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Poker Video: MTT/SNG by AMT (Micro/Small Stakes)

thanks for the post

Major props with the health talk!

Time Link to 00:33:19

In the QQ hand if you 3bet to a standard 3.5x and he 4bets all in are you folding? I personally would from an UTG raiser am I wrong there? Also I think it changes if its say a CO raise and ur in the BB and u 3bet then he 4bets all in I would be calling.

Time Link to 00:42:29

In the A8s hand say he does call with pockets 99-22, broadways, and Ax hands. Isnt that bad for us considering were fliping against all those inless he has a worse Ax hand. To lose 50% of our stack for 375 chips just seems to risky. What about checking here and attempting to outplay him post? If hes limping UTG+1 hes probably pretty passive and wont give us to much trouble post flop, what are your thoughts on that play?

In the QQ hand if you 3bet to a standard 3.5x and he 4bets all in are you folding? I personally would from an UTG raiser am I wrong there? Also I think it changes if its say a CO raise and ur in the BB and u 3bet then he 4bets all in I would be calling.

As it's a micro stakes SNG I'll definitely call if he limp/shoves on us, although he's in UTG, because his range has the be really tight to make it a non-profit call for us and I think the standard player at this level should be loose enough to have a profitable call.

In the QQ hand if you 3bet to a standard 3.5x and he 4bets all in are you folding? I personally would from an UTG raiser am I wrong there? Also I think it changes if its say a CO raise and ur in the BB and u 3bet then he 4bets all in I would be calling.

There are few circumstances in poker where I'd 3b/fold queens. I'd need TONS of info that would lead me to believe that someone would have a wide calling range and a ridiculously tight 4 betting range. If someone is very tight utg and won't call your 3bets with the bottom of his range, you can flat.

Time Link to 00:56:10

i do not agree with the 2.5 raise as you are giving good pot odds to the big blind of 3.17/1 to call,i think a bigger raise is called for esp as it gives you too many diff spots to deal with.
This is esp true with this flop,i prefer a raise to 800 or 4 times blind,now you shrink his pot odds to 2/1.

Time Link to 00:27:58

I have a tip used a lot in chess and researched by the former soviet union and told to me by a chess coach back in school; when you feel concentration is not what it could be, or your attention wandering, etc. Place one or both hands flat over the ears and rub gently in a circular motion for a few moments, (if you watch videos with Garry Kasparov, you will see him holding his hands over his ears frequently). Apparently, it increases blood flow to the ears, which in turn affects blood flow to the brain, it sounds like horseshit, and probably is; however, I can say I notice an instant increase in alertness and attention after doing it and it certainly cannot hurt.

Time Link to 00:38:18

Why do we have to call his shove if we're not doing well against ranges he would happily shove with?

I'm a National Chess Master and have played hundreds of tournaments, but have never heard of that one. I will have to ask my friend who is an 80ish year old GM from the Soviet Union if he has ever heard of that. I have noticed that it is most difficult to concentrate around the 4th hour of play and this is most likely due to low blood sugar and also something I struggle with in long online sng sessions. Change in diet and having decent snacks available has helped somewhat, but I will try your suggestion as well.