How are these stats?

[Big O]

the 6th-8th finishes are caused by being overly aggressive and loosing to a slightly better hand and not having enough chips to survive the latter rounds.

[allenciox]

It is hard to tell whether you are doing well or not with only 273 tourneys. If they had been all $30+3, your true ROI is 6% with a 95% confidence interval between -13% and 25%. It is simply too early to tell whether you are doing better than average or not. One thing is clear --- you are not doing spectacularly. I would do some study of your play.

[gergery]

There is something off about your math here.

If they were all $30, then

38 1st = 38*150 = 5700
32 2nds = 32*90 = 2880
16 3rds = 16*60 = 960
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total win $ 9540
total cost (33*243)=8019
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net win $ = 1521
ROI *1521/8019)= 18.9%

You must have been doing significantly better at the lower buyins (or more wins) and worse at the $30s (or more places) to get this lower ROI.

Since my own results are somewhat similar, I’ll guess that the two main things to help you are 1) tightening up and playing better ABC poker when in 5-8th place – playing better hands and folding when beat, and 2) improving your heads up and 3-handed play – getting a 2nd place to become a 1st is worth the same as getting an 8th to a 3rd, and much easier.

--Greg

[allenciox]

whoops, sorry, I entered a number wrong into my spreadsheet, your roi is 19% +-20.7%, so you could be quite good, and you are probably doing better than average.

[Big O]

I would aggree that my play is not great, but at least I am not loosing money. I feel I can do a lot better but I lack the disapline of patience needed to finish in the money. I will work on my game to get this disaline. At least this is good for the UB bonus program. break even and you still make money.

Thanks

Big O

[DonT77]

Last night I calculated my SNG stats for the first time and was surprised to find out how high my ROI was on SNGs (especially compared to MTTs). I've been playing about 1 year, typically $5-20 single or two table.

Total Buy-ins + Fees = $1997
Total Winnings = $3054
Net Profit = $1057
ROI = 52.9%

Is it time for me to move up and play $30 & $50, or is this too small of a sample?

[Big O]

I think if you feel you are a winning player (it looks like you are) and you have enough of a bankroll then play the 30 and 50's. I do not think you need to worry much about playing the higher limits, just make sure you do not get broke because your bank roll was not large enough

[DonT77]

I'm sure this has probably been talked about here before, but since I am fairly new - what is the typical bankroll / buy-in ratio for SNG players? (e.g. $1000 bankroll / $20 buy-in = 50-1 ratio).

[BradleyT]

30 is fine.

[DonT77]

Thanks for the reply Bradley. Do you think 20 or 25 don't leave enough room for variability?