****Official Beginner/Basic Question Thread****

[Gravity69]

Originally Posted by WillyBeemen

I have both, but like SnGWiz better. Better graphical layout and easier to handle imo. Not sure about the computing differences though....

Thanks man ill get SNGWiz then.

[iDonkYoU]

I'm sure this has been asked 100 times before, but how does the 15+1 on Stars compare with the 11+1 or 22+2 on Tilt, in terms of game softness?

Thanks

[jurrasstoil]

Originally Posted by iDonkYoU

I'm sure this has been asked 100 times before, but how does the 15+1 on Stars compare with the 11+1 or 22+2 on Tilt, in terms of game softness?

Thanks

There is no right answer to this. sry. You'll hear people say "oh, [insert sitename here] is so much tougher" or "there are less regs on [insert sitename here]", etc.

I'd say they are about the same and you have to gameselect on both sites. If the games on FTP are softer then the higher rake% makes up for that.

[iDonkYoU]

Originally Posted by jurrasstoil

There is no right answer to this. sry. You'll hear people say "oh, [insert sitename here] is so much tougher" or "there are less regs on [insert sitename here]", etc.

I'd say they are about the same and you have to gameselect on both sites. If the games on FTP are softer then the higher rake% makes up for that.

You're suppose to table select at these levels?

Right now I'm registering for 6 games when I want to play a session and registering for the next game available every time I'm done with one. Do you think my hourly would go up if I did table selection?

[TT6]

[QUOTE=iDonkYoU;19144899]You're suppose to table select at these levels?

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I find this very difficult too, people on here are always going on about avoiding the regs, but almost every time I look in the $6.50s at Stars there's a group of tables with at least 3 people registered in lots of them (presumably multitabling regs) - seems very hard to avoid.

[iDonkYoU]

Originally Posted by TT6

I find this very difficult too, people on here are always going on about avoiding the regs, but almost every time I look in the $6.50s at Stars there's a group of tables with at least 3 people registered in lots of them (presumably multitabling regs) - seems very hard to avoid.

It's not so much that table selecting is hard. It's just that a lot of regs at these levels are bad, and playing against some occasionally doesn't affect my winrate very much, so getting in volume by not table-selecting still probably results in a better hourly.

[vhone]

Hi guys,

I play 6max Turbo SnG (most on betfair) and the first 2000 Games is was pretty happy about my game and may ROI. In the last few weeks there are some new players there, starting to make minraise (2xBB - 2,5BB) in all situations of the game (beginning, bubble, etc.). I don´t like this move, because it gives the blinds good odds to call, otherwise in the mid. and late stages the smaller stacks fold most of the time, to get into the money.

What do you think about minraise at a DON and if only at the end of the game ?

[t_roy]

Maybe this isn't a basic question idk. But do standard shove/fold ICM Nash calcs assume that other players are also playing correctly? And how should you adjust if players are playing tighter or looser than optimal?

[mckrogh]

Originally Posted by t_roy

Maybe this isn't a basic question idk. But do standard shove/fold ICM Nash calcs assume that other players are also playing correctly? And how should you adjust if players are playing tighter or looser than optimal?

You adjust there push- & callingranges in wiz

[newapproach]

I have about a 5% ROI in 200 $5 sngs. I have heard of the concept of ICM, and how it can affect decisions, but I haven't the first clue how to calculate it. Is this what programs such as SnG wizard do? I have HEM and if you think SnG wizard is important for a player like myself I will buy it. Is ICM as important as I think it is in a SnG?

Thanks.

[Falker34]

Originally Posted by newapproach

I have about a 5% ROI in 200 $5 sngs. I have heard of the concept of ICM, and how it can affect decisions, but I haven't the first clue how to calculate it. Is this what programs such as SnG wizard do? I have HEM and if you think SnG wizard is important for a player like myself I will buy it. Is ICM as important as I think it is in a SnG?

Thanks.

As far as bubble play goes (which can be argued as the most important part of a sng), it is the most important and essential beginner concept. IMHO of course. So buying sng wizard would be a well worth while purchase.

[iain3915]

Hello Chaps.

I'm currently playing a mixture of $1+0.20 and $2+0.40 6 player regular SNGs on Titan poker and I'm doing quite well I think. MY ROI is 22% (although my sample size is only 180 games but hopefully it is a good indication as I certainly don't feel as though I have simply been running good - quite the opposite!). I deposited $45 and I now have around $130.

My plan now with my $130 is to move to a new site and collect the deposit bonus and repeat this a few times until I have a few thousand. Does this seem realistic? My goal over the next year is to turn this $130 into $10,000.

At the moment I only play single tables. Do you think I should learn to multitable just now while the stakes are very low or should I wait until I get to higher level games where the rake is a much smaller percentage (currently 20%!)?
Is it possible to multitable without buying any software?

Here is my sharkscope graph.

[JHolsinger88]

I wouldn't move from site to site, I would select a major site with good volume and get a solid feel for the game you play there. I know Tilt's $2 sng's have a .25 rake, just over 10%, and are extremely soft. As far as making $10,000 single tabling micro sng's, that's highly unrealistic.

I would recommend giving 4 tabling a shot, I prefer stacking tables. If you want to make money playing sng's you really have to multi table to make a decent hourly. At the $2 level you do not need a hud imo, the players are ridiculously awful as i'm sure you know.

Learn to multi table now at small stakes so you are prepared at larger ones. Use smart roll management and study and you should move up these levels in no time, if you can play more than 1 table at a time

GL.

[iain3915]

Originally Posted by JHolsinger88

I wouldn't move from site to site, I would select a major site with good volume and get a solid feel for the game you play there. I know Tilt's $2 sng's have a .25 rake, just over 10%, and are extremely soft. As far as making $10,000 single tabling micro sng's, that's highly unrealistic.

I would recommend giving 4 tabling a shot, I prefer stacking tables. If you want to make money playing sng's you really have to multi table to make a decent hourly. At the $2 level you do not need a hud imo, the players are ridiculously awful as i'm sure you know.

Learn to multi table now at small stakes so you are prepared at larger ones. Use smart roll management and study and you should move up these levels in no time, if you can play more than 1 table at a time

GL.

Thanks for your reply. So the plan is to start multi-tabling then. I'll move to a site where the rake is less and I can get rakeback but surely there is value to be had in moving around and collecting bonus?

I would have thought I would be able to double my money pretty quickly on a new site when I am getting the bonus. All I need to be able to do is play break even poker but I would hope to make 20% roi plus bonus? Surely this is a good thing when playing small stakes.

My plan wasn't to make $10,000 single tabling micro sngs; it was to start with the micros and increase the stakes whenever I have 50 buyins at the next level.

I do intend to do a lot of reading over the summer. At the moment I have university exams so can't play very much and definitely can't do more reading. But Colin Moshman's book will be read in a couple of months.

[TT6]

Originally Posted by iain3915

surely there is value to be had in moving around and collecting bonus?

I would have thought I would be able to double my money pretty quickly on a new site when I am getting the bonus. All I need to be able to do is play break even poker but I would hope to make 20% roi plus bonus? Surely this is a good thing when playing small stakes..

There is value to be had in this, but beware, most bonus offers will take a lot of grinding if you're playing low level SNGs (especially if you're not mass multi-tabling).

I could be wrong, but you may end up finding that if you get good rakeback at a particular site it'll be worth more than some of the poor conversion rates on deposit bonuses at other sites.