Poker Video: MTT/SNG by vandweller (Mid Stakes)

Thanks for more SNG content. Nicely done.

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I <3 The VAN (again)....I really want to get better at these, and even though I apparently made a vid on them a month ago I still would like to see some more...professional...content , plus Van's vids are amazing

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holy shit!!!

I never mentioned my HUD stats. Nothing too fancy, but...

VPIP / PFR / # Hands
Raise 1st-in from SB / Raise 1st-in from BTN / Fold BB to Steal

I like to use the two "raise first-in" stats as opposed to the "Steal %" stat, because that stat blends various positions, but you can very often find players who know to shove loosely in the SB, who otherwise shutdown on the BTN. I like to know who those guys are.

Sometimes, I'll see a guy with both "Fold BB to Steal" and "Fold SB to Steal", but I don't find that players act significantly differently stylistically. If a guy has a certain number in the BB, I can generally assume he'll be slightly tighter in the SB. So I don't bother cluttering the screen with the two stats.

I don't see a need in these for many more stats than that.

Van....

Thanks for giving us the lowdown on your HUD stats. I have been trying different combos, while trying to keep it simple. I like your set up and will give it a shot.

Van - Sorry to hear you running so bad @ life. First the surgery, and then you get hacked. WTF? Anyway, we are pulling for you!!

Quick question on ROI - What do you expect to be able to achieve in these games over the long haul? It looks like you were down about a BI in this session before rakeback? I havent watched 100% yet, so if its in there, I apologize in advance!

Van - Sorry to hear you running so bad @ life. First the surgery, and then you get hacked. WTF? Anyway, we are pulling for you!!

Quick question on ROI - What do you expect to be able to achieve in these games over the long haul? It looks like you were down about a BI in this session before rakeback? I havent watched 100% yet, so if its in there, I apologize in advance!

Seriously, this has been a pretty crappy year.

I haven't done an exhaustive inventory of what is currently being achieved, but my limited amount of donking around on Sharkscope, my experience playing several thousand of these, and my general intuition leads me to think that winrates around going to be roughly 50% to 60% of winrates at turbo SNGs at comparable stakes.

be prepared for some swings, just had one :

went from +70 to -36 to +73 in less than 100 games
and frankly sometimes it is tuff when you are multitabling 10 tables and for a whole session nothing seems to hold up

for like 50 games I run super hot pf (like 99+ and AJs+ a lot) and either ran into walls or nothing would hold up

then for the next 50 games I would suck out big time or get super lucky (best one was AA raised UTG called 3 times on the second hand of tourney ...and holding)

In your attempt to answer "which hand should I shove from which position" you gave us a formula. The number of spots away from the big blind x number of bb's in your stack, and take the number you get and equate that to a hand. In one of your examples, you were 5 spots away with 5 big blinds so you got 25. You said that would be 3-3 or 4-4 but not 2-2. How do you come up with a hand based on a two-digit number such as 25? In another example, you got the number 35 with 10 big blinds (early in the SNG), and in my estimation, shoving a 35 hand (whatever hand that may be) seems too wide. I don't know... I'm just confused after hearing about this formula.

nice video it's so hectic to even watch! you should seriously read what the pop up says after you've busted from an SNG though... would save you a lot of clicking

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KJo upper right.

Do you ever stop 'n go in these spots? Would seem like an ok spot for it.

KJo upper right.

Do you ever stop 'n go in these spots? Would seem like an ok spot for it.

Absolutely I do. In that spot though I think my hand did well enough hot and cold, given the dead money in the pot, to make simply getting all-in preflop +EV, but it could very well be that a stop-and-go would be even more so.

Overall, in STs as opposed to deeper formats, you find yourself in many more spots where it is appropriate to limp-and-go and stop-and-go.

These are plays that I make in response to that "Do I have fold equity and does it matter?" question I talked about. In this case, I didn't have fold equity preflop but given my hand and the dead money, it didn't matter so I went all-in anyway (or tried to at least :-)). If I'd had worse (but still robust) cards, my lack of fold equity *would* have mattered and I could have tried to manufacture some fold equity to add value to my hand.

nice video it's so hectic to even watch! you should seriously read what the pop up says after you've busted from an SNG though... would save you a lot of clicking

You are absolutely right. Years of playing SNGs online has trained me to pretty much click "Close" after I bust out and whatever dialog box pops up. Thanks for setting me straight.

In your attempt to answer "which hand should I shove from which position" you gave us a formula. The number of spots away from the big blind x number of bb's in your stack, and take the number you get and equate that to a hand. In one of your examples, you were 5 spots away with 5 big blinds so you got 25. You said that would be 3-3 or 4-4 but not 2-2. How do you come up with a hand based on a two-digit number such as 25? In another example, you got the number 35 with 10 big blinds (early in the SNG), and in my estimation, shoving a 35 hand (whatever hand that may be) seems too wide. I don't know... I'm just confused after hearing about this formula.

It's a pretty complex topic I tried to bring up with too little time and too many distractions to properly explain it. I have some things to do today, but I'll try and come back to this post soon. Otherwise, there is a whole video down the line where this whole thing is fleshed out in a way that makes sense.