I play SNGs and haven't quite understood how this T-system works yet. Can someone explain?

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VJ531, you rightly lost both of those hands. Each player plays the best 5 card hand possibe using 2, 1 or no cards from his hand. In hand 1, there is a pair on the board so your opponent now has a better 2 pair than you do. On hand 2, there is two pair on the board higher than the pair you have in your hand. You and your opponent both have the same 2 pair, so he wins since his A kicker plays.

Bird, what is the T system? Ive never heard of that. Do you mean how theres a T next to the dollar amounts on the right hand column. That just means tournament chips. I wouldnt spend too much time looking at those numbers, they really arent gonna be very helpful to your improvement in the game. Posting specific hands you have questions about and learning from their is a much better way to go.

VJ531, this is called "counterfeiting". Because you make a hand using any five of the seven cards in the hole and on the board, it's no benefit to you that you can use both the cards in your hand. It's something to bear in mind and spot particularly when you have a low two pair.

By the same token, if you held JT and the board was AKQJT with no flush, you split the pot with any other player still in the hand because you both have a broadway straight, even though you can use your holecards to make yours.

Just a little tableninja question.

I often have the problem that I use different standart-raisesizes based on blinds (3x it until 25/50, 2.5x it on this stage and change to minraise HU).
Does someone know how i get this into TN?

Go to the SitnGo Sensei tab, then SitnGo Betting, you can set it there for different blind levels. Check the box saying "Make this my default bet". Then use one of the other lines to set a key for minraising. Personally I just make it 2.1x over t400 because I don't mind raising to 450 at t200 HU.

whats the best way to play QQ+ when shortstacked? i often read "he wants to extract value in some way" or "remove the top 3% in wiz from his shoving range"

well...... i never limp and i never minraise unless BB is 400. so when im having 1200 and BB is 160 my standard action would be push/fold. everything else is just giving away information to players that use a hud and actually think. limping or minraising might work against idiots, but if they want to play their KJo they will play it anyway, right?

sometimes i see people open limp with >1% limp over 1k hands, others minraise when they never minraise., showing QQ+ at the showdown or pushing any flop afterwards...

so whats the best move? im currently just shoving to make it look like the standard shortstack shove, which could also be 66 or AJo. this way i can get better players in with Ax and 88+ or something like that, and i can get weaker players in with their beloved KJo-like hands

It depends on our opponents I guess. Not everyone is a reg and even less people are good thinking players. You might even catch out a good player who's playing a lot of tables by playing it differently. I think more fish fold marginal hands like kj to an all in than call a min-raise. If your opponent is a shortstacked reg in the bb I would probably shove from position knowing he might call wide or be suspicious like you said. If he is a really aggessive limp stealer I will limp the button or the sb hoping he ships all in. I think you can min-raise often in this spot as well and expect light pushes from blinds who think you are on a steal.
I personally would open up my game. You never limp or minraise? You're losing a ton of value for your big hands and missing out on lots of bluff spots. There is loads of situations where you can min-raise button against nitty blinds or against guys who are too deep to 3-bet all in. If you are both deep you can fire a fairly low risk c-bet at the flop knowing he folds often. Also limping the sb and firing on any flop is a good move to have against certain players.

I like shoving vs regs and raising small to induce vs randoms. Only need to be unexploitable when there's people left to act who will exploit you.

Bingo!

I always raise to 4bb preflop until the blinds reach 40/80. From 40/80 till 150/300 I raise to 3bb pre. After 150/300 I always minraise pre. Is what I'm doing correct?

nuca-cola i dont think you want to raise to 600 at 100/200

im going for 3bb until 30/60, then switching to 2.5bb until 100/200, from there its 2.25bb until 200/400 = minraise, but most of the times its just shoving there anyway. got it setup like this in my tableninja but it could need a slightly improvement i guess.

If I have, for example, 3000, why isn't it ok to raise to 600 at 100/200?

Because a smaller raise will accomplish the same thing. If you're doing it to induce it's fine but when you raise to 3x at bb200 and fold to a shove that's really not good.

you raise 20% of your stack preflop and you obviously commit yourself to shoves from shorter stacks.

Thanks, gonna raise smaller from now on.

Hello, how you opening pre then you have:
75bb:2.25x-3x?
30bb:2.15x-2.5x?
17bb: 2x?
12bb: Shove?

just said my preflop raise sizes, but they are only for stt´s. read some posts above! they are linked with the current blind level, not with my stacksize as long as im not below 10 or 12bb

What is considered more profitable, 6 man or 9 man and what buy in amount is considered best. Also thoughts on Regular vs. Turbo vs. Super Turbo. Thanks1

@drconn
If you are good you will have a lot bigger edge in the regulars, but if you are good at ICM calulations and are able to play lots of tables, the turbos can make a better hourly.

But I do also wonder what's more profitable of 6max and FR. I think of it like more players = more fish, but at the same time my mid/end-game is the best part of the game, so that's a reason to play 6-max I guess. Can anyone who has played a decent volume of both give me some thought on the difference in payouts, variance, regs-fish ratio etc. in 6m/FR? Would be nice. I'm looking to rebuild my roll and start of playing 20$ FR..

So would you use less ICM and more strategy on a regular table over a turbo table?

Well ICM is important in all STT's, but there will constantly be push/fold situations in the turbos, while you may play relativly deep in the regulars. Got HU with 9,7k-3,7k at 60/120 in a regular one now.

Thanks I appreciate it. GL

i was playing a few games on FT, when i got disconnected. it wasnt my internet, i checked everything else worked. it has been about 2 hours and i still cannot get back on. will i be able to get refunded my buyins? (for2 games)

i was in the money in another game

nm got my answer from FT thx!

Well I do not know ICM very well and I have not been doing good at 6-max super turbo so I am going to try my luck at 9-man turbo.