Hello!

I've been playing poker for about a year now, and it's very clear to me that my favorite game is defiantly 6-handed Sit & Gos with regular tempo (not turbo!)

I like that the games aren't so tight as 9-max and there is room for more aggressive and dominant play. I know that the variance in 6-max is bigger (i believe) but that's why i settled down with only 6-max in regular speed because the turbo SnG is just too fast in my opinion.

What some good tips for these SnG's? I got told before that playing tight in the early is a fine strategy but i'm not quite sure. Suggestions for other profitable games are also fine.

Some hands:


1:

No Limit Hold'em Tournament T10/T20
Buy-in: $0.85 + $0.15
888 Poker
4 players
Formatted by pokercopilot.com: Poker HUD for Mac and Windows

Stacks:
UTG - UTG (T2,055)
BTN - BTN (T3,740)
SB - SB (T1,605)
BB - Hero (T1,600)

Preflop: (T30, 4 players) Hero is BB with Th 3h
1 fold, BTN raises to T45, SB calls T35, Hero calls T25

Flop: Kc Ts Td (T135, 3 players - BTN: T3,695, SB: T1,560, Hero: T1,555)
SB checks, Hero bets T40, BTN calls T40, SB calls T40

Turn: 6d (T255, 3 players - BTN: T3,655, SB: T1,520, Hero: T1,515)
SB checks, Hero bets T120, BTN calls T120, SB calls T120

River: 4c (T615, 3 players - BTN: T3,535, SB: T1,400, Hero: T1,395)
SB checks, Hero bets T320, BTN raises to T1,575, 1 fold, Hero calls T1,075 (all-in), Uncalled bet of T180 returned to BTN

Total Pot: T3,405
BTN shows Tc Kh
Hero shows Th 3h

BTN wins T3,405

2:

No Limit Hold'em Tournament T10/T20
Buy-in: $2.70 + $0.30
888 Poker
6 players
Formatted by pokercopilot.com: Poker HUD for Mac and Windows

Stacks:
UTG - UTG (T1,500)
MP - MP (T1,500)
CO - CO (T1,500)
BTN - BTN (T1,500)
SB - Hero (T1,500)
BB - BB (T1,500)

Preflop: (T30, 6 players) Hero is SB with As 8s
UTG raises to T40, 1 fold, CO calls T40, BTN calls T40, Hero calls T30, BB calls T20

Flop: Js 7h Ts (T200, 5 players - Hero: T1,460, BB: T1,460, UTG: T1,460, CO: T1,460, BTN: T1,460)
Hero bets T100, 1 fold, UTG calls T100, 1 fold, BTN calls T100

Turn: 4d (T500, 3 players - Hero: T1,360, UTG: T1,360, BTN: T1,360)
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN checks

River: 9c (T500, 3 players - Hero: T1,360, UTG: T1,360, BTN: T1,360)
Hero bets T280, UTG raises to T560, BTN raises to T840, Hero calls T560, UTG raises to T1,360 (all-in), BTN calls T520 (all-in), Hero calls T520 (all-in)

Total Pot: T4,580
Hero shows As 8s
UTG shows Qd Kc
BTN shows Qh Kd

UTG wins T2,290
BTN wins T2,290

Update: 3rd Hand (9-max though)

No Limit Hold'em Tournament T10/T20
Buy-in: $0.90 + $0.10
888 Poker
9 players
Formatted by pokercopilot.com: Poker HUD for Mac and Windows

Stacks:
UTG - Hero (T1,500)
UTG+1 - UTG+1 (T1,500)
UTG+2 - UTG+2 (T1,210)
MP - MP (T1,500)
MP2 - MP2 (T1,930)
CO - CO (T1,500)
BTN - BTN (T1,490)
SB - SB (T1,480)
BB - BB (T1,390)

Preflop: (T30, 9 players) Hero is UTG with Qd Js
Hero raises to T45, 3 folds, MP2 calls T45, 2 folds, SB calls T35, BB calls T25

Flop: 5d Qh 8c (T180, 4 players - SB: T1,435, BB: T1,345, Hero: T1,455, MP2: T1,885)
SB bets T40, BB calls T40, Hero calls T40, 1 fold

Turn: Qc (T300, 3 players - SB: T1,395, BB: T1,305, Hero: T1,415)
SB checks, BB bets T150, Hero calls T150, 1 fold

River: Kc (T600, 2 players - BB: T1,155, Hero: T1,265)
BB bets T600, Hero raises to T1,265 (all-in), BB calls T555 (all-in), Uncalled bet of T110 returned to Hero

Total Pot: T2,910
BB shows 7c 3c
Hero shows Qd Js

BB wins T2,910

Drink lots of coffee, because they're boring as ****

Isn't that why people multi table? Besides the profit ofc

Bump, anyone have experience with these slow paced SNG's?

1st hand
ok...tbh I'm not sure.

I would have advocating folding here pre but you called...
so based on the flop it appears to be that you are ahead. Your opponent flopped a full
house and you don't know that. The btn is slowplaying this which I think is a good move.

The river, an all-in raise on the river...I'm not gonna say calling is wrong but look at this way you were down to 1000 chips, you could have folded this and re-evaluated and made better moves later on.

EDIT: Actually you need to fold pre here. Even if he hadn't caught a full house you are still behind. T3s is just not a good hand here to be playing you gotta throw away crappy hands pre so you don't end up in awkward hands like this.

I do believe this more of badbeat/variance type deal so I would not put too much into energy into this one.


2nd hand
Throw this hand away on the river, you were check raised. Your flush draw is toast. You had Ace high, your done, even if your trying to bluff. Let it go. Even with the straight draws your hand is pretty much done.


3rd hand

you raise to 45 which I think is a min-raise with QJo - This is my first issue with this hand
I would have thrown this away UTG and under MP or LP I would have opened.

I think what I would have been weary of was the SB betting OOP on the flop. Instead of raising you called which raising here keeps people honest. potential draws here are runner runner straight. The pot was cheap enough to draw on the flop.

The BB betting 150 on the turn this should be a sign that something is up. I also think a raise here would have been a good move as well either min-raise or 3x raise.

BB bets 600 on river which I think is the pot. This hand is toast throw it away or call. Raising all-in here is just bad especially when his hand is complete. If were going to get him to fold you should have done this on the turn.

Maybe I'm wrong but that's just my 2cents.

I play these on ignition the 9mans, they are boring as hell, but you need to play tight early, loose in the late position.

You seem to like going all in with the worst hand in multiway pots. Don't overplay weak trips and bad straights, especially multiway, as you'll run into better hands when the pot gets big. In the early stages, you shouldn't be getting all in without the effective nuts. With medium-strong hands, try checking and calling instead of betting and raising.

When players raise or call a bet pre-flop, it usually means that they have something worth playing with. Try to think about what sorts of hand that might be e.g. broadway type hands or pocket pairs. Then ask yourself whether you're sure you're ahead and play accordingly.