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Old 06-17-2005, 01:55 AM
lastchance lastchance is offline
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Default Re: Save my poker life and hurry!

List of concepts you need to understand to beat the $11's for a moderate ROI:
L1-L3:
Playing pairs for Set Value
Playing TPTK + Overpairs for profit
Check-raising
Slowplaying (when to do it)
Positional concerns preflop (insanely important)
Never laydown QQ
L4-ITM:
Blind Stealing:
Position
# of active players left
How good your hand actually is (88 = AK or K9s)
10x BB rule: when you have 10x BB or less, push all-in
ICM
Stack Size
Raising vs Calling
Luckboxing (sucking out on others)
Range of opponent's hands (very, very important)
Opponent's stack sizes (unimportant compared to the others because of opponent's play) (understand the last sentence, and you'll beat the bubble)
Stabbing the flop vs Pushing preflop
Limping
ITM-HU:
Aggressiveness
Playing opponents (always important, but essential here)
Position (this is really, really important HU)

General SNG concepts:
Variance

Remember, don't focus on your suckouts. Focus on getting blinded down to nil or doing stupid things with decent stacks that allowed you to lose.

Is being called by a loose big stack with A8s good on the bubble?
Is it ok to limp KJs UTG in L1? Ok in CO in front of limpers in L1?
Do you laydown AA to a board with a three-flush?
Do you open-fold any hand in the SB Heads-Up?
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