Finally SNG finish in the money (again)
After a very long dry spell of tournament play on both Party Poker and PokerStars, I managed a respectable money finish last night in a two-table SNG. For those unfamiliar, SNG stands for "Sit-n-Go", a reference to the fact that these SNG tournaments are fast paced and frequently occurring - you literally sit down and go.
Big thanks to Cujofan, whose advice and analysis on my SNG play yesterday over lunch really made the difference. I was making some significant fundamental errors, and he was able to point them out and coach me to improving my tournament game significantly.
Anyways, a couple memorable hands will be posted in the comments for those interested in such details.
Cujofan's major analysis was that I was playing too aggressively in late stages of the game, especially once I had built a chip lead. Instead, I needed to focus on staying ahead of the average stack size, wait for the premium hands, and go from there.
First memorable hand, I was playing ultra-tight, sitting just below the minimum stack, in danger of getting blinded out. Finally reached an all-in point with QdJd and pushed. My opponent's AKo was a slight favorite pre-flop, but hey mine were suited. Doubled through to move comfortably ahead of the average stack.
Second memorable hand, dealt pocket aces in position and managed to get all my money in the middle against the hilton sisters. Rockets hold up and I'm second in chips...
Big thanks to Cujofan, whose advice and analysis on my SNG play yesterday over lunch really made the difference. I was making some significant fundamental errors, and he was able to point them out and coach me to improving my tournament game significantly.
Anyways, a couple memorable hands will be posted in the comments for those interested in such details.
Cujofan's major analysis was that I was playing too aggressively in late stages of the game, especially once I had built a chip lead. Instead, I needed to focus on staying ahead of the average stack size, wait for the premium hands, and go from there.
First memorable hand, I was playing ultra-tight, sitting just below the minimum stack, in danger of getting blinded out. Finally reached an all-in point with QdJd and pushed. My opponent's AKo was a slight favorite pre-flop, but hey mine were suited. Doubled through to move comfortably ahead of the average stack.
Second memorable hand, dealt pocket aces in position and managed to get all my money in the middle against the hilton sisters. Rockets hold up and I'm second in chips...
posted by Performify at 7:21 PM
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***** Hand History for Game 1887461323 *****
150/300 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11256305) - Wed Apr 13 01:09:01 EDT 2005
Table 2 - Table(307215) Table 1 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: dow111 (2980)
Seat 3: MRSBUBBA1227 (2305)
Seat 4: eddie145 (8080)
Seat 5: lvkuma00 (1910)
Seat 7: theflood1 (1375)
Seat 8: pokerworld3 (1625)
Seat 9: Performify (940)
Seat 10: luckstrike12 (785)
pokerworld3 posts small blind (75)
Performify posts big blind (150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Performify [ Qd, Jd ]
luckstrike12 raises (300) to 300
dow111 folds.
MRSBUBBA1227 folds.
eddie145 folds.
lvkuma00 calls (300)
theflood1 folds.
pokerworld3 folds.
Performify raises (790) to 940
Performify is all-In.
luckstrike12 folds.
lvkuma00 calls (640)
Creating Main Pot with $2255 with Performify
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Jh, 5s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9d ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 5h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2255 |
Board: [ Td Jh 5s 9d 5h ]
dow111 balance 2980, didn't bet (folded)
MRSBUBBA1227 balance 2305, didn't bet (folded)
eddie145 balance 8080, didn't bet (folded)
lvkuma00 balance 970, lost 940 [ Kd Ac ] [ a pair of fives -- Ac,Kd,Jh,5s,5h ]
theflood1 balance 1375, didn't bet (folded)
pokerworld3 balance 1550, lost 75 (folded)
Performify balance 2255, bet 940, collected 2255, net +1315 [ Qd Jd ] [ two pairs, jacks and fives -- Qd,Jd,Jh,5s,5h ]
luckstrike12 balance 485, lost 300 (folded)
Continuing to follow Cujofan's advice of playing tighter with an above-average stack and waiting for the premium hands, I caught bullets in late position and was fortunate enough to have a raiser in front of me. pokerworld3 doubles the blind to 400, I come over the top to make it 1000, about 1/3 of his remaining stack. He comes back all in, and I quickly call. Aces hold up to put me second in chips.
***** Hand History for Game 1887499403 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11256305) - Wed Apr 13 01:16:48 EDT 2005
Table 2 - Table(307215) Table 1 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: dow111 (2680)
Seat 3: MRSBUBBA1227 (2105)
Seat 4: eddie145 (8080)
Seat 5: lvkuma00 (970)
Seat 7: theflood1 (1175)
Seat 8: pokerworld3 (2000)
Seat 9: Performify (2905)
Seat 10: luckstrike12 (85)
MRSBUBBA1227 posts small blind (100)
eddie145 posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Performify [ Ah, Ad ]
lvkuma00 folds.
theflood1 folds.
pokerworld3 raises (400) to 400
Performify raises (1000) to 1000
luckstrike12 folds.
dow111 folds.
MRSBUBBA1227 folds.
eddie145 folds.
pokerworld3 raises (1600) to 2000
pokerworld3 is all-In.
Performify calls (1000)
Creating Main Pot with $4300 with pokerworld3
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Js, 2s, Jd ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 7c ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 4300 |
Board: [ Js 2s Jd 8h 7c ]
dow111 balance 2680, didn't bet (folded)
MRSBUBBA1227 balance 2005, lost 100 (folded)
eddie145 balance 7880, lost 200 (folded)
lvkuma00 balance 970, didn't bet (folded)
theflood1 balance 1175, didn't bet (folded)
pokerworld3 balance 0, lost 2000 [ Qs Qh ] [ two pairs, queens and jacks -- Qs,Qh,Js,Jd,8h ]
Performify balance 5205, bet 2000, collected 4300, net +2300 [ Ah Ad ] [ two pairs, aces and jacks -- Ah,Ad,Js,Jd,8h ]
luckstrike12 balance 85, didn't bet (folded)
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