Originally posted by Tim64
Sorry 6mx has been so cruel to you lately. There's nothing like trying something new to re inject the fun back into poker.Best wishes for the KOs!
Tim
Thanks Tim, the game is a bugger at times, but I have a will to win, just perhaps need to wait a while longer.
For now the zimmers game and a few 45s will keep me busy 
BR: £54.34
Played 4
1st 1
2nd 2
6th 1 (QQ, KK exit 
)
So did my 4 games for points and played the PS $100 Freeroll at the same time, the 6max went fine and I am still in the freeroll, 7th I think but ipoker updates its lobby once in a while so not sure. Anyway should make a few extra cents all being well.
This evening I will check a few spots I wasn't happy with from an earlier 45man session I played, 26 played -30% ROI which sucked, but never had much luck today, still felt ok, but was sure I was too loose shoving/calling towards the back end of them
BR: £53.75
Played 4
1st: 1
2nd: 0
Got the $1 gmes out the way early while doing other stuff and watching some MTT videos from Don Bartos. I am not really sure t helped me much as the play was super loose and he luckboxed all the time. The ideas are fairly sound though, utilizing a big stack and making calculated calls with marginal hands knowing that our stack is not crippled when we are behind and don't improve, but chipping up well when we do.
Pretty much happy to take in advice from someone who is a regular winner at 180s and all MTT levels.
While Iwas waiting for the $1 sngs to load I also reg'd for 2 freerolls, I managed to get on a table with 8 sit outs ♠_biggrin:
I have also just looked into the Poker770 VIP program and I am going to be Bronze Level soon, maening I have access to some more freerolls and also to the store. Part of the store will be cash rewards, I will be able to get a $5 cash bonus pretty soon it seems 
All good in the land of Gentari poker, we shall see how the day pans out, but ok for now.
This evening I played a nice long set of 30+ nano stakes 45 and 90 mans. BI ranged from 25c to $1 so nothing special but I am employing a mass technique that uses basic strategy and leaves me with 4 or 5 decent Final Table chances, take down 1 or 2 and the night is in profit.
I am not sure exactly how I did as HEM decided not to work properly, it was causing huge lag so I turned it off until I had less than 10 tables open. I will need to sort that out if I want to continue playing in this way.
I did win 1x 25c 90 man and came 5th in another. I also won a $1 45man and came 5th in another, so with a couple of wins I made a profit of about $8 which will be an ROI around 40%.
Happy enough with that
Originally posted by Gentari
This evening I played a nice long set of 30+ nano stakes 45 and 90 mans. BI ranged from 25c to $1 so nothing special but I am employing a mass technique that uses basic strategy and leaves me with 4 or 5 decent Final Table chances, take down 1 or 2 and the night is in profit.I am not sure exactly how I did as HEM decided not to work properly, it was causing huge lag so I turned it off until I had less than 10 tables open. I will need to sort that out if I want to continue playing in this way.
I did win 1x 25c 90 man and came 5th in another. I also won a $1 45man and came 5th in another, so with a couple of wins I made a profit of about $8 which will be an ROI around 40%.
Happy enough with that
Good stuff mate good to see your enjoying your poker thats why we all play it after all right? Because its a fun game, keep it up!
I have retained my Gold Status now so I will not play much on iPoker until the start of February.
My day has been fun, played some 6max on MicroGaming which was profitable, imagine hands that hold up and players calling 3bed shoves with 44 
I then returned to PokerStars for a session of 45man Turbos. I am still not happy with these so played 12 tables for an hour continuously reloading if a table bust. I really feel stacking i sthe way to go with these, but I feel very robotic and I am 100% certain I am missing great value spots.
I played 23 50c games and managed to make a small profit without winning any of them (6 ITM finishes). I am still not confident of my bubble and final table ICM so have been looking at spots in Wiz & Holdem resources again.
SB 100.0%, Any two
BB 6.6%, 77+ ATs+ AQo+
He called with QJs and beat my 62o <----- need to profile players more and look at my image, these guys are NOT thinking ICM at all.
I feel this may be the reason I am doing poorly on some final tables and may have an influence on my 6max game too. So if the recreational players are calling light then I have to tighten up. At least save these types of play for NITs and or if my stack goes below 7 or 8 BBs.
Will see, for now all is well on the mental side of things with me now enjoying the game again, thanks Rickie
I am also banking some $$s almost daily now too, which will always help the mindset.
No games yet today, but last nights games were rubbish.. can you guess why?
go on have a guess?
no?
I played 6max 
Not going to bore you with the details, just more of the same.
I think the situation in 6max is I am flipping as a marginal fav in most spots playing $1.50 games and the fish are getting lucky, perhaps I need to play 10k games to find a win streak, no idea, but I am not enjoying the things so enough is enough.
I am now going to concentrate 100% on longer format SNGs and see what happens.
Originally posted by Gentari
No games yet today, but last nights games were rubbish.. can you guess why?go on have a guess?
no?
I played 6max
Not going to bore you with the details, just more of the same.
I think the situation in 6max is I am flipping as a marginal fav in most spots playing $1.50 games and the fish are getting lucky, perhaps I need to play 10k games to find a win streak, no idea, but I am not enjoying the things so enough is enough.
I am now going to concentrate 100% on longer format SNGs and see what happens.
Lol I would just stop playing 6-max if I were you (sounds like your bored of these anyway ;)), 45 mans look like they suit your play and plus you only have to win one out of every 12 tourneys to break even
Although I still think there's more value in the 90/180 man tourneys, but you already know what I think
good luck buddy 
I have made my mind up, I am shelving my 6max aspirations for the foreseeable future.
Current database 6max all platforms looks like this.
Current database entrants between 11 and 180 is like this
and finally this year on MTSNG games on all platforms (in reality 99% stars)
I have played some 18mans over the last couple of days and it has been a revelation, the 45/90 mans are not hard either, but I am on micro stakes and as such need to remember the quality of opponent is low in a lot of cases.
I have run AK into AA several times during these games, but find stacking is helping me overcome beats and setups as I don't worry about all in outcomes as much as when I tile.
I ran a couple of 18s last night while on screen share with a friend and managed to do ok in 1 but not ITM and I won the other 1 so was happy with that. I felt I played ok, but a lot of improvement to be made.
The main reason I am leaving 6max alone for now is that I am not enjoying them. I want to enjoy my hobby, what's the point otherwise?
I am sure in the long run things will improve, but for now I am happy learning how the 18s to 180s play out. Table ninja has allowed me to play a lot more tables and this in turn helps with my mental game as before a set of 4 games taking 30mins plus and coming away with nothing would annoy me, whereas playing a 2 hour set of MTSNGs I am replacing bust out tables quickly and moving to the next game without letting my mindset change.
I need to do a few things though, it is not all plain sailing. I need to watch some more 45s, 90 & 180 content, esp Collin Moshman as he has a great way of explaining things and a very clear idea of how to maximise the value in these formats.
I need to also adjust my ranges away from 6max, as the payout structure is different, so lots of work to do over the next few weeks.
I will continue to play 6max on iPoker for PS Status points, 5 $1 games each day will get me Gold Status, so I should be able to do that without any headaches, running a set of 6 as my MTSNG set slows down will be fine.
Good Luck everybody
Since my choice to run no more 6max I have played 63 games at various buy ins from 25c - $1 45mans & 90mans.
Over these games I have made a loss of around 1 BI, but an overall $ loss of $4.15, the reason for the discrepancy is the differing Buy In amounts, I have run better in the lower value tourneys than the higher value. I don't feel the competition is any different at the levels, just the sample size is poor.
My stacking trials have been poor, I feel playing like that just doesn't suit my style and I am making mistakes, especially villain reads, so I have changed my ideas on that for now. I hope to return to stacking 20 tables when I can play profitably that way.
I am going to start doing 6 table tiled sets at 50c 45mans for now to build my BR back up as it is looking pathetic again. I did my 1st set just now and made a positive start. It isn't just about making money, it is also about learning the best strategies for these formats and as I have only played ~700 lifetime games of this format, I have some thinking still to do before it becomes automatic.
I did 3 sets of 6 tables and somehow managed to get a single game in too, so overall played 19 today.
Return was 66% ROI (Return On Investment) at $6.27 which is great. I didn't get a 1st place but 2 seconds helped bring in the money.
Overall I felt happy with my play and very relaxed playing 6 tables.
Mental Game: A+
Got a few coolers and never flinched, fantastic mindset today
Originally posted by Gentari
I did 3 sets of 6 tables and somehow managed to get a single game in too, so overall played 19 today.Return was 66% ROI (Return On Investment) at $6.27 which is great. I didn't get a 1st place but 2 seconds helped bring in the money.
Overall I felt happy with my play and very relaxed playing 6 tables.
Mental Game: A+
Got a few coolers and never flinched, fantastic mindset today
Well done mate I've got a feeling February is going to be a big month for you
It's pleasing to see your mental game has improved, and also it sounds like your a lot happier with your game in general which is good to see, keep up the good work
I really wanted to play some good volume today but am feeling tired. I have been guilty in the past of playing when not 100% and my results have been fairly poor so I decided not to play this evening after my 1st set of 6 tables.
The set of 6 I did play was good with a win and a 7th to give a nice $4.00 addition to the BR (Bank Roll).
1 strange hand came up, I have been active, stealing fairly wide in the SB, stats on the BB are 15/13 over 48 hands.
I have the BB covered by nearly 4k in chips so he is making this call knowing that if he is wrong he exits the tournament as the 8th place finisher with only 7 places paid. The reason this is a shove v the BB is easy to understand in a normal situation, but you would tighten up if someone had been showing the ability to call light and as such you need to tighten up to be ahead of his calling range.
This situation is incredible however as the player IceMan has 505 chips left (less than a big blind) and is sitting out !!!
I can only assume this guy was playing a lot of tables and didn't see or think about these possibilities. For future reference I have added a note to this players profile and will watch my BvB actions closely.
Is that the correct picture?
It looks there like that BB has the SB covered by about 12K chips.
Whether one covers the other is all that matters. "By 1 chip" is still covered.
Disclaimer: I know diddly-squat about tournament strategy, tactics or dynamics.
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Is that the correct picture?
It looks there like that BB has the SB covered by about 12K chips.Whether one covers the other is all that matters. "By 1 chip" is still covered.
Disclaimer: I know diddly-squat about tournament strategy, tactics or dynamics.
My guess would be that it's the stack sizes after the hand.
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
<sigh>
yes the picture shows the stacks at the conclusion of the hand, I had him covered before the hand started.
I have not been playing today as I have had family visiting, so while I have not been playing I have been thinking about my current situation and decided to put a BRM goal together to focus my mind.
Bank Roll Management (BRM) is fundamental to the game of poker. Theory dictates that you need an amount of $s available to play that covers the Buy Ins you need and any perceived downswing that may occur.
Many ideas around the ideal numbers exist, but I am going to put together a set of BRM limits based on the Bank Roll Tools website and set some goals in this post.
Their MTT Bankroll calculator sets out the amount of Buy Ins (BI) required for 3 main types of strategy, from Pro (conservative) to Risky. The numbers for the 45man MTSngs are as follows on the least risky 77 BI amount.
$0.50 - $39
$1.50 - $116
$3.50 - $270
I could put up the $7s, $15s and $30s but I am so far away from them that it makes no sense.
Looking at the numbers, I am fine playing $0.50 games and once I get to $116 I can start playing the $1.50s. My problem is a small downswing of 25 BI (can easily happen) reduces the BR to $78 and I would feel nervous in some difficult spots and may second guess myself.
Playing with scared money is a losing proposition.
So for the purposes of this BRM idea I am going to sit in the middle of this range of numbers, so for $1.50 game I am going to use $193. I get this odd number by taking $270-$116=154 ---> $154/2+$116=$193.
$193 is 128.66 BI which will give me a nice cushion at the $1.50 games to get over any swings and play properly without fear.
Hello Gentari,
Sad to hear that you won't be playing 6 max SNGs anymore (other than for ps points).
I wish you the best in the 18-45s, 180s, and MTTS.
MB
♠_cool:
Originally posted by maythany
Hello Gentari,Sad to hear that you won't be playing 6 max SNGs anymore (other than for ps points).
I wish you the best in the 18-45s, 180s, and MTTS.
MB
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Hi Maythany,
No need to mourn for me, I am moving to a better place (in my head). I doubt 6max is gone forever, I just feel the current trend is going to result in me being both broke and mad 
...but thank you for your good luck wishes, it will help me all the way to the $15 180s !!!! ♠_cool:
