****Official Steps Strategy Thread****

[TruFloridaGator]

In anticipation of the plethora of steps questions we get each year around this time, we're putting together an official thread for use.

Feel free to post hands here or outside the thread.

As usual no BBV. All forum rules apply.

The link is in the STTF Tools thread if you need to find this thread

[theend4079]

anyone know of training sites with steps videos? i know jackal has some videos up on cardrunners but other than that i havent been able to find any.

[jmbreslin]

Bubble of a Step 1. How bad is BB's call here?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t2255)
UTG (t2740)
MP (t2165)
CO (t2880)
Hero (Button) (t1100)
SB (t2360)

Hero's M: 2.44

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 6
3 folds, Hero bets t1100 (All-In), 1 fold, BB calls t800

Flop: (t2350) 8, 2, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2350) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2350) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2350

Results:
Hero had 7, 6 (one pair, twos).
BB had Q, J (two pair, Queens and twos).
Outcome: BB won t2350

[jurrasstoil]

Originally Posted by theend4079

anyone know of training sites with steps videos? i know jackal has some videos up on cardrunners but other than that i havent been able to find any.

Most sites have some vids about steps, but none are particularly great imo. DC started one with bones, SNGGrinders has some higher step 4-6 vids iirc, stox had one about a step 6 win and floattheturn (sngicons) had some as well.

[Deurdy]

Originally Posted by jmbreslin

Bubble of a Step 1. How bad is BB's call here?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t2255)
UTG (t2740)
MP (t2165)
CO (t2880)
Hero (Button) (t1100)
SB (t2360)

Hero's M: 2.44

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 6
3 folds, Hero bets t1100 (All-In), 1 fold, BB calls t800

Flop: (t2350) 8, 2, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2350) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2350) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2350

Results:
Hero had 7, 6 (one pair, twos).
BB had Q, J (two pair, Queens and twos).
Outcome: BB won t2350

Very easy call. You're shoving wide he has you covered enough and is getting 2:1.

[theend4079]

Originally Posted by jmbreslin

Bubble of a Step 1. How bad is BB's call here?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB (t2255)
UTG (t2740)
MP (t2165)
CO (t2880)
Hero (Button) (t1100)
SB (t2360)

Hero's M: 2.44

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 6
3 folds, Hero bets t1100 (All-In), 1 fold, BB calls t800

Flop: (t2350) 8, 2, 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2350) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2350) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2350

Results:
Hero had 7, 6 (one pair, twos).
BB had Q, J (two pair, Queens and twos).
Outcome: BB won t2350

its a step 1 dont try to get into your opponents heads here. its not like your shoving with the most fold equity in the world either. in the future dont count on your opponents folding much of anything to you here

Originally Posted by jurrasstoil

Most sites have some vids about steps, but none are particularly great imo. DC started one with bones, SNGGrinders has some higher step 4-6 vids iirc, stox had one about a step 6 win and floattheturn (sngicons) had some as well.

thanks will check those sites out

[Buck Duffy]

FTP Step 2 Superturbo (from memory)(top 2 tickets, 3rd back to step 2)

50/100 blinds
BTN: 280
Hero (sb): 240
BB: 2180

BTN pushes, Hero has A8o.

[jmbreslin]

Originally Posted by Deurdy

Very easy call. You're shoving wide he has you covered enough and is getting 2:1.

He has me covered but the difference in stack sizes around the table is minimal. If he loses this pot, we switch places and he becomes the shortie. That's a big risk in a satty structure like this, where top 5 get to play another day and the rest get squat.

[Deurdy]

Originally Posted by jmbreslin

He has me covered but the difference in stack sizes around the table is minimal. If he loses this pot, we switch places and he becomes the shortie. That's a big risk in a satty structure like this, where top 5 get to play another day and the rest get squat.

It's a step 1, not a step 6. Is $7.50 really a big risk?
Either way as said, you're obviously pushing wide and he is getting 2:1 and even if he loses he has 3BBs left. Folding would simply be a mistake on his behalf.

As an additional piece of advice, you may want to be more concerned about posting spots where you are unsure of whether your own plays are correct, cause those are the things that will actually make you improve. Trying to get people to agree with you on whether villain made a bad call is not going to help you at all.

[michty6]

Originally Posted by jmbreslin

He has me covered but the difference in stack sizes around the table is minimal. If he loses this pot, we switch places and he becomes the shortie. That's a big risk in a satty structure like this, where top 5 get to play another day and the rest get squat.

Your logic is totally wrong, this actually makes it more of a call.

[DavidTth]

been on the ftp superturbo step grind. i want to have a comfortable amount of tickets for each step before i move up to the next level so i can eventually buy into most of all the mtts i play on FTP using tickets/try to bang off a few main seats. for those of you who grind these, what would be a reasonable amount of tickets to try to get at each level before moving up?

[wahaha]

so i just reached step 6, what is the last step structure? with one package pay out?

[TruFloridaGator]

Friendly reminder, hand posting rules still apply. DO NOT post results. No BBV!

[JHolsinger88]

Are these steps decently profitable/worth my time?

I fig I would use my fpps to buy step 1 tickets and try to freeroll them... Is this worth it and what exactly is the step 7 prize?

[jurrasstoil]

on FTP?

Step 7 has a WSOP Package for first place (net worth is $12k iirc), not sure how the remaining 6k are distributed tho. First itm spot is the dollar value of a Step 7 ticket i think.

If you are playing microstakes they are probably not worth your time. Once you reach step 4+ you'll feel the pressure of the buyin you are playing and thats not good.

If you get rakeback and want to use your FPP roll to buy tickets, they are not worth the RB hit either imo.