You might have read a book on SNGs, like Collin Moshman's Sit 'n' Go Strategy, or watched SNG training videos at a site like DeucesCracked or others (all great investments, by the way). They all universally advocate a conservative strategy for the early rounds, and an increasingly aggressive bl... Read More
After busting out a few lousy hands, I need to build my bankroll again. I could grind 5NL but nothing makes me feel more like a dying robot than 5NL games. I switched over to 180 mang SNGs and started watching The Top 0.56 Percent videos. lol sample sizes, but 24 sessions, $100 net, $6/hour, 15 hours so far. My heads up game needs a lot of work. The last 180 I played I finished in 3rd making a stupid ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/microdot/76651-180-man-SNGs">(continued)</a>
This is it. The end. Terminus. Finitum . I’ve messed around in poker for a number of years now, from home games to casinos to online. I’ve lost money playing poker for a number of years now, from home games to casinos to online. This is where I draw a line in the sand and move from being a casual player into a winner, this is where I stop riding the variance train to crazy ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/cns/69481-Give-a-man-a-fish-and-he-will-eat-for-a-day">(continued)</a>
Yeah, sick rhymes… Still haven’t come off my downswing. AA vs KK ; AA vs 88 ; and KK vs KQ in the last ~15mins. I don’t mind stuff like this because it’s so obvious if I’m just running bad. Smaller, post flop stuff is where I’m starting to slowly feel insecure. Still haven’t checked how many BI-s I’m down because it would do me no good anyway. It shouldn’t be more than 70 and can ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/54921-Seeds-of-doubt-are-starting-to-sprout">(continued)</a>
Hey, I’m kind of bored so I figured I’d share my thoughts on these things. Many, unlike me, seem to like these multi-entry tournaments. I’ll try to give you an brief overview on why and how these affect our ROI-s. Keep in mind that I don’t play MTT-s and know quite little about them and players who play them. I’m sure My logic is flawed in spots because of this and because I o ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/54381-Multi-Entry-MTT-s-screwing-MTT-players-">(continued)</a>
Yeah, I think I’m ~30BI-s in the red over the past 3 days. Haven’t checked the actual numbers. Nothing special, meh… I’m a bit surprised at how little this is affecting me emotionally. I think it’s the biggest downswing $$$ wise I’ve had playing these SNG-s. Hoping to take shots at HS once this swing is over :D. Anyway, I’m hoping to get the black card in 30 days, I need something like 27-30k F ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/53691-Running-kinda-shitty">(continued)</a>
At the end of the day I would be hard pressed to find to many positives out of this week. But it showed real promise on all fronts early on. With regards to the job (now job hunting) I got a call from the guys who have been stringing me along a little early Monday morning asking if I could start on Tuesday. Great! Sounds good! They just busy confirming everything will call me in an hour. I hear not ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/bluebull/53231-Up-and-down-week-">(continued)</a>
I know I know. 2012 has kicked in and along with gyms, sports shops and dieticians I am sure that traffic on poker forums and blogs around the world are spiking as everyone starts off the year motivated to kick some ass. Well, let me join the rush. This will be a once weekly update mostly of my poker grind (and related thoughts) but I might just throw in a few personal tidbits now and then ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/bluebull/52301-While-we-re-all-motivated-">(continued)</a>
Haven’t written here for a while so I thought I might as well do a quick November recap. November took kind of a nosedive after coming off  a strong October. I didn’t play a lot and ended up ~500 in the red. Meh. Hopefully I can crush December even though my results have been pretty bad thus far. I’m something like 250 in the red at the moment. Started mixing a few $12 SNG-s into my sessions again, we’l ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/48101-Quick-update">(continued)</a>
well i blog already via blogger so I am gonna link this blog to that (mods hope this is ok) http://buffyslayer1.blogspot.com/ i have quite a few posts from when I first started with ambiitions to play mtts for a living (lol me) to my swtich to cash due to time pressures….
I’ve been trying to get some volume in on these $24 turbos but i’ve only managed to play 84… I’ve been really busy with school/folk dancing stuff etc so I haven’t really put in almost any games. Usually once I get home I decide not to play because I’m way too tired or need to study, wohoo for autumn break. Anyway this is how I’m doing this far:Â Â Played 9 games today ., had an R ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/42001-Running-hot-just-like-everybody-else">(continued)</a>
It’s hard and takes a crapload of time. I just finished a review of 11 hands and it took me almost an hour. I think it was worth the time though and I plan to continue doing this. Reviewing process will probably go a bit quicker in the future since I don’t have to think about how I’ll do the review. I used to review all my hands by mostly just seeing what SNGwiz told me. Sure I ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/41281-Not-reviewing-for-the-sake-of-reviewing">(continued)</a>
I’ve been thinking about going for the black card. It seemed really tough at 7fpp/1$ but now it actually seems pretty realistic even with school and everything. Basically I can get 2k-2.5k fpp-s over the weekend which requires me to get an additional 1k-1.5k during work days. Nothing impossible unless some really time consuming stuff comes up. If nothing else then the black card is another source of mo ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/tychoon/40071-FTP-black-card">(continued)</a>
Real strange, because my previous account had a ROI of 25% over 500 games. This account is doomswitched… Â
Having a frustrating day today of bad luck playing 6max SNG’s. It seemed every time I put my chips in ahead, I’d get sucked out on. I’ve only just started and its happened so many times… Out of 4 SNG’s: Full Tilt Poker $10 + $1 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t60/t120 Blinds – 3 players – View hand 709209 The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter SB: t790 M = 4.39 Hero (BB): t3395 M ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/iwinrarrr/24811-Bad-luck-day">(continued)</a>
Ok so I spent some time at a friends place last night… after ranting my frustrations at life, I think I’m ready to start rebuilding. Spent the morning doing some things I’d been putting off for ages – setting up my business properly (I do multimedia design/3D animation so if anyone is interested in offering me work, send me a message). Lots more to do but its a start. Yesterday on one of my tough ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/iwinrarrr/24301-Rebuilding">(continued)</a>
Hi guys, Here is one of my Full Tilt Sit-n-Go’s replays started from 50/100 blinds level http://www.myhands.com/poker-hands/all/hand?nid=231707 Any comments and suggestions are welcomed
Hello World, Who am I? I still consider myself mainly a SNG player and coach. I play part time, because I also study (full time) and do some other things on the side. I have been playing since 2007. I started out playing STT’s starting with a $13 deposit and playing the $1.2’s and played till I was rolled for the mid stakes SNG’s. Then after more than a year I switched to MTT SNGâ ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/mattiesmat/20191-Quick-first-post">(continued)</a>
I would just like to share an ICM Calculator for 4-handed play made in Microsoft Excel. You only need to type the tournament payout structure and the stack sizes and the spreadsheet will calculate the chances for finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th and the most important your equity. Please let me know if you see something that isn’t correct. Microsoft Office 2007 or better is required. Click here to download
Delliks asked me to add rakeback to the SNG Simulator and so I did. I haven’t remembered about rakeback back then when I originally made it because as I play at PokerStars my form of rakeback is a bit different from the traditional form. So, rakeback was easily added to the spreadsheet. Also, I’d like to explain a little better what the simulator actually does. Based on tournament ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/19251-SNG-Simulator-Rakeback-added">(continued)</a>
Haven’t posted in the last few days because I’ve been a bit bored about Poker in general. Finally today I’m feeling refreshed and with more energy to continue playing Sit’n’Gos. Sadly, once again I’ll have to drop the $20+$2 games and focus solely on the $10+$1 level because I’ve already lost a good portion of my bankroll playing the 20s. I’ve been trying to transition from the 10s to the 20s ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/19201-Update">(continued)</a>
This by itself may be the reason why I’m running so bad at the $20+$2 level. All-time all-in luck graph $10+$1 all-in luck graph $20+$2 all-in luck graph I think these images speak for themselves. I think I can say I’m running bad for more than 1 straight year playing part-time, poker isn’t for everyone, is it ? It’s just psychologically devastating. Any winning player with all-in graphs like these ? Please share, I want to make sure I’m not the only one suffering from this. :D
Here is today’s result from the SNG Wizard Quiz : Today’s result : 47/50 ( 94% ) Total : 188/200 ( 94% ) I’m starting to think it wasn’t a great idea to mix the $20+$2 with the $10+$1 games, the 10s went pretty well today but the 20s were a disaster. I honestly can’t see where is the difference between the two levels apart from the buy-in. I’ll continue mixing both buy-ins for the next 2 days and then make a decision to drop it or to continue.
I missed yesterdays session of SNG Wizard Quiz due to lack of time but today did another 50 hands session, here are the results : Today’s result : 50/50 ( 100% ) Total : 141/150 ( 94% ) I’m starting to feel that’s too easy but I’ll continue for a couple of weeks more till deciding to improve different aspects of my game. I’ve started to mix some $20+$2 SNGs with the $10+$1 today an ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/17761-SNG-Wiz-Quiz-1-April">(continued)</a>
After 2 months completely away from Poker, March was time to get back to the tables. I was feeling refreshed to once again try to move up another level to the $20+$2. Unfortunately, I completely failed to accomplish this goal but at least I learned a lot. Believe it or not, I’m trying to establish myself as a winning player at the $20+$2 level for approximately one year and I’m yet to a ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/17581-March-results-April-goals">(continued)</a>
I never really thought about real goals poker related in the past. As I have an solid income through my datime job, I was never really addicted to money I make (or could make) by playing poker. To beat the game I’m currently playing and build a bigger bankroll somehow, was more or less my only challenge. But in December 09 everything changed a little. I lost one of my bigger clients and was thinking abo ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/uncool/17521-Goal-setting">(continued)</a>
Today’s result is 46/50 ( 92% ). Total is 91/100 ( 91% ) Let’s see how it goes tomorrow !
Following the post on Tournament Poker forum by Delliks regarding the SNG QUIZ CLUB I decided to start using the SNG Wizard Quiz mode to improve my bubble play. Obviously I haven’t decided this in a matter of a second, this is something that’s been in my head for the last months and the reason is very simple : If you look carefully at the number of bubble finishes you’ll unde ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/17251-Improving-SNG-bubble-play">(continued)</a>
Here are two interesting hands from today’s sessions : 1) http://weaktight.com/2145537 2) http://weaktight.com/2145545 I’d like to know what would you guys do in these 2 hands, leave a comment !
I would just like to share a SNG Simulator I wrote a couple of months ago. It’s really simple, all you need to input is the number of games for the simulation, some tournament information and your finishing percentages. The spreadsheet runs a simulation based on your input and outputs the ROI and profit for the simulation. White cells are editable, all others shall not be edited. Press F9 to run ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/16001-SNG-Simulator">(continued)</a>
On a consistent basis I’ll try to analyse the hands that made me lose a big portion of my stack or even put me out of a SNG . I’ll post the hands using weaktight.com, all info about the villains will also be there in the extra reads section, I’ll write my view on the hand and hopefully you’ll write yours. :) To start off, I’ll only post 2 hands : 1) http://weaktight.com/2121168 2) http://weaktigh ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/rpadrela/15541-Hands">(continued)</a>
here is the list with the videos of the mtt/sng section. last updated: March 3rd, 2011 DC’s full video catalog here STT From Tight to Right: Episode Four Skitz0frenik and RIGGED wrap up the series by reviewing a bit of RIGGED’s new style as he’s made adjustments of pushing more and wider throughout the tournaments. watch video From Tight to Right: Episode Three Skitz0Frenik and RIGGED go ov ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/kadazuro/14891-hu-stt-mtt-video-list-">(continued)</a>
So I’ve begun my transition into PLO . I know i started this blog to talk about my development as a NL player, but i think I’ve gone too far now. Too far you saw? Well yes, ive picked up a coach and started making some videos. So far its only 2 at 10NL and they have both sucked ass. Not sure whats going on, but im not getting anything decent, although i did get back into PLO b ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/pokergnome/12671-Making-Videos-and-Taking-names">(continued)</a>
I blame groth911t for getting me hooked on these. Hyper-turbo Sunday Million satellites . 6 players, $87.72 buyin. 1st and 2nd pay out $215, 3rd is $86. 500 chips to start, 3 minute levels: 25/50/10 50/100/20 100/200/40 200/400/80 (though it rarely gets to here :)) They are pushfests from the get-go, and chock full of fun little strategic tournament situations ( ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/djsensei/12401-Latest-silly-addictive-poker-variant">(continued)</a>
I used to play a lot of SnGs, and I did reasonably well from them. However, despite getting a good feel for “good†and “bad†plays, I was never able to perform really solid quantitative analysis at the table (especially as I would often be 20-tabling). Most people consider ICM to be the gold-standard of small-field tournament equity models, and for the most part it is. You can analyse ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/jjd323/11611-Equitable-Chip-Model">(continued)</a>
So, I’ve been playing to and from since 2004. Always recreationally, but it’s supplemented my student loans quite a bit over the years. Nothing spectacular, but I’ve been able to spend an extra $100-$200 or so every other month. Apart from a few MTT scores (at most something like $1500-ish), I’ve mainly played SnG’s, but it’s been a while now. I’ve also had a successful stint on NLHE , playi ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/fl0w/4561-Starting-up-">(continued)</a>
“A Poker Journey†- Another new blog, another new poster — and so what?, one might ask. Hopefully the name will equal this posters transition from break-even SNG’er to winning SNG’er, but but now it is just some dreamy unfulfilled title. Honestly this blog is my attempt to keep focus on improving my game, and a way – I hope – to get inputs and critisism on how to get bett ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/djurhuus/783-Another-new-blog-and-so-what-">(continued)</a>
6 tabling FR STTs $11-$33 Turbo (ongame network) vid~ comments on the vid~ Duration: 00:33:29 size: 289MB I’ve increased the bitrate to 1000kbps, the quality is way better and the filesize is still ok imo. (sorry it took me so long to add my comments to the vid)
Hi everybody. I have been studying the SNG strategy this week and I will continue to next week with more study. My SNG strategy study has the following areas: - DC Videos - SNG Book ( SNG Strategy by Moshman) - Articles and Forums strategy about SNG - Reviewing my SNG sessions to identify some leaks - Posting hands on the Forum. Last week I finished the 4th episode ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/lmagalhaes/731-Giving-a-shot-on-the-3-40">(continued)</a>
6 tabling FR STTs $11-$33 Turbo (ongame network) vid~ comments on the vid~ Duration: 00:24:05 size: 104MB
6 tabling FR STTs $11-$22 Regular (ongame network) vid~ comments on the vid~ Duration: 01:04:55 size: 282MB
I thought I might play in some micro stake MTT and low FPP buy-in tournaments such as the $1.10 $2000 guarantee and the 20fpp $1000 turbo tourny. WOW are they insane, especially the turbo. Over 6500 started the tourny and by first break only like 1700 were left, all-ins everywhere with everything. The $1.10 was better I just couldn’t get a hand to save my life. I will still be playing them here and there but I am probably going to focus more on the 45 man and less SnG’s.
~ THE GOOD NEWS : Feeling much better . I even played poker yesterday… THE WEIRD NEWS : After waiting over 2 hours for a SNG to not fill I gave up and decided to play a No Limit SNG . Did u know that you can play those whenever you want? It took about 10 seconds to fill 0_0 And when it was done, I played another one 0_0 Around this point I plugged in a DC NL SNG vid; where the gen ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/adriennesrevenge/303-The-Dark-Side">(continued)</a>
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