StarlightCoast
09-05-2004, 03:58 AM
Ok everyone I will take any and all opinions/advice. In the SNG's I play even the ones I win and finish in the money in I always seem to be the low stack when it gets down to 5 or 6 people left. I play 10 person NL SNG's $5/$1 and $10/$1.
I play tight but perhaps I am doing something wrong. AK-A10 but if I don't hit the flop I fold to any bet assuming someone has paired
KQ same as above
KJ K10 in late position only if can see flop cheap
QJ same as KJ k10
pocket pairs if can get in cheap don't set don't bet unless I have the overpair
Ax suited of course but if the kicker is low I will not go far with it
It seems to me that many people I play catch their cards on the turn or river but everything I've read says don't chase the exception being straight and flush draws if the pot odds are right. Basically if I have A10o and the flop is 379 rainbow what should I be doing? Usually will fold to any bet but should I hang in there when I have 2 overcards? How about just one? I always heard no but am wondering. Another example is I have 88 see the flop cheap I see so many people with pocket pairs like this hanging on to the river and HITTING them it makes me wonder do I have it wrong?
Flop is AK9 I have KQ Here I have flopped the second high pair. This is one area I wonder about. Should I always assume a bettor has the ace and fold it or in a case like this do you stay put and try to nail the trips or the second pair. This is one area I really am unsure on. Usually I fold it if someone bets. If the board pairs and someone has the ace I'm dead and if not I only have 5 outs to catch my trips or 2 pair and thats assuming someone with that possible ace does not hit 2 pair also.
So tell me am I on the right track and should continue chalking it up to bad luck of late or do I need to drastically change my attack plan.
Is the preflop raise really important in a SNG? i mean will it send people packing in these low limits? I have read on the forums that AA KK AK AQ deserve a 5x big blind raise but so often you don't hit the flop and when that happens it seems to me you wasted money, money that could have been used another time. I can't tell you how many times I have had AK and the board is A39J5 In this case obviously I come out betting andsd some fool beats me with 33 99 Grrrrrrrrr Early it's no big deal but when the mininum bets are 150 then 300 300 for turn and river that can hurt.
Finally when you hit the trips on the flop should I slow play or all in? Does it make a difference if I have the pocket pair or if the board has paired up? And when the blinds are say 100/200 and I get dealt AKo people say raise 5x the big blind well that raise is 1000 TC Even if I have 3000 or 4000 TC that's a big chunk of change to raise on an unseen flop or when the blinds are that high is a mininum raise sufficient?
All replies are welcome and eagerly anticipated.
Last 5 SNG's have resulted in one third one second and 3 out of the money finishes. Can't make much doing that.
I play tight but perhaps I am doing something wrong. AK-A10 but if I don't hit the flop I fold to any bet assuming someone has paired
KQ same as above
KJ K10 in late position only if can see flop cheap
QJ same as KJ k10
pocket pairs if can get in cheap don't set don't bet unless I have the overpair
Ax suited of course but if the kicker is low I will not go far with it
It seems to me that many people I play catch their cards on the turn or river but everything I've read says don't chase the exception being straight and flush draws if the pot odds are right. Basically if I have A10o and the flop is 379 rainbow what should I be doing? Usually will fold to any bet but should I hang in there when I have 2 overcards? How about just one? I always heard no but am wondering. Another example is I have 88 see the flop cheap I see so many people with pocket pairs like this hanging on to the river and HITTING them it makes me wonder do I have it wrong?
Flop is AK9 I have KQ Here I have flopped the second high pair. This is one area I wonder about. Should I always assume a bettor has the ace and fold it or in a case like this do you stay put and try to nail the trips or the second pair. This is one area I really am unsure on. Usually I fold it if someone bets. If the board pairs and someone has the ace I'm dead and if not I only have 5 outs to catch my trips or 2 pair and thats assuming someone with that possible ace does not hit 2 pair also.
So tell me am I on the right track and should continue chalking it up to bad luck of late or do I need to drastically change my attack plan.
Is the preflop raise really important in a SNG? i mean will it send people packing in these low limits? I have read on the forums that AA KK AK AQ deserve a 5x big blind raise but so often you don't hit the flop and when that happens it seems to me you wasted money, money that could have been used another time. I can't tell you how many times I have had AK and the board is A39J5 In this case obviously I come out betting andsd some fool beats me with 33 99 Grrrrrrrrr Early it's no big deal but when the mininum bets are 150 then 300 300 for turn and river that can hurt.
Finally when you hit the trips on the flop should I slow play or all in? Does it make a difference if I have the pocket pair or if the board has paired up? And when the blinds are say 100/200 and I get dealt AKo people say raise 5x the big blind well that raise is 1000 TC Even if I have 3000 or 4000 TC that's a big chunk of change to raise on an unseen flop or when the blinds are that high is a mininum raise sufficient?
All replies are welcome and eagerly anticipated.
Last 5 SNG's have resulted in one third one second and 3 out of the money finishes. Can't make much doing that.