I wonder what counts as early stages in a 9-handed SNG and also wonder if my preflop ranges in this stage seems fine. Plays $1.50 SNG at the moment.


UTG

AQs+, AK, 77+

MP1

AJ+, 55+

MP2/3

AJ+, KQs, 22+

HJ/CO

AJ+, KQ, QJ, 22+

BUTTON

A8s+, ATo+, KJ+, QJ, 22+

BLINDS

JJ+, AK

3BET

JJ+, AK

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Sure, that can be a good start.

One thing, that you will learn over time, is that there is never a "perfect" range in any given spot.

But what you have should work well to get you started.

Nice work.

I havnt played a regular 9-man STT in a while but from what I remember, you are being way to loose from EP. I remember not wanting to play anything from UTG unless it was QQ+, this seems very tight, but you do not want to be playing any marginal hands OOP and especially while the blinds are very low. Small pairs are OK to limp with, even OOP, if the blinds are in the first couple levels because if you hit you can take down a large pot. These very small buy ins are very weak, so often times you can fold until there are like 6 or 7 people left and still have a very healthy stack. This is why you dont want to be playing marginal hands OOP early, because when you lose it forces you to make moves you would rather not make when it gets down to the stages when you really start to build you chip stack.

'Remember not wanting to play anything from UTG unless it was QQ+'

Def too tight

Looks a bit loose to me.

Playing AJ in MP1 in the early stages for example is a leak IMHO. I wouldn't even play that in a fullring cash game with 100bb