Ipoker do, but they're different - 1500 stacks, 1min blind levels (10/20, 15/30...) iirc.

thanks, I saw a video on a training site which had 1500 stacks and the blinds went up really fast. Does it matter Ipoker you join?

It's been a while since I joined some of them, but I think not. iirc you can have an account (with a different screenname) on each and every one of the ipoker skins, so some bonuswhoring is probably there to be taken.

It kinda does matter though since I'm sure some skins / affiliates offer better rb (VIP) deals than others, I'm not familiar with the current setups but I remember my old 33% rb account on SunPoker being converted to a "minimum level4 VIP" or something similar, bringing the rakeback in house. And you will need rakeback, with 10% fees up to the $50+5 level.

Hey, I'm starting to play again after sitting out around the last 3 years. I played mostly on Stars after Party locked out US players. I've noticed a lot more European players on Stars than I remember. I was a winning player at $10+1 9 player games when I left the game.

Has the overall level of play improved in that time or are there still plenty of new/bad players in the games? Is Stars the best place to get a game? Have there been any changes to the legalities of poker in the US?

I've been playing the 50/50 games and enjoy this format quite a bit. The $5.30 games seem pretty soft but I have noticed quite a few multi table players in my dozen or so games. Is there anything else new that I need to know about? I'm heading to the sticky about tools to see what's new in that area. One thing that I'm looking for is a spreadsheet to track my games. I had one before that I would enter my results in and it would track finish %, ROI, and chart a few basic things.

Games have gotten a lot tougher in the last 3 years but still definitely beatable.

Holdem manager tracks your results and gives you a Heads up display (HUD) that gives you playing statistics on your opponents. There is also hotkey software that helps you multitable. If youre gonna get serious about sngs, purchase sng wizard. All these things have free trials.

Hey everyone, I just got back into poker, mainly SNG's, in the past couple weeks. I am a broke college student so I had to start with the $20 i had left in my FTP account. I have been playing the 2.25 Turbo full ring SNG's at full tilt. Over 160 games I have averaged at 13.6% ROI and a 45% in the money percentage. I realize this is a TINY sample size.

I also do not have a HUD, which brings me to my first question. Should I use my winnings initially to buy an HUD? I am assuming so, though I would really like to start playing 6$'s once I have the bankroll.

I was also interested in seeing if anyone could give me some insight on the difference between the $2's and $6's full ring SNGs on FTP.

And finally, and I realize this is a very generic question and I probably already know the answer, but when will my BR be high enough to the point where I can at least start taking a few shots at the $6's?

Thanks ahead for all advice. This site is the only reason I am doing half as well as I am.

Jordan

edit: realized this should have been in the beginners thread at the top right after I posted it! sorry. . .

move up when you have 300$ and move back when falling below 200$

you don't need a hud under 10$ sngs imo, so rather move up

instead of a HUD you should really get SNG wiz and learn a lot

GL

where did you see that? TY

When you feel like you cant keep track of people, you need a hud. Even if you can manage without it, when playing +10 tables it can really improve your ROI imo because its hard to keep track of everyone when playing that many.
about taking shots and moving up, that depends on how you feel. if you see you beat the games on a good ROI (over a long sample of course), feel free taking shots, just make sure you put yourself a bottom limit to move down at when you reach it

16$ what to do with AJ?? i think open fold is weak. when id bet fold its basicly a steal and do I rreally need a hand like aj than?

No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (8 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 (t1330)
MP1 (t1190)
Hero (MP2) (t1440)
CO (t2425)
Button (t1245)
SB (t1305)
BB (t1385)
UTG (t3180)

Hero's M: 9.60

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, J
3 folds, Hero bets t250??, 2 folds, SB raises t1255 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero ??

call at the end s probably bad

r/f is good against tight restealers

what's a good sample size for 6-max super turbos on tilt and micro levels?

yeah this is waht i thought but when we going to fold to a resteal eeverytime does it even matter having an overaverage hand but not top hand like AJ here. i mean good players never gonna coldcall here with this stacksizes?

Afaik ace rag is deffinately a good hand to r/f against tight players because ace works as a blocker so it is unlikely that they will wake up with an ace (which they usually love to reraise with). This is deffinately true when you're on late position. On your spesific situation, unless you have a HUD / read that indicates he's a LAG restealer type, you can't call.

I remember reading somewhere that if it's BVB and you're on SB you can profitably make a 2.5bb raise with any2 with 12+bb efekt stacks and fold to a shove if your opponent never flatcalls and only reshoves. This works only if your opponent (BB) shoves less than 40% against your raise and practically never flatcalls.

Few questions for you guys. So I have recently started to play STT's, have about 30ish so far.

1) vs unknown early game, is it best to shove KK(we raise, they re-raise, then shove their raise?) Seems like its fairly often they have AA, but its hard to tell due to no particular stats on them. And for this matter how about QQ, do you shove when faced with a re-raise.

2) Is the 6$ turbo and 5$non turbo still fishy/profitable? I heard from some people that they are getting harder and harder.

3) I generally play a very tight game when blinds are low. As blinds go up a bit, I tend to open up more. As blinds become somewhat a big impact on my chips, I tend to start shoving/pushing a lot more is this correct?

Any other advice would be great. I got a 220$ roll, trying to build up so I can move up to 50nl or 100nl ring games with a better bankroll.

Thanks

Im new to mutlitabling...Usually play 4 tables but would like to start playing 8-10 sngs and eventually adding more..So been hearing alot about software for multi tabling..So my question is what is the best software/s to use to multi??? I keep hearing ppl talkin about AHKs and programs that close tourney lobbies..So what combo of programs are the best to use?? I was thinking about getting Table Ninja so if I purchase that will it come with everything needed to multi effectivley???Kinda like a one program does all kinda thing?

Def think I will get Table Ninja but would just like everyones advice before I spent the $$ for Ninja in case I could get the correct setup of programs for free..So wat setups/programs are you guys using to multi??And wat do you guys think about purchasing Ninja??

1. Yes shove KK. With QQ you can fold when facing heavy action from nitty. Very general question thought and it depends on situation / stacks.

2. Dunno about 5$ but there are tons of regs on 6.5$s on stars. Of course most of them aren't pros but seems like if you don't tableselect well you will pretty much always have atleast 2-3 reg's in your game of which 1 is good.
It's not even rare to see 4 good winners in a same tournament.

3. Pretty much.

If you're planning to move to cash games after playing sng's, you're doing it wrong. You will not learn good at cash games by playing SNG's. Stick with the cash

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 2.2 Tournament, 200/400 Blinds 50 Ante (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t14483)
Button (t3405)
SB (t27033)
BB (t23048)
UTG (t4446)
Hero (UTG+1) (t11380)
MP1 (t16067)
MP2 (t17601)

Hero's M: 11.38

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, Q
1 fold, Hero bets t1324, MP1 calls t1324, 5 folds

Flop: (t3648) 2, 6, A (2 players)
Hero bets t950, MP1 raises to t1900, Hero raises to t10006 (All-In), MP1 calls t8106

MP1 shows 6, 6

Turn: (t23660) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t23660) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t23660
Main pot: t23660 between Hero and MP1, won by MP1

I am very weak at identifying when somebody flops trips. Was this something unavoidable or was it bad play? The fact that he just called kind of gave away that he had pocket pairs I guess. However as he simply just called I thought he had a worse off Ax hand (such as AJ/AT).

Preflop is fine, but i make it 1k, bc its cheaper.
Flop bet 2/3 of pot and always stackoff. And no you cant put him on a set.
He can have here a lot of hands if he is an average $2 player.

Biggest mistake is the smallish flop bet here. Play your good hands always
strong for value in those small tourneys. Btw, that is no stt, isn't it?

Thank you for the advice. I think I generally do raise my good hands fairly lightly. I guess OOP I get really paranoid that these types of players calling wide ranges have caught something big lol because my TPTK has been beat quite often. Something I will definitely work on; I need to put in good sized raises for good hands. Perhaps then if I'm raised back (depending upon how somebody has been playing and reads) I can decide if he has my TPTK beat. Or is that a bit of a weak/tight way of thinking? Am I shoving/4betting to re-raises most of the time here?

P.S I'm sorry, I'm new to this forum and I read STT as SnGs lol

3betting* opps :P

Prob 7k or so. Youll have a decent idea after 5 but ive had a few 5k game stretches where i was a decent bit off from my overall ROI. If you have AIEV, prob 1k-1500.

This is my first time trying to use SNGWiz, is it really correct to fold here when I'm so short stacked? I increased villain's open/call % from the 10 it had as default but it still says fold.

Villain isnt raising and then folding to you so set his call to the same as his open, (idk if the call% it has there is for just you or if other players shove) Also, BB is prob gonna be calling way tighter than that.

I think you need to lay this down unless UTG is opening superwide. If you think hes opening 30%, Id prob need TT to shove.

yeah you have almost 0 FE here, you should be trying to get it in vs other shorties rather than the bigstack. 66 gives you very little edge vs UTG's range.