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Old 08-09-2005, 09:38 PM
Lori Lori is offline
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Default Re: New to SnG play - first hand of the tourn was AKo

None of this play is dismal, so you're thinking sensibly.

Preflop, you really don't need to raise that much at the $5 level. You'll get them to call or fold just the same with a raise to 60 or 70 and you want to get the maximum use out of your stack (you get three raises to 65 for the same cost as two to 100).

You were right to see the flop by the looks of things.

In SNGs it is often tempting to call for pot value. Try to think in terms of % of your stack rather than what's in the middle already (Of course, if pots get huge this comment is less relevant).
Will winning this pot with your 6 outs really help that much? Given that you're usually going to miss, do you really want to lose 70 more chips from your 750-800.

Those kind of questions are the ones pertinent to SNG play. It can be correct to lay down, even when getting correct pot odds.

It seems to me like you have a reasonable understanding of poker however, and if you keep using your brain you'll do just fine in the $5 games in the long run.

Lori
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