I gotta be the first to say sick, sick vid Alex, and welcome to the team. You're a natural IMO.

Rob

Thanks Rob!

Video turned out pretty well. A couple of spots that I should mention to the viewers here:

24:40- because the table is particularly bad, the A7s is very close to a shove. I think having a bit better of a hand and perhaps 1350+ for fold equity purposes is more ideal, and I like my play in folding there....very close though.

KQo at 32 minutes where I got caught up between folding and open-raising...it was a pretty standard shove there. I think I just got caught up in deciding to open not-all in and decided with my now-active image to fold, but looking back at it, seems to be a pretty standard spot to shove at t200 with the effective stacks behind. Without ante's it may be close, but KQ actually plays well against the likely calling ranges expanding to KT/QT type hands here and I should've just pushed all in there (though I'm not in a hurry to get called by A2!)

Thanks guys!!!

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Sorry for derailing the thread with my silly inside jokes and office references. :p Anyway...

I suck at sngs, but want to learn for WSOP stuff. So if you could includ some stuff in future videos about your ranges, i.e. the worst hands you would raise/limp/jam in some of the spots that differ from cash games and MTTs, that would be awesome.

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remember that website for pushbotting that let you practice by plugging in all kinds of situations and quizzing you? that was pretty sweet, is that still around? you know the one AMT ;)

Awesome vid, AMT.

I am mostly a limit holdem cash game player, but I play STT SnGs quite a bit, too. I think that this was a great intro video and your commentary was very helpful.

I liked seeing the hand where you open shoved T4s from the SB. This is one spot where I think I would have mucked and would have been making a mistake to do so. I think also that I would have made a mistake by shoving the 66 hand that you mucked pre-flop.

Great video. I think sometimes that "running bad" pre-flop in the early levels can actually be "running good". In future videos I would like to see how you play hands like 88-JJ and ATs-AQo pre-flop and on the flop in the first 2 levels or so. These can be some pretty tricky hands to play early in a SnG.

I thought the video was quite good. The T7s heads up hand was strange to me and I wonder if you would reconsider your limp. It is a +ev shove regardless of the villain's range. You would make money even if he knew you had T7s and made his decision perfectly. If you could assume he is never going to raise from the blind or is only going to raise from the blind with his very best hands then it stands to reason that position, your slightly-above-average hand, and skill advantage will on-average gain you a little more than the blinds and antes. But you can't assume he won't raise you -- maybe even with hands that would have folded otherwise -- after all, you are showing weakness. Also, you have a drawing hand and would like to see five cards instead of three. Shoving solves that problem.

Great video, thank you!

This was the first SnG video I have watched and I thought it was really good. I did not now how AMAZING it is until after the fact.

I got a free year at pokerfox.net a couple months ago through a bonus program, and it turns out that this month pokerxfactor bought out pokerfox, so all pokerfox members get memberships xfered over! (Pretty cool for me since I was freerolling anyway)... but I got much more out of this video than I have by other ones that I have seen elsewhere.

Nice video AMT. I've been modeling it for several 11.00 ST SNG's. It works like a charm, what more can I say. So much simpler. Played 5-cashed 3 and won 1. It can be problematic when you catch 10-10 in middle position in the early stages. Mostly though, I have been getting about the same kind of trash you did in the video early. I used to try to make something-anything happen when I was card dead. Happier now. I cashed in an 18 today and didn't play a single hand untill 60-120. Made the final table with 1400 having played 3 hands. Your fold equity is so strong at that point-lol. Stealing randomly put me right back in the hunt. Felt really strong when it got short handed. But, it is soooo boring-lol. I'm going to start playing more tables to compensate. Might become a SNG fan yet! Might be a good way for me to build back up after a terrible swing. Thanks for a solid start at SNG's from a busted cash player.

Mark

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excellant vid, ty, signed up for the free week + as am only a sng + mtt plyr wont be continuing with deuces but found this video a great help to my game, results improved instantly. u make things very clear and simple allowing me to multitable much more easily as decisions are usually straihgtforward
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Learn2earn,

Multi tabling SNGs is a learning process, but certainly the way to go. It's tough to jump from 2 tables to 20, but with practice and adjustment, the "correct" strategy for STTs is straight forwardly applied to playing many games at once. I will say also that everyone should play to optimize comfort and win rate, and not just add tables for the sake of adding tables. Glad the video helped! You may find my future videos additionally useful, good luck in your SNG quest.

alexhandros,

Where is the JTs hand? I'm abroad currently with limited net access but if you point me to the spot I can certainly look over it again for you and try to add additional commentary here.

gtrhtr,

Absolutely. I'm kind of easy I guess, but only for guys that I know can snap me in half if I say no.

MidniteKowby,

Awesome! I hope you stick with us, as we have future tournament videos planned as well. Good luck, glad the strategy helped you out.

When is the next one?
Looking forward to it! I've moved to 2-3 tables and like it but I have one problem. When the tables get short at the same time. When it gets to 3-4 players on 2-3 tables at the same time I've had some melt downs. It moves so fast that I'm not making good decisions. I assume staggering the tables is the answer? I've tried mixing 18's and 9's and even a 45 and that helped some but is a little confusing. If staggering is the key, how many blind increases do you space them? Or, what is the answer other than be a smarter human. Playing 1 at a time sucks after you start playing several.

Mark

Learn2Earn

nice video

no offense, but while I was watching this vid I couldn't help but think a few times that this was some kind of level

I'm no SNG player (thought it might be helpful for MTT's), but there are so many hands where I disagree with the action you took, that I just can't take anything from this video

most of those hands have already been mentioned by others, but I also disagreed with a lot of the HU hands, like limping the T7s hand and then checking down a K6Q65 board in position? that's indefensible imo, I also really didn't like the stab on the low flop with the gutshot where you won with 8 high against this player, he is never folding a pair, any kind of draw or overcards to a flop bet, even the last hand where he min raised T9 and you reraised ai with JT, why not call and push the flop? he is never folding when you push pre flop, but you could possibly get some fold equity postflop with the stop and go, I mean, you could have at least considered it

I thought I'd just give a few examples to illustrate why I don't like this vid, or think of it as mediocre at best, I hope I don't come across as some kind of douchebag for saying, just wanted to be honest here =/

jack888,

Thanks for the comments. Constructive, accurate and meaningful. Just how I like it.

gring000h,

Thanks for the feedback. I certainly don't pretend to play perfectly, but I do feel that I have a pretty thorough understanding for STT play. My videos are simply what I've learned through my studies and experiences on the forums and with some great (and some not as great) STTers over the years. That said, I'll try to speak to some of your comments about the hands played:

As far as the T7s hand, I had just gotten into a couple of pots with the villain for stacks and didn't feel that pushing was best given his short stack and those previous hands (though in retrospect, it's possible it may have been). In reality, it looks more like a push or fold spot now, but at the time, getting 3:1 against a player who wasn't terribly active from his position heads up, it's not that big a mistake to complete pf. with slightly deeper effective stacks, it would absolutely be fine. On the flop, I intended to stab at a lot of dry flops, but felt that this board was a bit drawy and, after I did decide to check flop, I represent essentially nothing on the turn or river on this board, and for sure didn't feel it appropriate to fire after that decision on 4th or 5th street. I agree though that the hand may well have had a better line available, either in push/folding pf, or perhaps betting the flop. Often, against a very strange player type, such as the villain here, it is difficult to estimate fold equity with 5-6bb stacks HU, which may lead you to take different lines to compensate for that. In this spot, while limping would unequivocally be better than folding with a bit deeper stacks (though possibly not as good as raising, depending), if I felt that the FE wasn't enough here, the stacks are probably short enough to justify just open mucking instead. Hope this explanation helps iron out the thought processes a little bit. (edit: In reality though, with this stack size, shoving pf is never going to be a big mistake).

As far as the last hand, a stop and go would be pretty pointless...I'm likely flipping vs. this guy's range, but the fact of the matter is it's 400/800, he has verrry little money left in play and the minraise is the only raise he ever made the entire tournament. If he's going to fold at all, he's just as likely to do it preflop as he is on the flop at this stage of the tourney with this stack setup, but I don't really expect him to fold much either way. Stop and go's aren't to be used very often in STTs, there just aren't that many good spots for them in general. Re-steals and stop and go type plays are much more common in the MTT realm (though of course there are times for them in any type of game). In this spot, it really just comes down to "push and pray" with the miniscule amount of money behind, simple as that.

Again, thanks for the feedback. There isn't much bad that I could find with the video in my thoughts and explanations other than what I mentioned in my initial posts here, but I have and will certainly be paying attention to the questions and comments that I get here to make sure that all aspects of the game are examined and re-examined for a thorough look and understanding. My aim in videos is to clearly display my thoughts and analysis. As long as everyone understands my points, and has had the opportunity to civilly and constructively discuss them here, then that's the most important thing and I feel that the heart of the work is done and done well if everyone gets that opportunity, regardless of whether they agree or disagree with me.

Cactus Jack,

Thanks for the compliments. I really can't expect *everyone* to love my work (if every last person did, I'd be kind of worried that the games were drying up!! :P), but judging by the overwhelming positive feedback that I've received from this video, I feel that I'm on the right track with providing the DC community with what they want and need. I hope you guys enjoy future videos, thanks again for the extensive feedback on this one!

Having now watched the video again, I find I would have played a few hands differently, and incorrectly. A few spots I would have taken some shots and probably been the worse for it. I very much like the explanations AMT provides and will adjust my own game accordingly.

I also have absolutely no beef at all about the T7 hand. This opponent was so clueless there's no way to guess what he'd be calling with. He doesn't know, so how can we, and we'd be completely guessing here. Maintaining your advantage in chips is more important than any single pot. His stack is at risk every hand as long as we maintain a chip lead. Giving up on one hand isn't a big deal at all.

I hope AMT will video a couple of the smaller tournaments on FTP. The end game is very different and I'd like to see the expert play. The HU portion of this tournament is no more than pushbotting, unfortunately, and with smaller blinds/antes/pots PF, there's a huge advantage for an expert player to make life a misery for the inexperienced player. It would be interesting to see how AMT would keep the pressure on.

Good job and good explanation of your thought process.

CJ

Just watched this video and really enjoyed it. I play mostly STTs and have watched lots of STT videos on other training sites but I still feel like I learned a lot from this video. Looking forward to more STT videos from AMT.

HAHA, since I pointed out his sharkscope stats are horrible, hes gone and blocked his stats.

My stats have been blocked for months before you made that comment, and were never unblocked at any point during that period, so please, stop making things up, and stop talking in general, it's a waste of space and you're depriving the people who want to learn how to play well. Go to pocketfives or wherever you post and sweat Lilholdem954 or something. Stop embarrassing yourself and take it up with the many good winning regs who don't care about sharkscope stars or little pictures of sharks over 100 game samples, and who block their stats for reasons unbeknown st to you. And no, I won't back you for anything. And no, I won't make out with you.


edit: dude are you some idiot I banned from 2+2? Go figure. Now I can stop reading your posts and not feel bad about ignoring you.

edit #2: looks like you managed to get banned by two top strategy sites in 2p2 and Deucescracked. I mean that's a real feat, and it's a shame that you don't want to stay, but I'm impressed nonetheless. It takes true artistry to pull off what you have, and I respect your ability to pursue the most meaningless of idiotic statements and lie at the same time. Congrats on the 'victory'!

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