MadSci
02-19-2004, 03:26 PM
I've changed my focus to sngs' recently, and have played nothing but (online) for a week, so I could have 50 tournaments recorded. Here are my results:
50 Party $10+$1 SNGs'
1st 6 12%
2nd 9 18%
3rd 8 16% in the money: 23 46%
4th 5 10%
5th 8 16%
6th 9 18%
7th 2 4%
8th 3 6%
9th 0 0%
10th 0 0%
buy ins: $550
Prize money: (6 x 50) + (9 x 30) + (8 x 20) = $730
($730-$550)/$550 = 0.327 roi
Pretty good, I suppose, but not stellar.
Of the 15 times I got HU, I think I only led 4 times (wish I had kept track) and only massively ahead once. Once I screwed myself out of 2nd when I could have allowed a guy to blind out at 3rd. Once the meshugana Party software let an opponent skip his big blind, screwing me out of 3rd. A couple times I had a feeling someone had 2 pair on me, but after getting more than 1/3 in, I threw the rest in and lost, going out in 5th or 6th.
I was willing to draw (small pairs, suited connectors, Ace suited) for the first two rounds. Late, I used a lot of 3x bb open raises, unless my stack was less the 9x the bb. One strategy point seems tricky to me: when does one start grabbing the blinds? I made a rule of thumb for myself: when both blinds together are > 10% of my stack, I start grabbin'. Comments on that?
I have enough in my account to try $30+3. (about $900) What do I need to learn in order to play there effetively? If it takes a lot of study, cool, because sng will be my main form of poker for the forseeable future.
50 Party $10+$1 SNGs'
1st 6 12%
2nd 9 18%
3rd 8 16% in the money: 23 46%
4th 5 10%
5th 8 16%
6th 9 18%
7th 2 4%
8th 3 6%
9th 0 0%
10th 0 0%
buy ins: $550
Prize money: (6 x 50) + (9 x 30) + (8 x 20) = $730
($730-$550)/$550 = 0.327 roi
Pretty good, I suppose, but not stellar.
Of the 15 times I got HU, I think I only led 4 times (wish I had kept track) and only massively ahead once. Once I screwed myself out of 2nd when I could have allowed a guy to blind out at 3rd. Once the meshugana Party software let an opponent skip his big blind, screwing me out of 3rd. A couple times I had a feeling someone had 2 pair on me, but after getting more than 1/3 in, I threw the rest in and lost, going out in 5th or 6th.
I was willing to draw (small pairs, suited connectors, Ace suited) for the first two rounds. Late, I used a lot of 3x bb open raises, unless my stack was less the 9x the bb. One strategy point seems tricky to me: when does one start grabbing the blinds? I made a rule of thumb for myself: when both blinds together are > 10% of my stack, I start grabbin'. Comments on that?
I have enough in my account to try $30+3. (about $900) What do I need to learn in order to play there effetively? If it takes a lot of study, cool, because sng will be my main form of poker for the forseeable future.