Guess I am a beginner now since I'm asking this question. I'm trying to restart playing poker (once again) but I'm confused on the current PokerStars network. I can play on PS.eu but who am I playing against? Who's on this network? I can see that there are tons of different PS sites around.

EU=International - some few countries, like .es or .it.

As to my knowledge there is no difference between .eu and .com/.net.

Hello there, i'm having problems with studying poker. So my short Q would be, how to learn how to study? Meybe someone can guide me where i can find some video or article about that?

I guess this is the best place to post these thoughts/questions. Yesterday I played and lost all 4 of my SnG games, I played the worst I ever had and I think I experienced tilt for the first time and just made some stupid decisions.

I had been playing small stakes SnG poker for just a short time and was doing OK, slowly building my bankroll then decided I should learn more about what I was doing and see of ways to improve my game so I could feel confident going up some levels. But after learning a bit about odds etc. it made me think more and I wasn't playing as aggressive and as loose as I used too. Then I got angry at myself and played a stupid hand , trying to bluff my way to a better result. I felt tilt, manged to register for 4 more games and bust out of every one quickly before I realised I should pull the plug and leave it for the night.

My question is, does learning always improve your poker? Should I play my natural game and less of a thinking game? Or should i stick to educating myself more and over time my game will improve?

I guess I know the answer and is to continue leaning but I got so frustrated yesterday.

Are there any good guides to 6-max DoN's? I've read quite a bit of the DoN thread in the sticky which has been gold for spots I've never thought about but I'm more curious now about early game play as I think I'm playing too much of a MTT/Cash game and way too loose.

Like should I open K9s in c/o at the first blind level? Just stuff like that.

Your intuition is correct. Often times I'll learn something and then misapply it and ask myself why it didn't work. That way I can apply it better next time. It works pretty well.

Hi there,

I've moved to sng not to long ago, started at $0.50 on PS and I've played a little. I'm still pretty new to the game, I've played ~1k SNG at this level but I'm not sure I should move to the $1.50 (lack of experience, confidence etc..). The only reasons I find to move up is the rake and the difference between this 2 micro level cannot be that big.

Aaand here is my mediocre graph, running pretty good tho:

Hopefully this is just a level and a chance to show your graph. Move up already. The difference in play will be like zero and the rake is less.

Ok moved up a notch,

if you don't mind sayin what are some general principles in moving up or down?

#of buy-ins, games played on the actual level, etc..?

People like to have 50 to 100 buy-ins. Closer to 100, less chance of running bad and going broke.

Well that's too general. If u can afford to gamble with the money, u can absolutely shoot a level with 15 buy-ins for a quick potential br growth.
If u are very averse to going broke and play hypers e.g., even if ure very good, u should absolutely have way more than 100 bi.

Hey I've played poker recreationally for about six years now but only recently started taking it serious over the past two months. Over these six years I've only played about 750 sngs/mtts on merge and pokerstars and have pretty much matched this volume in the past two months on bovada.

I started with a 50$ bankroll on bovada grinding the 1.10 sngs and using Phil Shaw's advice about moving up with 40 BIs and dropping down when you hit 20 BIs. A week ago my bankroll was up to around $770 with ROI in the 20-25% range from playing the 7.70 Triple or Nothing, 10.75 6max, 11 and 13 9max, and 15.40 Triple or Nothings. I started taking shots at the 21.50 6max and 22 9max and hit a downturn. Bankroll is down to 580 now with a ROI of 12% so no longer taking shots at anything above 15.40.

I feel like variance obviously played a big part in this downturn but I sill catch myself starting to second guess my moves at times and losing confidence. I could use help figuring out just how big of a change should my strategy be different between regular sngs and triple or nothings in addition to if I should make any changes in my gameplay at the $20+ levels.

Where can I find good strategy guides on the Bovada Triple of Nothings or is just studying the DONs good enough?

This hand is a good example of me most likely not properly adjusting to the differences between ToNs and regular sngs. ICMIZER shows this as a clear push in a standard sng but when I switch the payout structure to that of a Triple or Nothing it gives me a pushing range of 77+,ATs+,KQs+,AJo+.

What do you guys think of $4.55 + $0.45 Double or Nothings (6-Max)? What would be a realistic ROI (if it's even beatable)? The competition is soft but rake 9.9% in such a small edge game...

So what is the best way to track SNG's on Bovada?

Btw. I'm talking about NLH, maybe I should mention that.

10% rake NLH DoN, 6-max, 4 min levels on partypoker - Beatable or not?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/32...-games-483844/

In linked thread, OP states that SNG's build BRs faster when your starting out compared to micro cash. That post, though, is 6 years old and I've heard talk that SNG meta has evolved at an even more ferocious rate than many other games, so I am wondering, does this still hold up?

The $ figures in the article are kinda lol and you can probably cut that in half in most games for a lot of reasons. The conclusion is probably still largely correct. Play a little of both, see which you like more and stick to it will give you the best chance of becoming a profitable player. If you figure out later that you really like the other game for whatever reason you can get a coach and use a small bankroll from your profits and easily switch over.

If you start playing saying I will swtich over at this amount, then you increase the chances you will just lose it off at one of the other. 2nl rake is probably very hard to beat but if you cant beat those guys then you can't beat the 5nl players either. $1 and $5 sngs are the same principle.

Thx for the info. Yeah I'm definitely going to start with SNG's then. My next question is what software am I going to need/want if I'm taking this seriously? I'm playing on Bovada so it looks like my only choice for HUD is Hold'Em Indicator. Obviously I have PokerStove. I'm assuming SNG Wiz is still pretty much a must have as well. And I'm guessing I'm going to need Bovada Hand Converter and HEM/PT for stat analysis from the looks of it as HEI is strictly a HUD. Did I leave anything out?

Are there any good resources for the 6-max satellite SNGs? (the ones where 2 people advance)

There are better programs than sng wiz at this point. Hold'em indicator is not worth $90 if you are starting up. It is next to useless for other sites and while it will probably give a fair advantage on bovada, but study and review is just as good. Take screen shots and ask questions. GL

Can anyone link me to a SNG tracking spreadsheet I can use with Bovada? -thanks

Anyone know why sometimes the 'C Net Adjusted' in PT4 is lower than the value of the tourney? Got a number of $7 STTs where the C Net Adjusted is -$7.49 for example. Did I play so bad they think I should be fined on top of my buy in?!

Sit and Go indicator will work for Bovada....Does anyone have any thoughts on how i can track my SNGs on a site that doesnt allow data mining.. and external programs wont work,its WSOP.com

Not from what iv seen on the american facing sites there are a couple SNG grinders, but often if you play hi enough you run into guys that are waiting for a different game or just tilted after a cash game session they all make the same mistake of folding too much on the bubble.

FUARK, so I've written like 200 words or so and accidentally pressed the back button, ok..

So, long story short, I'm trying to grind micro sng's (9players, 8 tabling of 0.50/1.50), lots of hours spent understanding the ICM, highly paranoid vs regs

IDK, maybe it's variance or so, but I feel that I'm bleeding money to regs, not bcz some big incorrect push/call (ICM wise), but bcz of the steal/resteal game (mid & late) game:

-villain stealing from SB vs BB(hero) for 50% or more (often 100%):
a. villain open shoves and hero can only watch the robbery in progress and fold, bcz his equity/hand combination
b. villain minraising/3bb stealing, which I feel that I encounter more and more (i've started to 3b more and more w/ Ax/Kx and PP, but often I can only press the fold btn)

-hero stealing from LP,SB and getting 3b

-getting called lightly when shoving ( which now makes my shove bad, since my initial assumption was that villain calling range was much tighter)

Also, POSTFLOP:

-HERO is the PFR, dry flop:
a. villain donks for 1/2 a pot or smaller
b. villain x/minr

Which I find both extremely annoying, bcz one, it's a hard to make a pair these days, and two, it makes no sense (at least to me)

The thing is that all the SNG material I have is 5-10 years old and sometimes I feel that there is something new that I'm not aware of...

So how do you make money in these games, table selection (pretty hard when mt), less tables, site selection (I play on stars by the way), work more on my middle game, increase my volume (I play between 40-80/day more in the weekend obv) or??

PS: Can someone recommend some good sng material (vid/pdf/txt..)

PPS: in b4, everyone is solid, lol