First off, can't seem to get convertor to work for Pokerstars, do I have to download THIS after using the PokerStars converter in the FAQ? I'm unsure. But please excuse the HH formats for this time if you can, and I'll make sure I fix it for my next posts. Cheers
OK guys, I've been playing a few SNG's recently, having switched to them from ring games, and playing fairly well in them. Now I've set aside, $100 on PokerStars (I don't feel 100% happy with the way their deck seems to go, but it has the best structure so just have to live with it) and I'm hoping to build a good bankroll and learn along the way. My bankroll management is good so no worries there, I shall be starting with the $5+$0.50 9 man SNG's.
Anyway, enough of the blab, just finished my first SNG of this attempt and finished 5th, blah! But got a few hands I would like to post for anybody who's a good SNG player to look over with me. I've read both Harrington books which have helped my game a lot, and I feel I am better than the average $5 SNG player, but I want to be crushing this level and then moving on up.
So here goes:
HAND #1
One of the first few hands at the table, in the early rounds I play tight but is folding to a min-raise here TOO tight when I can expect to see both blinds call and have a 5 way-pot, bearing in mind I can dump this on an A-high flop easily.
Table '14836651 1' (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 0
Seat 1: GLASLASS (1500)
Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (1480)
Seat 3: iatoymwya70 (1380)
Seat 4: apparition (1160)
Seat 5: TILT77 (1500)
Seat 6: sugarcakes (1500)
Seat 7: Phildude (1580)
Seat 8: dachs22 (1500)
Seat 9: SICKEM47 (1900)
apparition posts small blind (10)
TILT77 posts big blind (20)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DaN_AK_ [ 3d, Ad ]
sugarcakes folds.
Phildude raises (40) to 40
dachs22 folds.
SICKEM47 calls (40)
GLASLASS folds.
DaN_AK: .....
HAND #2
No playable hands and one blind attempt gone wrong, there's this hand with blinds now on level 4 and me with a decreasing stack. When checked to on the flop I will fire out a bet to try and take it down but get called. Now the 100 bet on the turn from villian gives me 5-1 odds but I'm shortstacked. Do I fold, use my position to flat call and re-evaluate on the river, or push it all-in here hoping villian is trying to catch a cheap flush draw on the river.
POKERSTARS GAME #3004209395: TOURNAMENT #14836651, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/11/08 - 09:57:48 (ET)
Table '14836651 1' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (930 in chips)
Seat 5: TILT77 (3960 in chips)
Seat 7: Phildude (2427 in chips)
Seat 8: dachs22 (4471 in chips)
Seat 9: SICKEM47 (1712 in chips)
SICKEM47: posts small blind 50
DaN_AK_: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaN_AK_ [Tc 2c]
TILT77: folds
Phildude: folds
dachs22: folds
SICKEM47: calls 50
DaN_AK_: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ts 6h]
SICKEM47: checks
DaN_AK_: bets 150
SICKEM47: calls 150
*** TURN *** [Qs Ts 6h] [Kc]
SICKEM47: bets 100
DaN_AK : .....
HAND #3
Now the short stack in front of me flat-calls, a mistake in my eyes, but I pick up a strong hand, one of the best I'm likely to see from here to the end given blinds are going up. My stacks good, but not great. What should I do here? I feel one leak of mine is to push all-in in these situations, how good is this play? The short stack hadn't seemed to get too out of line, and other two guys had got their stacks from a couple of donks and weren't very active since.
POKERSTARS GAME #3004213059: TOURNAMENT #14836651, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/11/08 - 09:58:57 (ET)
Table '14836651 1' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (1810 in chips)
Seat 5: TILT77 (3860 in chips)
Seat 7: Phildude (2427 in chips)
Seat 8: dachs22 (4621 in chips)
Seat 9: SICKEM47 (782 in chips)
TILT77: posts small blind 50
Phildude: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaN_AK_ [Qh As]
dachs22: folds
SICKEM47: calls 100
DaN_AK: .....
HAND #4
Final hand, I hadn't noticed the UTG raiser for a while, he'd been quiet watching the short stacks dissapear. Now he min-raises and two guys call in front of me. I have a fairly good hand but should I just fold it, or given villians unwillingness to get too involved, is it a good move to push it ALL-IN here, considering my stack still needs to double to be competitive, hoping original raiser doesn't have a REAL monster and that seeing a few bigger stacks yet to act he elects to fold, and the other two guys choosing not to re-raise before, I can take advantage that neither has shown any real strength and make them fold also... your views on this one?
POKERSTARS GAME #3004223869: TOURNAMENT #14836651, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/11/08 - 10:02:17 (ET)
Table '14836651 1' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (1478 in chips)
Seat 5: TILT77 (3810 in chips)
Seat 7: Phildude (1844 in chips)
Seat 8: dachs22 (5204 in chips)
Seat 9: SICKEM47 (1164 in chips)
SICKEM47: posts small blind 50
DaN_AK_: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaN_AK_ [8h 8s]
TILT77: raises 100 to 200
Phildude: folds
dachs22: calls 200
SICKEM47: calls 150
DaN_AK: .....
Any input is greatly appreciated and I look forward to hearing any thoughts. Cheers guys.