Sit-N'-Go Buy-In Status; Where do you play.

[ZebraAss]

I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[Mr_J]

1. Mix of $22s, $33s and $55s.

2. 30 SNGs a day, 210 a week, call it around 30 hrs.

3. 5 tables

4. To make a nice amount this year. Getting to the $109s or hitting the magic $100/hr mark would be great too /images/graemlins/wink.gif

5. I like the all-ins and prefer tournie poker over ring.

6. Eurobet and party.

[Costanza]

1: $10+1

2: Not sure -- a few hours at night about 5 days a week

3: Usually just 1, though I've started trying 2 at a time (mixed results so far)

4: Win enough money this year to buy myself a big HDTV for Christmas this year

5: Getting a big stack and bullying the table... it just doesn't get any better than that

6: Stars for now, but I've read enough here to think I should at least try switching to Party. I just need to convice myself that all that money I lost at Party was because A: I didn't understand that trying to play 3-6 on a $150 deposit was stupid and B: I wasn't as good then as I am now. I still get negative feelings whenever I see a Party screenshot. Silly, I know, but it would be something I've have to get over if I made the move.

[Bigwig]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

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1. Multi-table $55's.
2. About 20
3. 3-4. I need to upgrade my system. With 4 it starts malfing a lot.
4. It's pretty much half my income now. So my goals are like, to make money. I would really like to go pro full-time. At this point, I'm just making it my 'most of the time job.' Being self-employed, I can do this.
5. Excitement. Level 4 & above. Good times.
6. Party. Remember? I busted you with two pair.

[The Yugoslavian]

1. $33s - soon to be $22s /images/graemlins/shocked.gif
2. I aim for 30 hrs/week when I'm playing
3. 4 tables at a time
4. To play the right way and continue to improve.
5. I enjoy the different gears in STTs. I also love the highly contextual nature of them and the fact that they can be broken down into pseudo-finite blocks of time.
6. Party & Skins

[raptor517]

1. 100+9s
2. a bajillion hours
3. 8 tables
4. become a bajillionaire
5. they will make me a bajillionaire
6. empire & party

holla

[shejk]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. 30+3
2. Sngs - between 5 and 20 per week, like to mix it up with other games though
3. 4
4. To become a good pokerplayer. I see sngs as a great way to build a bankroll rather than the endstation of my poker career.
5. I like being LAGgy.
6. party, multi, empire

[DonButtons]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
-$200s
2. Number of Hours per week
-a lot
3. Number of tables
6-8
4. Personal Poker Goals
trying to get in 800 sngs this month (ehh, way behind, hopefully i can play catch up during my spring break this week)
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
-1. Hearing people bitch when you suck out (good example, dr_gammon: this site is RIGGED!)
6. What site(s) do you play on.
-party/empire mainly
-full tilt/poker stars (more heads up)

[dfscott]

1. 11s if I feel like winning, the 22s if I feel like losing.

2. 10-15 hrs/week

3. 4

4. To learn how to beat SNGs wihout being weak/tight. Also, to get my hourly rate at SnGs past where it was with limit ring.

5. I like their bite-sized nature.

6. Empire, with the occasional Stars excursion.

[SlowStroke]

1) $50+$5

2) 4 or 5 SNG's per week. Most of the time I'm playing No-Limit ring games.

3) SNG's one table at a time. In ring games I play 4 tables.

4) Make $100,000 per year online.

5) In ring games I play very tight and controlled. SNG's are a nice change of pace where I can open up my game a bit.

6) SNG's and MTT's on Poker Stars. Ring games on Party Poker.

[yanicehand]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. 20+2s
2. God who knows? I'm thankful I don't log my hours or I'd probably realize how pathetic I'm becoming.
3. 4, slowly and surely earning the income to get a second screen to at least try 8 tables, but probably 6.
4. By the time I turn 21, to have a realistic view of whether or not I can do well at poker (in the income sense). Also my goal is to make 5k this next spring quarter, and 1k in the next two weeks alone.
5. I love the quick, action packed competition I guess. Quick results, and all different play styles are incorporated.
6. Party, trying to add one of its skins, Absolute Poker (clearing some gigantic bonus), and PokerStars

[Voltron87]

1. $10,000,000 + $10,000.
2. 80-90 hrs.
3. 32 tables.
4. Keep my 34,835 ITM streak alive.

[planB]

1 - $2 and $5 (50% 2 & 3 table)
2 - approx. 25-30 hrs.
3 - 1 table only
4 - to move up to higher levels
5 - am able to form strategies to finish in money, hence good bankroll builders. enjoy mtt's but can't count on them. don't play ring games.
6 - pacific, pokerroom & party

[Rolen]

1) 20+2. 100+9 if i'm on tilt
2) Probably around 40
3) 4 Tables
4) To play a $1000 buyin SNG and not lose 10lb of weight in sweat while I play
5) After 50/100 I can stop thinking and just raise minimum when my cards look nice.
6) Party!

[iMsoLucky0]

1) 109s, and occasionally 215s
2) Alot. I don't know exactly but 30+ (not all on SNGs tho)
3) 4-5
4) I want to make a living at poker, and eventually be on the big tourney circuit.
5) They seem simple to me. I have put alot of time into them, and feel like I have a good grasp of them. They are also good quick tourney fixes /images/graemlins/wink.gif
6) I play predominately on Party and skins, and sometimes on Stars.

[1C5]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. $11
2. Varies a lot
3. 4 at a time
4. Long term goal is to make $100+/h from poker and of course learn and improve along the way
5. Competition
6. Empire/Party

[Elektrik]

1. $109's, occasionally $215's
2. 20+ usually
3. 4, sometimes 6 or 8
4. Pay for fiance's engagement ring (done)
Pay for Medical School
5. Relative to other forms of poker, incredibly simple and easy to learn, low variance with comparatively high return.
6. Party & Skins.

[Irieguy]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. Just moved to the $109's
2. 20-25 hours/week
3. 8
4. To have a good time, all the time.
5. Low variance/High earn
6. Party/Skins

Irieguy

[HC5831]

[ QUOTE ]
1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do )
6. What site(s) do you play on.


[/ QUOTE ]

1. 50+5 NLHE Sngs
2. 10-20 hrs
3. 2 tables
4. Earn $1k/month
ROI 25%
Get good enough to 3 table
Get good enough to move to the 100's
5. Sngs are the most profitable games for me, I've tried a
lot of other types of poker.
They are quick, fun, have a beginning and an end.
6. Party only

HC

[adam5206]

1. $5.50 / $11
2. 2-4 hours a day, probably 45 a week
3. never more then 1 at a time
4. Increase my bank roll, continue to withdraw 50-100 a week
5. I enjoy SNG's because I win consecutivly at them while I make a negative profit at ring games
6. Pokerstars

[Scuba Chuck]

1. $30+3, some $50+5
2. 20-30 hrs a week
3. 4 table
4a. Learn to 4 table the $109s with a 15% ROI
4b. Develop an MTT game
4c. Win the local 300 person B&M MTTs at Canterbury Downs ($330 buyin)
5. I don't know why, but this is the first game I learned.
6. PokerNow (I'm usually the mad scientist, seaman, boxer, or fisherman)

[Scuba Chuck]

[ QUOTE ]
To learn how to beat SNGs wihout being weak/tight.

[/ QUOTE ]

why is that?

[valenzuela]

1)110c
2)20
3)3
4)Short term: To beat middle stakes, Long term: To beat high stakes.
5)Variency.
6)Ultimate Bet

[gh9801]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. 20+2
2. 20-30
3. 2-3
4. Win money part time
5. Easy money
6. Party

[skipperbob]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. $55's-$109's-$215's-S-3's-S-4's-S-5's
2. 30 - 50
3. Two - Three - sometimes Four
4. Made the hurdle from Loser-to-B/E; now want to become one of these 25% R.O.I. over 1000 SnG players I hear so much about
5. Can't stand limit or MTT's (other than PLO-8)...Stink on Ice at ring games...Love the quick feedback of SnG's
6. Party /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[johnny005]

1. 20+2
2. 35-40hrs/week
3. 4 tabling
4. be able to 4 table the 100's at a nice ROI
5. I find i dont get as emotionally involved in them cause they dont take as long
6. Party, empire

[Slim Pickens]

1. Buy-in. 10+1 for now
2. Number of Hours per week: highly dependent on research progress
3. Number of tables: two
4. Personal Poker Goals: four tables, build sufficient bankroll for 20's, then 30's.
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif): short attention span
6. What site(s) do you play on.: Party. Others as I feel like clearing bonuses.

[cha59]

1. Usually 10+1, sometimes 5+.50 or 20+2. Occassionally 30+3, rarely more.

2. 15 - 20 hours per week overall, mixed between SNG's (25%-50%), NL ring games (usually 50%) and multi table tourneys (the rest of the time). I like variety.

3. Usually 2 tables, 4 at the most.

4. Win the WSOP (hey we all have dreams).
Short of that, build my bankroll to the point where poker can be a profitable part time job rather than just a hobby. I'd like to continue to improve and comfortably move up to higher money levels.

5. I like SNG's because I play my best in tournaments, and they don't take as long as a multi table tourney.

6. I currently play mostly at Full Tilt, which I like a lot. They have very good software, which allows you to easily look at the previous 50 hands played at a table while you are still playing. (I'm working on earning my deposit bonus, it takes a long time there). I also have played at these sites:
Poker Room - which I did well at, but I have had many connection problems there recently,
Ultimate Bet - which I do well at and like a lot,
Party - which I sucked at (I might try playing there again someday),
Poker Stars - which is ok,
Pacific - which is very fishy, but has lousy software and
Royal Vegas - which has the worst customer service I have seen.

[Wu36]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
Mostly 30s, some 50s
2. Number of Hours per week
At least 20, usually closer to 40.
3. Number of tables
Hopefully 8 in the near future, 4 at the moment.
4. Personal Poker Goals
Keep myself in beer money.
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
I like the early stages-> bubble transition for some reason.
6. What site(s) do you play on.
Party, Empire, Stars
-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

[johnnybeef]

1. 11s or 22s depending on how many bills i have that week. (does anyone else struggle with this when building a br?)

2.40+

3. 4, unless i am in a terrible downswing in which i usually drop to 2

4. to become a winning player at the 215s by the end of the year. (longterm) to establish and maintain a working br of $2000. (short term).

5. i like sngs because they are exciting, and for the most part, easier to beat then limit holdem. furthermore, being an athlete my entire life, i enjoy the competition that tournament poker provides.

6. currently at pokernow, will transfer over to eurobet once i am done with my current stretch of 500 sngs, as it is difficult to import tourny summaries into pt from eb and pn no longer supports rakebacks.

[Benholio]

1. $22-$33's
2. 25-30hrs
3. 8 tables
4. Pay the rent. Then the credit cards. Move up to the $55's/$109's. Buy a house.

5. Only format where you get to push with crap all the time!

6. Party/skins 99% of the time. Stars occasionally.

[dfscott]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
To learn how to beat SNGs wihout being weak/tight.

[/ QUOTE ]

why is that?

[/ QUOTE ]

Poorly worded on my part. Let's try again:

"To selctively increase my aggression in order to raise my ROI and be a better SnG player."

To elaborate, I feel like the reason my ITM/ROI numbers stay around 40/10 is because I take so few chances until I'm ITM. The plus side of this is that I'll probably always be a slight winner at the 11s. But it also means I'm nearly always short-stacked and will need to get really lucky to take first.

My theory is that selectively agressive play from 5-handed onwards (focusing on blind/stack sizes instead of just cards) will increase my ROI.

[ZebraAss]

You are correct.

[apd138]

1. Just moved up to $22's
2. 10-40 seriously I am a joke when it comes to hours
3. 4-6
4. Grind out some decent money while this lasts
5. Intertops, Empire

[apd138]

[ QUOTE ]
1. 11s if I feel like winning, the 22s if I feel like losing.

2. 10-15 hrs/week

3. 4

4. To learn how to beat SNGs wihout being weak/tight. Also, to get my hourly rate at SnGs past where it was with limit ring.

5. I like their bite-sized nature.

6. Empire, with the occasional Stars excursion.

[/ QUOTE ]

I recently moved up from $11 to $22 and I really can't tell the difference.

[EnderFFX]

1. $27 ($25+$2 Turbos)
2. 10-20 (stepping it up now prolly closer to 25 hours for this week)
3. 4
4. To maintain a BR longer than a month, to pull 10% out a week and one day make it to the $60 ($55+$5) Turbo tourneys consistently.
5. I can concentrate very well for 30-45 min at a time. At worst, a mistake can cost you a buy-in. At a ring game, a mistake followed by bad attitude can cost you a lot more.
6. Poker Stars, but I need to start branching out sometime even if for just clearing bonuses. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Stoneii]

[ QUOTE ]
focusing on blind/stack sizes instead of just cards

[/ QUOTE ]

some would argue they couldn't even tell you what they were holding when playing the player /images/graemlins/wink.gif

stoneii

[barry111]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]
1. 10+1 starting to switch over to the 20+2's
2. 20 hours a week
3. 10+1 (two tables) 20+1 (one table)
4. To have a profitable hobby, cash in a large MTT
5. PokerStars, I will take the better competition because I can’t stand the Party 'look & feel'

[colehard]

1. 10+ or 20+ mostly
2. About 10-20
3. 1-2 (usually trying to do something else at the same time - I can't seem to get reads on player types when multi-tabling)
4. Work my way up to by consistently beating whatever level I am playing.
5. Seem to have consistenly made money - no limit provides better adrenaline rush and you don't risk losing $100 on a hand like on the No Limit cash games.
6. Mostly Royal Vegas - I have made good money there plus they have 5 seat and 5 seat turbos which can be completed in 15 minutes or less. Also Pacific (I have no idea why except that I had trouble winning there and wanted to prove that I could since everyone says it is so fishy), Empire and Absolute.

[dfscott]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
1. 11s if I feel like winning, the 22s if I feel like losing.

2. 10-15 hrs/week

3. 4

4. To learn how to beat SNGs wihout being weak/tight. Also, to get my hourly rate at SnGs past where it was with limit ring.

5. I like their bite-sized nature.

6. Empire, with the occasional Stars excursion.

[/ QUOTE ]

I recently moved up from $11 to $22 and I really can't tell the difference.

[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks - why don't you just poke me in the eye while you're at it.

Once again, my avatar is apropos...

[Soul Daddy]

1) Was $11, but I'm now committed to $22
2) Maybe 10. I usually only play late at night when I don't have time for an MTT, or while waiting for an MTT to start.
3) 1
4) To make enough that I can quit my job and live well while going to law school.
5) Time. I prefer MTTs, but SNGs are nice when I have but an hour to burn. Also, they are great for learning proper SH strategy.
6) Stars. I started at Empire, but I just don't feel I get enough play. After reading this thread, maybe I should give it another chance.

[wuwei]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. Currently 20+2
2. Roughly 10 for sngs, 10-15 for ring games. Latelythe SNG hours are going up and the ring hours are going down.
3. 2-4
4. Keep getting better, keep increasing my earn.
5. I like the fact that I can play a complete SNG in an hour or less. I like the variety of situations. I like my success. I really like the change of pace from ring games.
6. Party

[shoeman]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
Mostly 20s
2. Number of Hours per week
10-15
3. Number of tables
2-3
4. Personal Poker Goals
Build bankroll
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
The defined length of play and the changing strategy as blinds increase.
6. What site(s) do you play on.
Party

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

[SuitedSixes]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. $22
2. 50
3. 4
4. To make perfect decisions all of the time, and to stay out of my own way.
5. That it takes intelligence, skill, aggressiveness and heart to be successful.
6. Eurobet/Party

[Apathy]

1. Buy-in.

$100+9
2. Number of Hours per week

about 20-25


3. Number of tables
4

4. Personal Poker Goals
To say IN YA FACE to phil hellmuth after sucking out on him to win a WSOP bracelet.

5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
The Bubble

6. What site(s) do you play on.
Empire/Party

[microbet]

1. $22

2. 5-15

3. 1-4

4. primary: winning millions, secondary: winning thousands

5. As opposed to other formats, I think it is much more fun to have a game that you can win rather than just a bunch of hands. MTTs take too long for me to play with any regularity and you probably can't win them often enough.

6. Party

[kevstreet]

1. Was anywhere from $11-$55, now committed to the $11s
2. 20 hours a week
3. 2-3 tables
4. Goal: ROI over 25% on (500+) $11s, move up to the $22s.
5. Somewhat successful & I like the fast action.
6. Party and UB

And your profile ZebraAss?

[gmunny]

1) 30s or 50s
2) 10 or 15 hours (if i'm lucky)
3) 1 or 2
4) play more, move up a level by end of year, get better at other games like omaha & 7 stud
5) time it takes to play, definate start/finish vs. ring
6) mostly party..also stars
G$

[apd138]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
1. 11s if I feel like winning, the 22s if I feel like losing.

2. 10-15 hrs/week

3. 4

4. To learn how to beat SNGs wihout being weak/tight. Also, to get my hourly rate at SnGs past where it was with limit ring.

5. I like their bite-sized nature.

6. Empire, with the occasional Stars excursion.

[/ QUOTE ]

I recently moved up from $11 to $22 and I really can't tell the difference.

[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks - why don't you just poke me in the eye while you're at it.

Once again, my avatar is apropos...

[/ QUOTE ] I wasn't trying to be a dick I was just wondering what you felt the major differences between the $11's and the $22's were? Aside from ocasionally seeing the same person (who is competent most of the time) at multiple tables the play seems to be similar.

[rickr]

How in the H*** are you going to get Phil to a FINAL TABLE?

Later,
Rick

[frozenhops]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. $33
2. 15-20 (some 3 table sit n go)
3. 2-3 tables
4. Build and maintain enough bankroll to help me now that i've graduated and can't get a good job.
5. You can play lots with auto-coast play
6. Party, some PS, absolute.

[dfscott]

[ QUOTE ]
I wasn't trying to be a dick I was just wondering what you felt the major differences between the $11's and the $22's were? Aside from ocasionally seeing the same person (who is competent most of the time) at multiple tables the play seems to be similar.

[/ QUOTE ]

I know -- sorry, I should've put a smiley, I guess.

Either I'm a marginal player or just got really unlucky (probably a little of both). I lost just about everything I made at the 11s by playing a few dozen 22s. Never won a single one and couldn't manage better than a 25% ITM.

[wuwei]

[ QUOTE ]

Either I'm a marginal player or just got really unlucky (probably a little of both).

[/ QUOTE ]

You ran poorly.

[Barcalounger]

[ QUOTE ]
I am curious to know what level everyone plays at.

1. Buy-in.
2. Number of Hours per week
3. Number of tables
4. Personal Poker Goals
5. Why you enjoy SNG's(if you do /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
6. What site(s) do you play on.

-Zebra

[/ QUOTE ]

1. $33, some $22 during off hours, and some $55 when I feel my bankroll is too big.
2. Under 20
3. 6 tables
4. Get my 6 tabling ROI up out of the lower teens.
5. A fun game with a solid basic winning strategy, using math to my advantage, the ever challenging / ever changing bubble play, the chance to learn from some of the best posters on 2+2 (thanks all!).
6. Empire + PokerNow (PN soon to be Eurobet /images/graemlins/frown.gif)

[Scuba Chuck]

[ QUOTE ]
Empire + PokerNow (PN soon to be Eurobet

[/ QUOTE ]

Why soon to be Eurobet?

[johnnybeef]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Empire + PokerNow (PN soon to be Eurobet

[/ QUOTE ]

Why soon to be Eurobet?

[/ QUOTE ]

i switched for rakeback reasons, which by the way, i am not fond of eurobets setup. /images/graemlins/mad.gif but then again, i dont play poker for the structure /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Barcalounger]

I get kinda jumpy when I lose several hundred dollars without even sitting down yet. Party is jerking around all the PokerNow affiliates because of rakeback issues (search the zoo for +pokernow +rakeback). Since my ROI isn't quite Scuba level yet, I need that extra couple percentage points to keep the BR happy. /images/graemlins/smile.gif