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Old 02-08-2012, 09:39 AM   #1
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Please help a beginner out!

This is a small sample size but I've only just started playing these SNGS.



Below is my 90 $1.20 sngs graph:



I wanna know if I'm playing it right. Does showing the graph describes my play? Please help.
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Old 02-08-2012, 10:31 AM   #2
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Re: Please help a beginner out!

Hey! First thing that I would recommend is changing the setting to the lighter version. It makes reading your stats much easier.



For the rest, I'm not an SnG player, so I can't offer much good advice there
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Old 02-08-2012, 11:03 AM   #3
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Re: Please help a beginner out!

let me rephrase my question. i'm new to graphs and wanna know if the green line indicates that i'm making good decisions, therefore i get a green line going up and not down.
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Old 02-08-2012, 11:56 AM   #4
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Re: Please help a beginner out!

the green line is the total chips you have won/lost so you want that to go up obviously. if you get it all in preflop with AK against QQ and you win let's say $1000, your green line will go up by $1000.

however your expected value (EV) for the hand is only $439 because mathematically the probability of you winning the hand is 43.9% (0.439 * $1000 = $439).

the orange line is the total EV that you won. your green line is running above your orange line, which means that you've been running good

3500 hands isn't a very big sample and this deviation between your winnings and EV isn't unusual. but bear in mind that it works both ways and sometimes you'll lose more than expected, i.e. your green line will be lower than your EV line.

blue line is your winnings for all hands that went to showdown. this should definitely go up if you're doing it right

red line is non-showdown winnings. so these are pots you win when the other players fold. i dunno enough about what sngs you play etc to be able to say whether your slightly negative red line here is ok or not.

posting hands you're unsure about in the appropriate forum and looking at stats like vpip, pfr, cbet etc are going to be more useful for analysing your play than graphs though.
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Old 02-08-2012, 11:29 PM   #5
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Re: Please help a beginner out!

The graph doesn't tell you much about your style of play. The showdown and non-showdown lines show that you're playing a standard sort of game. (Most beginners have redlines below zero. They make the bulk of their profits at showdown).
The difference between the green line and orange All in EV line shows that you've actually been very lucky in all in situations, either by winning the bulk of your coin flips, or by sucking out when you were a big underdog.
It's therefore slightly worrying to see your net winnings (the profit made once buy-ins have been discounted) are negative in the stats table. You've had some "rungood", but are losing money. I note that you mostly play turbos, and these have the highest variance. Stick to the format you've been doing best at, but read as much about the strategy required in the specialist sub-forum on 2+2, so you can try and get your ROI into positive territory.
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