My Report Card (310 SNGs)

NYCNative · #1 06-22-2005, 06:14 AM

Most of these are in the 11s although a handful have been in the 22s as of late. I'm actually doing better there although it's a small sample (cashed the last 6 in a row, but I just jinxed that). All at UB, needless to say. It took slightly over a month to do this many playing 3-tables at a time as of late (the UB limit).

ROI: 17.6% / ITM: 36.5%

1st - 14.5% / 45
2nd - 10.6% / 33
3rd - 11.3% / 35
4th - 11.0% / 34
5th - 14.5% / 45
6th - 11.3% / 35
7th - 10.0% / 31
8th - 9.7% / 30
9th - 4.2% / 13
10th - 2.9% / 9

So that's $629 profit in about a month on a roll that started out with $50 in it. Not much for you $215 eleventy-billion-tabling types but as long as I can soemtimes pay for things with poker winnings, I consider it a victory.

I have taken the lessons of this forum and it is helping me win - I wanted to be up at 20%/40% but I won't complain. I win more than I lose at home games as well.

My next step is to go over the many tens of thousands of hands I've imported into PokerTracker and see what I can learn from that. No doubt cringing at some of my plays from as recently as a month ago...

I'm still a LAG but I am a winning player at these levels and I hope to continue to improve and maybe move up the ranks thanks to the kindness and wisdom of fellow 2+2ers whom I NEVER have to play against since I play at the evil Ultimate Bet. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Although I'm undefeated when playing regs here - ask johnnybeef. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

chisness · #2 06-22-2005, 06:22 AM

solid record, should probably consider doing party since you couldve added $75 or so to that from rakeback

treeofwisdom7 · #3 06-22-2005, 06:31 AM

i think you have me on ignore. anyway...

this is a good job and very simmilar to my stats. keep up the good work because making a profit is a good thing.

as the last poster suggested try out party/skin. why? because you will get a rakeback of 25+%. rakeback will help but wont make a big difference.

i think if you spent 1 week learning the party structure you would have a greater hourly rate and maybe a greater ROI. its easyer to learn how to play a good game in party.

i started from UB and now i understand why party is better.

GL

Myst · #4 06-22-2005, 06:35 AM

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rakeback will help but wont make a big difference.

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Ha, Ive made $950 in rakeback so far this month alone...

treeofwisdom7 · #5 06-22-2005, 06:40 AM

at 100 games a week rakeback is like 200 a month kind of small

oh yah also i think you need to work on your 8th place finishes.

NYCNative · #6 06-22-2005, 06:41 AM

I don't have you on ignore. I don't have anyone on ignore. Sorry if I gave you that impression.

I have played Party and I don't like it. I like playing suited connectors, seeing flops, making blind steals that don't involve pushing, making value bets on the river - essentially, I like playing poker.

The advise here has tightened my game up considerably and that has been a blessing but I still play far looser than most here. I can do that with more chips and longer levels without hurting myself. I consider that fun. (Please note that I don't begrudge anyone else what they want to do.)

I also have ZERO 2+2 competition and you fuckers are ROI-killers I'm sure...

johnnybeef · #7 06-22-2005, 06:46 AM

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I also have ZERO 2+2 competition and you fuckers are ROI-killers I'm sure.

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but you do at jarrods!!!

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I like playing suited connectors, seeing flops, making blind steals that don't involve pushing, making value bets on the river

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thats what mtts are for...sngs are for pure profit.

NYCNative · #8 06-22-2005, 06:49 AM

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but you do at jarrods!!!

[/ QUOTE ]I do and I do pretty well there as you know. I am the reigning Westerville World Series of Poker POY, after all. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] And I paid off my credit cards thanks to the home games I've played and the occassional online MTT I've popped.

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thats what mtts are for...sngs are for pure profit.

[/ QUOTE ]One can profit and have fun, yes? As much as the thought of playing poker for a living is both intriguing and terrifying, if it ever became a "job," I'd go back to Scrabble which I was once very good at.

Phill S · #9 06-22-2005, 06:52 AM

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I like playing suited connectors, seeing flops, making blind steals that don't involve pushing, making value bets on the river

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thats what mtts are for...sngs are for pure profit.

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Because no one plays MTTs for profit? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I agree in many ways, but a lot of players struggle to adjust to the push/fold game that party is, i know im one who has struggled and given up on it (at least at the 800 chip games).

Also, by playing slightly longer SnGs you will develop the MTT game once you adjust slightly. I dont like playing MTTs, its a real rarity, however i got 4th in a 259 runner slow structured live tourney held in the UK recently - slower SnGs can be profitable in other ways.

Phill

NYCNative · #10 06-22-2005, 06:56 AM

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Also, by playing slightly longer SnGs you will develop the MTT game once you adjust slightly. I dont like playing MTTs, its a real rarity, however i got 4th in a 259 runner slow structured live tourney held in the UK recently - slower SnGs can be profitable in other ways.

[/ QUOTE ]I agree completely. I think that playing SNGs with more chips and slower levels lends itself to MTT skills as well as cash game skills to a degree. Certainly I have been able to apply SNG theory into MTT/cash games a lot more than if I played with half the chips and time.