Sit N Go Study for the Busy Man

luckyplayer · #1 05-25-2005, 07:45 PM

I've been on this board for about 2 months. I'm in the middle of getting my PhD, and things are starting to get very hectic. Long story short, I am only going to have about an hour on weekdays and ~5 hours for both weekend days. This gives me apprx. 15 hours a week for sit n go play/learning.

My resources:
this website
Eastbay's tool
Books: TOP, Caffiones NLPLPan IYP, HOH 1, with HOH 2 coming.

Any suggestions on how best to spend my time? My goals are relatively simple. I have no plans of 8 tabling 200's anytime soon. I simply want to learn as much as I can and be able to handle any situation that arises. I do play in a weekly home game where I was able to convince the others to set it up exactly as a PP 10+1-30+3 game. So improving my ability here would also allow me to become even more successful there.

Suggestions?

Bigwig · #2 05-25-2005, 07:46 PM

One word: play.

While playing, read this board, and your books.

Apathy · #3 05-25-2005, 08:14 PM

add TPFAP to your book list, there are a few ideas in their that are important for SNG play.

Also I would divide your time up between posting and playing about 50/50 when your starting out, play a couple, then read and post/think about anything you learned or interesting situations that came up.

jon462 · #4 05-25-2005, 08:50 PM

http://teamfu.freeshell.org/visitor_histories.html

lastchance · #5 05-25-2005, 08:55 PM

L1-L3: Fold preflop. This is paramount to beating SNG's. BTW, at a home game, you don't want to use Party structure. It's fast and gets into a push-fest way too easy. I'd personally prefer bigger stacks and more hands per round.

Bubble: Learn Prize structure, and ICM calculations. The jump from 4th-3rd is just as big as 2nd to 1st, and much bigger than 3rd-2nd.

ITM: Raise, a lot.

luckyplayer · #6 05-25-2005, 10:28 PM

This may seem like a stupid question, but do you mean simultaneously playing while doing reading books or while posting/reading this site? And if so, how do you recommend dividing time between book reading and site reading?

luckyplayer · #7 05-25-2005, 10:29 PM

Forgot to mention that I also have TPFAP. This sounds like a good suggestion. Thanks. Any suggestion on prioritizing my book reading vs board reading.

Bigwig · #8 05-25-2005, 11:06 PM

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do you mean simultaneously playing while doing reading books or while posting/reading this site?

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And if so, how do you recommend dividing time between book reading and site reading?

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I dunno. Flip a coin.

ilya · #9 05-25-2005, 11:19 PM

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do you mean simultaneously playing while doing reading books or while posting/reading this site?

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Yes.

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I strongly disagree with this advice. Do not do anything else while playing. Focus on your games 100%.

You will get more out of 1 hour of careful playing and 1 hour of careful reading than you would get out of 3 hours of trying to do both at once.

Blarg · #10 05-26-2005, 02:25 AM

I tend to agree with this, but particularly regarding reading. Reading 2+2 books can be done somewhat by breezing through them, but they are books that actually bear reading deeply and repeatedly, and thinking about and being very careful to remember. I think you'll get the minimum possible out of a good poker book by doing anything less than giving it your full concentration.