Applying the AleoMagus "PP 10+1 recipe" to other SNGs

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Implied odds give you a lot of room to play hands early. I mean, limping KQo in EP is stupid on every level, but instead of playing like AleoMagus, which is pretty solid given only 800 chips to start, you should be more playing like HoH guidelines, limping suited connectors in places, and finding ways to double up. You can actually draw to straights and flushes on Pokerroom. Use that.


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Hoh? Harrington on Hold'em? If so, I just got it last week. I'm only on page 40 or so.

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On Party, you have a lot less chips, so these places are nowhere near as profitable, which means you've really got to tighten up.
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OK, this is what I was looking for. Is it right to say that with 1500 chips, in the early stages, I can approach a hand as if it were a limit hand? i.e. play drawing hands if there are a lot of limpers, play pairs for sets, etc.

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And the AleoMagus guide is outdated. Practically no one follows that guide anymore due to ICM and better postflop play.

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I see. That is interesting. I didn't know people considered it outdated. Is ICM really that good? Do you guys use ICM in post-game analysis, or do you actually try to use it while you are playing?

If you use ICM while you are playing, are there tricks for doing the algebra? Within ICM, calculating the probabality of getting first is pretty trivial. But actually figuring out whether a move is plus or minus EV can take a little longer than the time limit per move. Does this just come from experience?

Thanks for the detailed reply.