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Old 06-27-2005, 05:37 PM
gildwulf gildwulf is offline
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Default SNG Digest 2.0 for June

Here is a revised version of my SNG digest for June. I fixed a few links, added explanations, and added OP and follow-up posters. I decided to include a few marginal posts that hammered home key concepts, as well as some interesting debates. These are in no particular order of greatness; they are simply the best posts I could find in the month of June.

Hand Questions
Thread on unnecessary blind defense
Joefitz posts a hand on attempting to resteal blinds with ATs at level 1. Flyingmoose and Kyro (among others) set Joe straight.

Folding QQ preflop to tons of action
Unoriginalname posts a hand where he folds QQ to a huge reraise preflop. Chaos ensues (answers by Karak567, microbet, Adanthar and others).

How to deal with SB constantly raising your BB
Octaveshift wants to know how to deal with a SB who keeps raising you 3XBB. Lastchance, astarck, Freudian, and others respond.

Folding TPTK (AK) on flop to all-in
Erniebilko asks if he is a complete wimp for folding TPTK (AKs) on a medium-scary flop. Chaos ensues (freemoney, sponger, lastchance, Myst, and others respond).

AA on scary flop
Grekehaus posts an AA hand on a scary flop. Adanthar, Freemoney, Suitedsixes and others insta-respond.

Defending against PVS
AbelM asks how to defend against a probable Phil Van Sexton (pushing all in with a bunch of limpers when you have sh*t cards). Responses by Nick B., Adanthar, and others.

Pushing TT on JJ3 flop
Adanthar posts about pushing a Bodog 10K guaranteed final table hand. V. interesting discussion follows with Myst, freemoney, johnnybeef, and others.

When to push UTG
Raptor polls people on whether to push mid-pocket pair at 75/150 blinds with 6 left. Microbet, Apathy, Myst, and durron597 respond.

Folding AKo in the money??
EricW folds AKo in the money. (Almost) everyone thinks he’s crazy, and schlach number-crunches to explain why this is a push.

Folding 99 overpair on messy flop
Spentrent folds an overpair (99) on a scary flop and wonders if he’s weak-tight. 45suited, OrcaDK, and curtains all like his fold for various reasons.

On the bubble vs. a dead stack
Ixnert tells us about a bubble where the short stack disconnected; OP asks if he should just fold into the money or make a stand. 45suited, jcm4ccc and others give him some hands he should play.

Why do people insist on playing Ace-rag?
tlow03 asks when to play Ace-rag early on in an SNG. This is a pretty easy question, but I just added it because it’s such a HUGE mistake and SO many people do it on Party.

Raising or calling AKo from BB in early stages
Easilyfound asks whether to raise or call AKo from the BB at level 1. Responses from EricW, Sabrazack, and others.

Overplaying AK preflop?
Durron597 gets super aggressive with AK preflop. OrcaDK, flyingmoose, and curtains respond.

Folding KK on river
Scuba Chuck folds his KK on the river, explains his reasoning, and then responds to Johnnybeef, durron597, and wuwei.

Curtain's double checkraise at 400+30
Insane genius double checkraise play by Curtains???

Minraises on the flop
Karak567 laments about minre-raises on the flop. He uses an example of AK on a missed flop, and Kyro, unarmed, and jcm4ccc respond.

Nut flush draw on flop
tjh asks about calling an all-in with nut flush draw on flop late in a tourney. Jcm4ccc, 45suited, lastchance and others respond.

Jason Strasser bluffing on river
Jason makes a huge bluff-raise on the river at a $1000 SNG. Kyro, 11t and others respond.

Calling any w/ 2:1 odds and a healthy stack
octaveshift complains about an elite villain making a seemingly dumb all-in call with 9T. Freemoney, Myst, PVS and others correct him.

Clarifying 'push with any two' concept
Matt R asks why we should push any 2 using a $215 hand as an example. Pergesu, Nick B., eMarkM, SlackerMcFly, and Raptor respond.

Interesting Debates and Stories

Tales of bankroll building
The Don shares his bankroll building story and asks others to do the same.

Profitability of SNGs vs. Ring games
Microbet starts an interesting debate on profitability of SNGs vs. Ring games

Common online tells
utmt40 asks people what are the most common online tells. This sparks a very interesting series of posts.

Maintaining discipline in SNGs
suited_ace wonders how to maintain discipline when faced with bad beat after bad beat (NOT a bad beat post). TOW, Pergesu and others respond.

Are SNGs real poker?
Karak567 sparks the debate on whether SNGS are real poker.

Software

Astarck's updated version of Aleomagus' spreadsheet
Astarck revises Aleomagus’ spreadsheet to include ‘Daily Summaries’.

Understanding ICM
The shadow makes a mindblowing post on ICM.
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Old 06-27-2005, 05:39 PM
TStokes TStokes is offline
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

nice work thanks
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Old 06-27-2005, 06:04 PM
AKQJ10 AKQJ10 is offline
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

Mind if I add this to the wiki?
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Old 06-27-2005, 06:13 PM
Degen Degen is offline
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

wow man, dunno if that is the first one of these but definately keep it up...that is sweeeeeeeeeet

thx
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Old 06-27-2005, 06:19 PM
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

Thanks man that was great. Keep it up.
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Old 06-27-2005, 06:19 PM
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

*adds to favorite threads*

Thank you!
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Old 06-27-2005, 06:21 PM
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

NH
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Old 06-27-2005, 07:07 PM
gildwulf gildwulf is offline
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

As long as it's quoted from this post I don't mind.

Thanks for the feedback guys, this took a lot of work.
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Old 06-27-2005, 07:31 PM
The Yugoslavian The Yugoslavian is offline
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

This one is much better.

Meh+1.

Yugoslav
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Old 06-28-2005, 05:28 AM
DrGonzo DrGonzo is offline
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Default Re: SNG Digest 2.0 for June

I think this post was the best of the month [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]. Great work!

It will get even better if everyone that thinks that a post is missing reply with that post. You missed (or excluded?) the most obvious one:

Theory of Stack Sizes---Hypothetical Response to the Gigabet Dilemma
Gigabet tells us when to throw the ICM out of the window and make loose calls to obtain an imposing stack. Don't try this at home! This is +$EV when others read it [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]. Interesting stuff though.
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