Not sure if this is the right forum to post this question on.

Is it standard to include the antes when determining how many blinds we have left? I see a lot of regular posters talk in terms of blinds, say 7 or so, but when you take the antes and divide them between the blinds (1/3 to sb 2/3 to bb) you may come up with 3 'effective' big blinds. Is this just a negligable nomenclature difference? Or will it actually change the icm ranges?

I have been instructed to do that calculation in my head and adjust my ranges as a result. Is this something everyone does but calls it by another name?

Are 18 man in this topic or in SNG Strategy topic... I dont see anyone talking about 18 man 2 table SNGs, please direct me where to go.

As far as i know 18man get discussed in STT Strategy.

Figured MP2 was pushing wide and CO had amassed a stack with some absurd hands, so thought this was a snap but friend on IM says I can find a better spot. Pretty sure this is an insta, right?

^^i'm calling

Nope, this is the spot. Call.

Hi Guys, so what is OP's shoving range here? A9o +QJs +88?

villain is a random , i 3bet him 2 hands in a row this the 3rd , thoughts ?
ever folding this even though its for 50bbs?

Nah never folding that. nh

45 man. Is this a atc shove? If i set the vilain calling 13.3%, the minimun cev is 200, 1 big blind that is. Is that a passable edge? I actually dont think vilain is calling that wide.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 3.5 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds 25 Ante (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t2880)
Button (t2825)
Hero (SB) (t3610)
BB (t3945)
UTG (t1316)
UTG+1 (t1200)
MP1 (t4250)
MP2 (t3015)

Hero's M: 7.22

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, A
6 folds

Total pot: t400

Is this a standard all in?

PokerStars - $0.91+$0.09|400/800 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP: 5,621.00
MP+1: 7,100.00
LP: 4,595.00
CO: 6,868.00
Hero (BTN): 7,380.00
SB: 6,048.00
BB: 12,534.00
UTG: 12,267.00
UTG+1: 4,125.00

MP posts ante 75.00, MP+1 posts ante 75.00, LP posts ante 75.00, CO posts ante 75.00, Hero posts ante 75.00, SB posts ante 75.00, BB posts ante 75.00, UTG posts ante 75.00, UTG+1 posts ante 75.00, SB posts SB 400.00, BB posts BB 800.00

Pre Flop: (1875.00) Hero has Q K

fold, fold, MP raises to 1,600.00, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 7,305.00 and is all-in, fold, fold, MP calls 3,946.00 and is all-in

Flop: (12967.00, 2 players) 7 3 2

Turn: (12967.00, 2 players) T

River: (12967.00, 2 players) 9

^

No

Do I valuebet this river here ? I feel like draws obv arnt paying anything and its only PP's and its possible for him to c/r me here as well

Just raise. No need to shove with any hand here. 450 should do it.

Yes, valuebet. I would expect him to donk the river with a boat. You can bet and be pretty happy that if you're raised, he's probably not bluffing and you can safely fold. Ace high will be stubborn here. Bet 250.

Here, you are effectively calling a 7BB shove (since you have near 0 FE) from MP, with players left to act. You should fold this. He might even have a stronger hand than normal here because he minraised instead of shoved.

standard ?

Yes, standard. Especially BVB - he should be that little bit wider.

Quick check $3r 180. Villain is an unknown, played loose so far.


[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $3.19 Buy-in (25/50 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

CO: 7,415 (148.3 bb)
BTN: 3,075 (61.5 bb)
SB: 3,290 (65.8 bb)
Hero (BB): 2,445 (48.9 bb)
UTG+1: 4,175 (83.5 bb)
UTG+2: 1,130 (22.6 bb)
MP1: 2,620 (52.4 bb)
MP2: 2,945 (58.9 bb)
MP3: 2,855 (57.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K K
UTG+1 raises to 100, 6 folds, SB calls 75, Hero raises to 453, UTG+1 calls 353, SB folds

Flop: (1,006) 3 A 4 (2 players)

I've got some questions

How similar are the ranges people use in 180 man and 45man?

How big is the difference in 3.5$ and 7$ 45mans? (example with ROI would be nice.)

How beatable are the turbo sngs in ongame? They run so fast that i think they should be considered hypers.

30man 3$ and 5$ turbos up to 25% roi, if u r good with push/fold and icm.

So ive started grinding the 0.5$ 45 and 90 man turbos at pokerstars, and will do this until my BR reaches 100~200$ I guess and then move up to 1$ 90turbo/180 hyper, and later on 2.5$ 180 turbo.

Inputs on what to play\avoid when moving up is welcome, but my main question is , I imagine in the 0.5s especially, the players are going to be calling off a lot looser\I will be having less fold equity than i might come to expect at higher stakes. I will try to use whatever HUD\reads I have obviously, but does anyone with experience at playing at these ultramicro how much more loose i can expect other people to call shoves\how much tighter I Should be against a 'random' target?

Looking at the average vpip/PFR i have gathered after 50 tournaments its 23.7/10.4, changing the blinds up to 100+, it changes to 21.1/11.1. Feel like currently I am shoving a bit too lightly. Random hand history example, if people are folding more tightly i guess this is an easy shove, but I guess I should be more proned to folding in places where I against tigher opponents could be shoving ATC profitably?

PokerStars NLHE Tournament, ($0.45+$0.05), t200/t400/t50 blinds, 9 handed, 31%/21.5%/16.5%/12.5%/9%/6%/3.5% payouts
Hand exported from the SitNGo Wizard. How to import this hand into the SitNGo Wizard.
{Tournament|PokerStars|0.45|0.05|200|400|50|45-Man}
UTG: t2871 6.4 BBs{Player|UTG|2871|Fold|50}
UTG+1: t10025 22 BBs{Player|UTG+1|10025|Fold|50}
UTG+2: t6199 14 BBs{Player|UTG+2|6199|Fold|50}
UTG+3: t6267 14 BBs{Player|UTG+3|6267|Fold|50}
UTG+4: t3025 6.7 BBs{Player|UTG+4|3025|Fold|50}
Hero: t6485 14 BBs{Player|Hero|6485|Js|3c}
BTN: t2215 4.9 BBs{Player|BTN|2215|Fold|50}
SB: t4272 9.5 BBs{Player|SB|4272|Call|450|Average|36|26|17|6}
BB: t3860 8.6 BBs{Player|BB|3860|Push|3860|Average|168|29|46|8|29|8 |8|8}

Preflop: Hero is CO with J3
5 folds, Hero?

Opponent calling ranges when hero pushes:
BTN (??), SB (??), BB (??)

On a similar note, a bit conflicted with what to do early with big hands (AK/JJ/AQ specifically I Guess) where other people seem super ready to get it all in. I mean obviously it will happen that you run into AA/KK/QQ, but then again you also see people randomly getting it in with Q7o or whatever a lot more often than I imagine you do at the earlier stakes. I guess it might be +EV to get it in with something like AK preflop even if the blinds are small, but might be even more +EV to just stay in the tourney and not risk flips assuming you are a better player than most other people in the field?

I'm looking to get into MTT's but I'm not really sure where to start. My roll is roughly $1800.

Are 180's where it's at? Is there any reason to play 45's and 90's at all? I've read somewhere that you are supposed to use the average buy in for your bankroll considerations but I'm not even sure how many buy in's one should have for these games.

Also what stats are must haves on my HUD for tournaments?

Hi guys,

I made it my aim to review more hands after a session and I have these three id like someone to help me with:




Was this a bad time to limp? Should i have raised? I thought 5,5 was a weak hand to be raising with








I don't like this hand, i usually fold K,Q in this position as I've had so much trouble with it, how would you of played this hand?









Should I even have shoved this? I was concerned as I was down to 13BB