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

[dennisdmenace]

oh thanks!
Just gonna grind out a couple more games then =)

[NJD77]

Originally Posted by InNOut

looking at the leaks in tourney reports in hem, useful or not for assessing where/how I'm losing chips?

There are much better places to look for leaks than hem reports. I'd say they are a last resort. They are much more applicable to cash game play. They'll only tell you the symptoms rather than the root causes. You'll also need mammoth samples before they are going to have any statistical relevance.

The best way to look for leaks is generally in sng wiz, and then pull out hands you are not sure about and post them here.

Another great way to find leaks is to make a video and post it in the Official STTF Video Thread, and hopefully you'll get some kind good regs disect your vid for you. Vers did this for me a few years back and it really helped.

[InNOut]

Thanks a bunch, njd77. I'll look into those. I should start the sngwiz trial prob. is it difficult to use?

[TruFloridaGator]

Welcome to the forum, posting rules still apply(don't post results) & you can leave out the F, T, and R when it's unnecessary. Please read the OP(original post) & read the FAQ at the top of the forum.

You have SNGWiz on Chip Equity mode, change that.

[DIrTystack]

Hi, i've been browsing the 'results' threads to see who's making what. Alot of people have stats like ' won $800, and $200 in bonuses and fpp's and stellar rewards'

i'm currently playing $3's on PS and wondering in order to qualify for fpp bonuses and stellar rewards etc do I have to sign up to anything or click anything or do anything, or how are these redeemable. thanks.

[DIrTystack]

and another one.

i see alot of people have made money from super turbo's and hyper turbos?!?

i cant find these on stars!? are they on FTP?

where are they? what levels are they at? and how turbo is SUPER and HYPER?

[NJD77]

Originally Posted by InNOut

Thanks a bunch, njd77. I'll look into those. I should start the sngwiz trial prob. is it difficult to use?

It's not difficult to use, but it is easy to use it incorrectly! If that makes sense.

Do NOT dive into SNG wiz without first going through all the tutorials and understanding about adjusting villains calling ranges, otherwise you will cost yourself a lot of money.

One thing I would say is that if you are in any way serious about making money from sngs, then you simply have to have sng wiz - it is a bargain.

[NJD77]

Originally Posted by DIrTystack

Hi, i've been browsing the 'results' threads to see who's making what. Alot of people have stats like ' won $800, and $200 in bonuses and fpp's and stellar rewards'

i'm currently playing $3's on PS and wondering in order to qualify for fpp bonuses and stellar rewards etc do I have to sign up to anything or click anything or do anything, or how are these redeemable. thanks.

No need to sign up to anything, you get them automatically. Stellar rewards will be credited direct to your account in cash, and FPPs can be used to purchase things from the VIP store, some of which are cash bonuses. From time to time Stars run other bonus schemes such as reload bonuses etc. which are redeemed as cash direct to your account based on how many VPPs you accrue in a given time period.

[JHolsinger88]

Was wondering if I could be told my average hourly rate by someone, or given the formula. Preferably told (Brain hurts from 2 outers).

8 tabling $11 9 man's - 15% ROI all time ($2 - $30 Buy in)

I play in sets so assuming 8 take an hr, usually a little longer, but I fig this could be rounded.

I fig some of you math wiz's could help me out with this, TY.

[Monkey Banana]

Let's assume you run at 15% for $11s and each take an hour. Your hourly is:

.15 x 11 x 8 ($13.20 an hour--congrats on your heater )

Basically, it's ROI x buyin x amount of STTs per hour. You should figure it for each buyin level, because averages can be very misleading.

[sloove]

Originally Posted by NJD77

It's not difficult to use, but it is easy to use it incorrectly! If that makes sense.

Do NOT dive into SNG wiz without first going through all the tutorials and understanding about adjusting villains calling ranges, otherwise you will cost yourself a lot of money.

which one are you referring to exactly?

[JHolsinger88]

Originally Posted by Monkey Banana

Let's assume you run at 15% for $11s and each take an hour. Your hourly is:

.15 x 11 x 8 ($13.20 an hour--congrats on your heater )

Basically, it's ROI x buyin x amount of STTs per hour. You should figure it for each buyin level, because averages can be very misleading.

TY I very much appreciate it.

So I was messing around with numbers and to reach the same hourly at the $5.50's you would need a 20% ROI and 12 table. Wondering which route to take as I 12 tabled tonight and I really didn't notice that much of a difference between 8 and 12. But I do know that the players at the $5.50 level are generally awful and a 20% ROI is very realistic for a solid reg.

12 the $5.50's or 8 the $11's?

If only I knew I could hit 20% at the $11 level

[sheeprustler]

Monkey banana thanks for the straight forward ICM explanation. I got bogged down by terminology I think.
You say the move is -Ev in dollars. But is it not a no-brainer to try and elimate the short stack when we are getting close to favourable odds?

[Gato_Vago]

Originally Posted by Monkey Banana

No offence, but you probably have a lot bigger flaws than you think. That's one of the first lessons in poker: most of us are much worse than we think we are.

Begin by playing four tables tiled so you can watch the action. You'll improve more for it. There's no reason to stack five at all.

You must play AK preflop early. If you get two callers on a bad flop or three on just about any flop that you miss, just give up. No one is observing your play btw, so it doesn't matter how "fishy" you look.

Don't limp AK.

Start raising AK again. Post examples of hands where you felt lost after the flop.

Your stats are appropriately nitty, but I'd expect to see something like 8/5. You are probably raising small pairs a bit too often.



On the whole this isn't unreasonable.



Dude, nothing is exploitable unless someone can exploit it.



You won't lose much if you checkfold underpairs to an ace on an A high board against three callers. When out of position, checking and seeing what happens is fine.

Make sure though that if you feel you get called a lot by Ax, you raise AK! Do you see? Those same guys will hand you their stacks on A high boards. But they can't do that if you've folded AK preflop

Again, post examples of hands where you had this happen.



There is a lot to learn!

Thank you very much for take the time to comment. Much appreciated.

[Monkey Banana]

Originally Posted by JHolsinger88

TY I very much appreciate it.

So I was messing around with numbers and to reach the same hourly at the $5.50's you would need a 20% ROI and 12 table. Wondering which route to take as I 12 tabled tonight and I really didn't notice that much of a difference between 8 and 12. But I do know that the players at the $5.50 level are generally awful and a 20% ROI is very realistic for a solid reg.

12 the $5.50's or 8 the $11's?

If only I knew I could hit 20% at the $11 level

Both targets seem somewhat unrealistic to me but obviously not completely impossible. I'd use lower figures because surprise feels much better than disappointment.

Originally Posted by sheeprustler

Monkey banana thanks for the straight forward ICM explanation. I got bogged down by terminology I think.
You say the move is -Ev in dollars. But is it not a no-brainer to try and elimate the short stack when we are getting close to favourable odds?

If you use a program like SNG Wiz, its calculation includes the value of knocking out the shorty. In general, unless the player we're knocking out is very good, we don't need to concern ourselves with doing it. This is one of the many mistakes our opponents make and we can easily avoid.