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$5 - Help my play in this SNG - 4 hands.
First off, can't seem to get convertor to work for Pokerstars, do I have to download THIS after using the PokerStars converter in the FAQ? I'm unsure. But please excuse the HH formats for this time if you can, and I'll make sure I fix it for my next posts. Cheers
OK guys, I've been playing a few SNG's recently, having switched to them from ring games, and playing fairly well in them. Now I've set aside, $100 on PokerStars (I don't feel 100% happy with the way their deck seems to go, but it has the best structure so just have to live with it) and I'm hoping to build a good bankroll and learn along the way. My bankroll management is good so no worries there, I shall be starting with the $5+$0.50 9 man SNG's. Anyway, enough of the blab, just finished my first SNG of this attempt and finished 5th, blah! But got a few hands I would like to post for anybody who's a good SNG player to look over with me. I've read both Harrington books which have helped my game a lot, and I feel I am better than the average $5 SNG player, but I want to be crushing this level and then moving on up. So here goes: HAND #1 One of the first few hands at the table, in the early rounds I play tight but is folding to a min-raise here TOO tight when I can expect to see both blinds call and have a 5 way-pot, bearing in mind I can dump this on an A-high flop easily. Table '14836651 1' (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button Total number of players : 0 Seat 1: GLASLASS (1500) Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (1480) Seat 3: iatoymwya70 (1380) Seat 4: apparition (1160) Seat 5: TILT77 (1500) Seat 6: sugarcakes (1500) Seat 7: Phildude (1580) Seat 8: dachs22 (1500) Seat 9: SICKEM47 (1900) apparition posts small blind (10) TILT77 posts big blind (20) ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to DaN_AK_ [ 3d, Ad ] sugarcakes folds. Phildude raises (40) to 40 dachs22 folds. SICKEM47 calls (40) GLASLASS folds. DaN_AK: ..... HAND #2 No playable hands and one blind attempt gone wrong, there's this hand with blinds now on level 4 and me with a decreasing stack. When checked to on the flop I will fire out a bet to try and take it down but get called. Now the 100 bet on the turn from villian gives me 5-1 odds but I'm shortstacked. Do I fold, use my position to flat call and re-evaluate on the river, or push it all-in here hoping villian is trying to catch a cheap flush draw on the river. POKERSTARS GAME #3004209395: TOURNAMENT #14836651, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/11/08 - 09:57:48 (ET) Table '14836651 1' Seat #8 is the button Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (930 in chips) Seat 5: TILT77 (3960 in chips) Seat 7: Phildude (2427 in chips) Seat 8: dachs22 (4471 in chips) Seat 9: SICKEM47 (1712 in chips) SICKEM47: posts small blind 50 DaN_AK_: posts big blind 100 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to DaN_AK_ [Tc 2c] TILT77: folds Phildude: folds dachs22: folds SICKEM47: calls 50 DaN_AK_: checks *** FLOP *** [Qs Ts 6h] SICKEM47: checks DaN_AK_: bets 150 SICKEM47: calls 150 *** TURN *** [Qs Ts 6h] [Kc] SICKEM47: bets 100 DaN_AK : ..... HAND #3 Now the short stack in front of me flat-calls, a mistake in my eyes, but I pick up a strong hand, one of the best I'm likely to see from here to the end given blinds are going up. My stacks good, but not great. What should I do here? I feel one leak of mine is to push all-in in these situations, how good is this play? The short stack hadn't seemed to get too out of line, and other two guys had got their stacks from a couple of donks and weren't very active since. POKERSTARS GAME #3004213059: TOURNAMENT #14836651, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/11/08 - 09:58:57 (ET) Table '14836651 1' Seat #2 is the button Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (1810 in chips) Seat 5: TILT77 (3860 in chips) Seat 7: Phildude (2427 in chips) Seat 8: dachs22 (4621 in chips) Seat 9: SICKEM47 (782 in chips) TILT77: posts small blind 50 Phildude: posts big blind 100 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to DaN_AK_ [Qh As] dachs22: folds SICKEM47: calls 100 DaN_AK: ..... HAND #4 Final hand, I hadn't noticed the UTG raiser for a while, he'd been quiet watching the short stacks dissapear. Now he min-raises and two guys call in front of me. I have a fairly good hand but should I just fold it, or given villians unwillingness to get too involved, is it a good move to push it ALL-IN here, considering my stack still needs to double to be competitive, hoping original raiser doesn't have a REAL monster and that seeing a few bigger stacks yet to act he elects to fold, and the other two guys choosing not to re-raise before, I can take advantage that neither has shown any real strength and make them fold also... your views on this one? POKERSTARS GAME #3004223869: TOURNAMENT #14836651, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL IV (50/100) - 2005/11/08 - 10:02:17 (ET) Table '14836651 1' Seat #8 is the button Seat 2: DaN_AK_ (1478 in chips) Seat 5: TILT77 (3810 in chips) Seat 7: Phildude (1844 in chips) Seat 8: dachs22 (5204 in chips) Seat 9: SICKEM47 (1164 in chips) SICKEM47: posts small blind 50 DaN_AK_: posts big blind 100 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to DaN_AK_ [8h 8s] TILT77: raises 100 to 200 Phildude: folds dachs22: calls 200 SICKEM47: calls 150 DaN_AK: ..... Any input is greatly appreciated and I look forward to hearing any thoughts. Cheers guys. |
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