this is not the level for my poker skills(BM is most important in sng)..gl 
Originally posted by b0b01111
i've withdrawn all my bankrolls for a debt in jan(~550$),lost 100$ bankroll on stars in feb(on the 180 man 2$ turbo and some big sattelites)
Yep, BRM is important for SnGs, especially for MTTs. Have you thought about playing STT or you tend to big MTTs and SnGs are only the mediator how to play MTTs and save time? It's pretty swingy, ins't it. Not so good for low BR, where every part of rb is worth.
i think this is my first serios atempt to play organised..my best game is on MTTs and HU,but dont have patience for those that don't have much in stake...i figured SNGs are the best for the begging and small bankroll,but never really toth of STT 
♠_o:March results: ♠_o:
Winnings: $489.2
Rakeback: $282.15
Total SnG winnings: $771.35
I was flirting with cash games too
Total hands played: 13466
Stakes played: NL5-NL10 rush, NL10-NL25
Total CG winnings: >$200
Total poker winnings: ~$1000
It seems I have bugged HEM, because some hands disappeared and after almost each session I have more money on acc than HEM shows from CG. So I think it's more than $200, but I don't how much exactly.
btw atm I play NL25 and today I tried NL50
March goals review:
1) make Iron man status (easy ♠_cool:, ok I've made it last day of month)
2) 1000+ games (impossible with playing normal SnGs and other duties)
3) continue studying (I was reviewing quite a lot, but I should study harder)
4) study MTT strategy and play MTT at least in sunday (don't like MTT atm 
, don't wanna play another tournaments, played CG instead of MTT)
5) finish The Poker Mindset and read it again (complete)
6) make platinum status (I omitted so many days ♠_mad: )
Oh, fail. Hope for better performing this month. 
April Goals:
1) 700 games
2) 7k hands CG, at least 50:50 NL25:NL50
3) Platinum status!!!
4) watch 5 CG videos
5) read psychology articles
6) read at least 10 CG articles
7) schedule or die
ty, I hope so. Gl at MTT u too.
Btw Quite bad start of month, I'm losing at SnG, but make it back at CG. 
Hi Duncan,
nice March. Regarding cash game - I have learned the most from Bronze (seriously, I did even re-read those once, still find new and new things) and Silver articles. I think Silver stuff is pretty good.
It takes a bit to go through all of these, but once you find time to do that, you just gonna crush NL25-50 
Thanks for tip Cornie.
I plan to read them, but I'm sooo lazy. You are right, there is a lot of articles, but imo only few new information for me, this demotivate me a bit. But it is needed.
I have to integrate this into my goals!
Simply question. How many hand (CG) is standart month's volume while 12-tabling. e.g. let's say 800 or 1000 SnG, how many hands in CG fit for it.
When I 3table rush I have like 700hands per hour, so you can safely count with 500+ hands per hour while multitabling 12tables.
Then it is just about volume. If you play 50hrs a month cash game, you will have 25k hands.
btw I play SnGs myself (WSOP steps qualifiers) so we seem to be swapping our home games ♦
regarding those articles - yeah, I know it´s a lot of work. BUT it surely pays off. I was also thinking that "not many new things there" but that´s actually a bullshit, there is lot of wisdom, we are just lazy 
(at least this still applies to me and I consider myself to know quite a bit about CG)
Okay, it sounds persuasive, I will read them. No more procrastination! ♠_evil:
Thanks for answer regarding volume. I was lazy to think about it. 
Last month I had ~600 hand/hr, that's mean 36k hands per month for my typical 60 hrs monthly played time.
Btw what kind of qualification you play, isn't it waste of time or -EV activity?
I play those STEPS SnGs in a way that buy tickets for FTP points for steps 4 and try to get it into level 7 and win it
It´s probably big -EV compared to scenario where I would just grind rush CG (with hourly wr around 100$) but I like it ♦ Also I played loads of SnGs and feel some edge on the field so it should be slightly +EV at least in the steps 4-6.. Step 7 is a gamble though
well so far I´ve lost like -400$ on those SnGs and played like 4hrs so maybe it is -EV ♦ but I´m running like bad joke so far, believe it will get better
you could try it as well, SnG qualification should be piece of cake for you ;)and we go own to vegas together ♠_cool:
Yeah, for SnG players steps are +EV for sure. If you want to play the events you can buy into with step tickets there's no easier way. I played for a Step 4 ticket prior to 5th anniversary SM on PS. Event like this draws a traffic into these torneys and i had like 2 fish and 2 aggresive MTT regulars in virtually every single one on levles 1 and 2 and not much less of these on level 3.
yeah, plus it is soo funny ♦
I play like 8/5 in early phase, enjoying folding SCs and pocket pairs preflop if its not best spot.. doing this in rush CG would snap-break-my-heart
then you get aces and everybody folds if you make it 2,5x ♦ ♦ thats rly cool..
and then you get into late phase and start pushing and own heavily.. so entertaining push-fold phases
It sounds interesting, but a bit -EV imo. Although that I've tried just one during my standard SnG session for fun, won step 2 tournament.
But there should be problem with table selection or traffic in general.
Btw when will be Step 7 to the ME stopped?
Push/fold phase is entertaining only until you are called
btw Cornie is playing step 6 atm, I'm going to spy... so end of post
Originally posted by Duncan737
Push/fold phase is entertaining only until you are called
btw Cornie is playing step 6 atm, I'm going to spy... so end of post
ha, yeah, I was card dead last many hands, so pushed in last 5 people T6o SB vs BB and he had A8atm, no help on board even though I had like 36%. so down to level 5 . have 2 levels 5 atm
next time
it´s like 4-5th place gets ticket 5, 3rd place gets ticket 6 and 1-2 ticket 7 dream target
I am the most short on the chips and was extremely passive last hands, so I used this opportunity to push.. It looks like fold, especially that PRO on BB was quite aggro recently. But it always looks like a fold if you get eliminated ♦ I think it´s ok to push this one, has solid FE and equity when called by overs.. I was folding last 16 hands (card dead) and got eaten from 2600 stack to 1800. also there is no difference between place 4 and 5 so one needs to try to accumulate some chips with more marginal pushes... anyway im kinda said that I burned this chance
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:
$100/$200 No-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)
Known players:
[tg]BB$3025.00:///////;MP3$4155.00:///////;CO$2293.00:///////;BU$2160.00:///////;SB (Hero)$1867.00:///////;[/tg]
Preflop: Hero is SB with T:s, 6:h.
3 folds, Hero raises to $1,867.00, BB calls $1,667.00.
Flop: ($3734) Q:h, 2:h, 4:s (2 players)
Turn: ($3734) 7:h (2 players)
River: ($3734) 7:s (2 players)
Final Pot: $3734.
He had A8o
Looks fine, since he probably won't be making the more marginal calls like JTs and Q9s
Edit:oops, forgot to take away the $200 from the step 5 ticket which you are already guaranteed. Need to go now, but the results shouldn't be too much different I guess.
Agree with goldchess. It isn't the best situation, but looks slighty +EV even against PRO. Your tight image probably increase your FE a bit, so yeah, it's ok.
better luck next time :). Step 7 might be quite interesting. ♠_evil:
thanks a lot, guys. thx for the link.
yeah the structure is like
1st-2nd.....2,200$ ticket...(level 7)
3rd...........660$ ticket.....(level 6)
4th-5th.....220$ ticket......(level 5)
