My first 2-table SNG on Stars(Warning - Newbie content!)

[Gomez22]

DISCLAIMER - If you do NOT like reading posts that talk about basically nothing, and are merely about observations and maybe some questions I had during my 1st 2-tabler on Stars, please STOP NOW!!!








OK - For those of you slightly intrigued, I'll proceed...

WOW!!! This was awesome!!! Much more of a thrill than playing a 1-table SNG tourney.... It honestly almost sorta felt like an actual tournament setting (not to mention that I finished 2nd after being down to T600 chips with 5 players remaining, and the blinds 100/200).

Are there any other sites that offer this format???

Are there any "different" strategies between the 2-tables tournies and the 1-table tournies that anyone here employs with any degree of success?

For future reference, should 2-tablers be posted here, or in the MTT forum?

[laceratedsky]

Something totally unrelated to your post:

I noticed you live in Ohio, and by the BlueJackets logo it looks as though you live in Columbus. Did you play in a live NL tournament a couple weeks ago at the VFW by Cooper Stadium?

Sorry for the off-topic post.

P.S.- Where are you playing 2 table Sit N Gos?

laceratedsky http://www.wtfman.com/poker/

[Gomez22]

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I noticed you live in Ohio, and by the BlueJackets logo it looks as though you live in Columbus. Did you play in a live NL tournament a couple weeks ago at the VFW by Cooper Stadium?

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Not Colunbus... Zanesville - about 45 miles east. Never played at the VFW by Cooper Stadium... Would have loved to have known about it, though.

You must also be from Ohio... where ya from?

'Mez

[Lori]

not to mention that I finished 2nd after being down to T600 chips with 5 players remaining, and the blinds 100/200

Congrats again [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

The strategies are very similar. There is a case for making the occasional, and I mean occasional, loose button call if you feel you have very large implied odds (IE: Very loose opponents post flop) as the first prize and second prize are both larger than a normal 1st place finish.

Also to be noted is the different prize structure, with 3rd being worth double that of 4th, meaning some risks can be taken to secure the 3rd place money.
(Simply, if you are short and feel you have a better than 50-50 shot at finishing 3rd rather than 4th, it is worth a go. You'll have to put your own take on this sentence, but it gets the idea across I hope)

It is a good schooling ground for the transition from SNG's to MTT's or visa-versa and for learning both (which appears to be your current mission) I would think they are pretty much ideal.

Something that just occured to me that may be of interest is that Party have play money sngs, you might want to test some alternate strategies there for a laugh and see why what you are doing is considered the 'best' way.

Lori

[Gomez22]

The one thing that I learned in this one, Lori, was how much I could steal by being small stack, on the bubble.... The only weapon I had for maybe 4 orbits was all-in.

I was amazed by how many times the opponents folded to me when I pushed all-in PF. I may have to remember this... these guys were playing scared until we got to 4 players, then it loosened up again, but it was something... even the big stack wouldn't call me..... luck had a lot to do with it, but the fear of busting out on the bubble is a new "weapon" for me to take advantage of, I think.

The winner(nice guy, BTW - we talked a little after the tourney)... said he really liked my play - nice and aggressive, was how he put it. Finally nice to meet another player out there with some courtesy and "personality", rather than some of the dregs that usually inhabit poker tables. To be honest, probably the last 6 guys left were great... best table I think I've ever played at(player-personality-wise).

Made for a very nice 1st time 2-table experience

[laceratedsky]

Columbus, OH [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

You never answered where you played the 2 table tourney at.

laceratedsky
http://www.wtfman.com/poker/

[Gomez22]

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You never answered where you played the 2 table tourney at.

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OOOOOPS!!! It was at Poker Stars... Look under the Sit-N-Go button, you can find a tab that says 2-table....

Simple as that!

Good luck,

'Mez

[PrayingMantis]

An important thing to notice is how play changes when the tables collapse, since you actually play twice full table, and twice short-handed, if you don't bust earlier.

Some plyers do not adapt well to this transition, which is uniqe to 2-tables. Naturally, you gerenrally play looser when the first table becomes SH, and then tight again when it's final table. This is a very sudden change - so be aware of it, and of how others do it.

[peiper]

Hey guys, I live up in Akron. There is a web site:

ohiocharitygaming.com that lists Hold'em tournament events that they hold in the Columbus area. I haven't played in one yet, but have definately been meaning to.

Have yet to play in a 2 table SNG, but have definately been meaning to. Maybe this weekend??

[Gomez22]

Nice to meet ya, Peiper... I'll have to check out that web-site.

Thanks for the input.

'Mez