SNG Digest 2.0 for June

[gildwulf]

Here is a revised version of my SNG digest for June. I fixed a few links, added explanations, and added OP and follow-up posters. I decided to include a few marginal posts that hammered home key concepts, as well as some interesting debates. These are in no particular order of greatness; they are simply the best posts I could find in the month of June.

Hand Questions
Thread on unnecessary blind defense (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2730591&page=2&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1&vc=1)
Joefitz posts a hand on attempting to resteal blinds with ATs at level 1. Flyingmoose and Kyro (among others) set Joe straight.

Folding QQ preflop to tons of action (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2697408&page=36&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Unoriginalname posts a hand where he folds QQ to a huge reraise preflop. Chaos ensues (answers by Karak567, microbet, Adanthar and others).

How to deal with SB constantly raising your BB (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2707791&page=29&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Octaveshift wants to know how to deal with a SB who keeps raising you 3XBB. Lastchance, astarck, Freudian, and others respond.

Folding TPTK (AK) on flop to all-in (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2721124&page=17&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Erniebilko asks if he is a complete wimp for folding TPTK (AKs) on a medium-scary flop. Chaos ensues (freemoney, sponger, lastchance, Myst, and others respond).

AA on scary flop (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2701075&page=23&view= collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
Grekehaus posts an AA hand on a scary flop. Adanthar, Freemoney, Suitedsixes and others insta-respond.

Defending against PVS (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2704275&page=33&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
AbelM asks how to defend against a probable Phil Van Sexton (pushing all in with a bunch of limpers when you have sh*t cards). Responses by Nick B., Adanthar, and others.

Pushing TT on JJ3 flop (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2702215&page=35&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Adanthar posts about pushing a Bodog 10K guaranteed final table hand. V. interesting discussion follows with Myst, freemoney, johnnybeef, and others.

When to push UTG (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2731371&page=2&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Raptor polls people on whether to push mid-pocket pair at 75/150 blinds with 6 left. Microbet, Apathy, Myst, and durron597 respond.

Folding AKo in the money?? (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2732901&page=2&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
EricW folds AKo in the money. (Almost) everyone thinks he’s crazy, and schlach number-crunches to explain why this is a push.

Folding 99 overpair on messy flop (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2734093&page=3&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1#Post2734135)
Spentrent folds an overpair (99) on a scary flop and wonders if he’s weak-tight. 45suited, OrcaDK, and curtains all like his fold for various reasons.

On the bubble vs. a dead stack (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2733487&page=3&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Ixnert tells us about a bubble where the short stack disconnected; OP asks if he should just fold into the money or make a stand. 45suited, jcm4ccc and others give him some hands he should play.

Why do people insist on playing Ace-rag? (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2728500&page=4&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
tlow03 asks when to play Ace-rag early on in an SNG. This is a pretty easy question, but I just added it because it’s such a HUGE mistake and SO many people do it on Party.

Raising or calling AKo from BB in early stages (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2733056&page=4&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Easilyfound asks whether to raise or call AKo from the BB at level 1. Responses from EricW, Sabrazack, and others.

Overplaying AK preflop? (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2730131&page=7&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Durron597 gets super aggressive with AK preflop. OrcaDK, flyingmoose, and curtains respond.

Folding KK on river (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2728155&page=5&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
Scuba Chuck folds his KK on the river, explains his reasoning, and then responds to Johnnybeef, durron597, and wuwei.

Curtain's double checkraise at 400+30 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2729230&page=8&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Insane genius double checkraise play by Curtains???

Minraises on the flop (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2698570&page=42&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Karak567 laments about minre-raises on the flop. He uses an example of AK on a missed flop, and Kyro, unarmed, and jcm4ccc respond.

Nut flush draw on flop (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2715092&page=9&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1#Post2727564)
tjh asks about calling an all-in with nut flush draw on flop late in a tourney. Jcm4ccc, 45suited, lastchance and others respond.

Jason Strasser bluffing on river (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2696770&page=21&view= collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
Jason makes a huge bluff-raise on the river at a $1000 SNG. Kyro, 11t and others respond.

Calling any w/ 2:1 odds and a healthy stack (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2722826&page=10&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
octaveshift complains about an elite villain making a seemingly dumb all-in call with 9T. Freemoney, Myst, PVS and others correct him.

Clarifying 'push with any two' concept (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2717589&page=17&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Matt R asks why we should push any 2 using a $215 hand as an example. Pergesu, Nick B., eMarkM, SlackerMcFly, and Raptor respond.

Interesting Debates and Stories

Tales of bankroll building (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2716051&page=20&view= collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
The Don shares his bankroll building story and asks others to do the same.

Profitability of SNGs vs. Ring games (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2725805&page=11&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Microbet starts an interesting debate on profitability of SNGs vs. Ring games

Common online tells (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2699401&page=39&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
utmt40 asks people what are the most common online tells. This sparks a very interesting series of posts.

Maintaining discipline in SNGs (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2725517&page=12&view=coll apsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
suited_ace wonders how to maintain discipline when faced with bad beat after bad beat (NOT a bad beat post). TOW, Pergesu and others respond.

Are SNGs real poker? (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2710435&page=22&view= collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
Karak567 sparks the debate on whether SNGS are real poker.

Software

Astarck's updated version of Aleomagus' spreadsheet (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2718711&page=11&view= collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=2#Post2726941)
Astarck revises Aleomagus’ spreadsheet to include ‘Daily Summaries’.

Understanding ICM (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2345875&page=22&view= collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)
The shadow makes a mindblowing post on ICM.

[TStokes]

nice work thanks

[AKQJ10]

Mind if I add this to the wiki (http://poker.wikicities.com/wiki/Sit-and-go)?

[Degen]

wow man, dunno if that is the first one of these but definately keep it up...that is sweeeeeeeeeet

thx

[sirdeej2]

Thanks man that was great. Keep it up.

[Amything]

*adds to favorite threads*

Thank you!

[zipppy]

NH

[gildwulf]

As long as it's quoted from this post I don't mind.

Thanks for the feedback guys, this took a lot of work.

[The Yugoslavian]

This one is much better.

Meh+1.

Yugoslav

[DrGonzo]

I think this post was the best of the month /images/graemlins/grin.gif. Great work!

It will get even better if everyone that thinks that a post is missing reply with that post. You missed (or excluded?) the most obvious one:

Theory of Stack Sizes---Hypothetical Response to the Gigabet Dilemma (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2610396&page=0&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1)
Gigabet tells us when to throw the ICM out of the window and make loose calls to obtain an imposing stack. Don't try this at home! This is +$EV when others read it /images/graemlins/cool.gif. Interesting stuff though.

[gildwulf]

Yea, I figured everyone would already know that one:P I tried to go for the posts that didn't have 10,0000 hits:)

Good point about Gigabet's post though.

[gildwulf]

Here's another great post I missed (hey, it was my first try):

new SNG program (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2706767&page=0&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)

This is a great new SNG program that could potentially rival SNG tracker (although it has very limited functions now...there are a lot of sweet buttons I can't press:).

Put this one under 'software'.

p.s. This is the last version of the June digest (for some reason I copied the links into MSWord and it won't copy back into a post, so for 2.0 I had to do it all manually again) so just add other great links from June to the replies.

[AKQJ10]

OK, thanks. The wikified version is at http://poker.wikicities.com/wiki/SNG_Digest .

Could we divide up this task so as to reduce the burden on you in the future?

(I had been thinking about doing something similar, using the wiki, for the internet at large -- that is, 2+2, RGP, any other forums like UPF or pokertips.org, or wherever else there might be new content each month.)

[gildwulf]

The wiki looks great. I am a huge fan of this idea.

I can do the digest again for July, but after that I am done my summer of bumming around and going to gradschool. This should be more than enough to get everything started.

[gildwulf]

Bump for those who missed it

[the shadow]

nh

PM me when you post July's. That'll save me hours reading the rest of the bad beat, should I fold KK P/F, how's my ROI?, etc. posts. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

The Shadow

[gildwulf]

bump for the new peeps

[pergesu]

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bump for the new peeps

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sweeeet

Don't know how I missed this the first time around

[pergesu]

Haha, man I'm laughing my ass off here. Been reading all of these and then I get to the discipline post. I see "TOW, pergesu, and others respond." "Holy [censored], I got mentioned as a respondent in one of the month's good threads." I check it out, and it's one of my insanely drunk posts.

Glad to see I've got such a great rep around here /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[rvg72]

gildwulf,

Very good idea... I would highly recommend you hosting these links on your own site so that finding the latest top list would be as easy as clicking on a bookmark. Making it an RSS stream would rock...

I'm betting you could easily generate enough traffic to warrant some banner ads and have a way for people to submit links for consideration to you.

Or... you could just do what you are currently doing which is awesome and very much appreciated!

rvg

[gildwulf]

last bump for n00bs before I start the July digest

[Bigwig]

I can't seem to make the SNG Digest. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[gildwulf]

Aww, shucks...you'll be in the next one fo sho.