Unless you run good to start (I.E don't have 50BI heh) you will likely run into problems at some point. Even if you were lucky enough to never have a medium sized downswing, losing 20-25BI right off the bat is not uncommon, and that's half your roll right there. GL enjoying poker when you just lost half your roll in 48h playing your normal stakes.

If you have 50BI for $5s, play the $3s.

i basically have about 150$ BR atm, i did play some STTs in the past and did okayish i guess, but samplesize not close to big enough. should i play the 1$ on party, or 1,50$ on stars? i only played the turbos on stars, and party has 3min blind increase vs 5min not sure how that will affect the games though. i guess players on party will be worse? party also has a 100$ reload bonus atm, so that's a bonus. should i play on party or stars? i don't really want to play bigger BI atm, since i don't know if i beat the smallest one available, and there is no "moving down" if you already play at the bottom.

I'm sure this is obvious but 20% flush equity IS 4:1 odds. 1 out of 5 times you're going to hit the flush, so it's 4 times more likely that you won't. 4:1.

Typed out my first post, apparently was logged out but page said logged in, forgotten some of my questions.

New player to STT, played a few thousand hands micro cash games, some home games before that.

-Will learning STT strategy help much for small MTTs up to 50 players, online and/or live?

-I live in London, will learning STT strategy help for small MTT live games? Should live games be much softer as I have heard? If I wanted to prepare for the live typical tournaments that start at 8pm and last a few hours, how should I go about it?

-If I learn to play STT well, then stop and learn to play deepstack cash games well, will this help for MTTs as they can start off with a long deepstack stage, especially live? or if I move to 18man SNG will this be enough practice for early stage play to develop my tournament game?

-Is it possible I could not make much online, but do better live due to the differences?

-After learning the basics of STT strategy, what will I need to focus on? What do I need to learn that will enable me to hold my own against the low-midstakes regs?

-Is there a jump in difficulty at some level of stakes at pokerstars?

-What is the difference between the highest stakes players/most profitable and the low-midstakes players?

-Is it best to play HU SNG to learn HU part of 9-man STT? Or HU cash games? Or where are some resources to learn HU play for 9man? Is it better to learn the HU part later if the play at and before the bubble is more important for now?

As I'm here still, has HEM HUD stopped working because pokerstars software client just updated or is it buggy like that sometimes? Good job I didn't fire up a few games at once.

Also how do I adjust to some of these very loose low stakes tables? Open push tables are no use when it's hardly ever folded round to you!! I just got blinded out as it was never folded to me and didn't pick up a hand to call a raise with.

After a long hiatus from the poker world, I decided to peek back in and see what is going on.

Since Stars and FT have been shut down, what are the most populated 'US friendly' sites to play on now for SNGs?

@Jimmay
That happens sometimes. Good idea to always keep HEM updated too, can prevent such occurences

@de_nied
Bodog just left the US Market so the Merge Network and Cake are your best options, there's also Everleaf and America's Card Room < - lol. Merge is generally considered best overall and has the better sng traffic afaik. Best Merge skins include Carbon, RPM, Lock, and BlackChip.

Does anyone know if the 7$ 9max turbo stt's are a lot tougher than the 3.50$ level? Cause the 3.50$ seems to be too easy

Noob to Sharkscope.... When ever someone asks about roi in a particular game they are simply directed there.

I would like to know the leaderboard in the $7 Stars Hypers.

I don't really see enough options to select a specific site etc. I bought 200 searches....do I need to subscribe to other packages.....or am I simply too dumb and it can be done for free?

Reasonable br size in terms of BIs for 6m hyper satties in the $3-$20 range?

Quick question about SNGWiz, I am planning on installing the trial later (and purchasing it after the trial If I like it). My question is, is it easy to have multiple sit and gos running while using it? I usually play 8 at a time (2 monitors) Will it analyse all 8 effectively or will it be confusing to use with so many? Thanks all.

SNG Wiz is not a program to use in real time (while playing) but to analyze your play afterwards. In fact it doesnt start as long as you have your poker client open.

Ahh I see, thanks for that! Can you point me towards a good program to use while playing that analyses your opponents?

np, have a look at Pokertracker 3 or Holdem Manager (1) if you want real time stats on your opponents. However have a look at SNG Wiz or another ICM program too imo.

Will do

looking for advice/comparison for pokersites to play SNGs on

stars has the highest traffic but i dont want to join the vip-grind-mode
party = vip-grind-mode = no
ipoker has high rake; also high RB; evens out => but almost no traffic for non-don
merge allows US = no
ongame = essence feels like a reg-moneygrab

its kinda stupid, it seems like i can only use SNGs to build a bankroll at 3-10$ games, as traffic is only possible on stars which i dont want to play on. when BR is build switch to cash?

Stars has some of the lowest effective rb so i dont think youd be joining the vip grind mode as you said. You should be able to achieve pretty decent pr rb rois there. How many tables do you play at once? If its more than say 12 i think stars is gonna offer you the best hourly by far. I think party low stakes sngs are pretty beatable but once you get up to 22+ i hear theyre pretty tough. I think bodog has super soft games but i think 4 table max, no rakeback and the way theyve served the US with poker and sportsbook for so long makes me think your money might not be safe there.

The HUsngs are merge are super soft. You could have a 20+ hourly grinding the $16 HUSTs with a minimal amount of study.

I honestly dont know why youd want to play anywhere else. I just moved to mexico to grind on stars.

silly question: I am pushing on the button, sb calls 20% and bb 20%. How often am I called?

They dont have individual site lbs afaik.

Im kinda bad with this but ill give it a go.

depends on the bbs overcalling range. So youre called 20% of the time from just sb, and the other 80% of the time youre called 20% of the time by bb so 16% more of the time. So just from individual calls thats 36% of the time. So if the bb is overcalling with like 7% of hands thats 43% of the time.

Thats just rough because card removal will change things, like if the sb folds it means he didnt have a premium hand so its more likely bb will etc.

With $170 do I play the $1.5s or the $3.5s?

What happens if you go bust?

Your ROI is going to be a big factor in propensity to go bust. Sticking with the 100 bi rule should be reasonable, but many prefer 150+ nowadays as a safer/conservative approach.

Other factors like setting stop losses, ability to reload, game selection etc... are going to play a role here. gl.

Hi,

Got into an argument with a friend of mine about this hand. I don't even play these games, but our opinions were completely different.

Anyway, here's the hand:

Poker Stars $2.56+$0.64+$0.30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t150/t300 Blinds + t25 - 4 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: t5247 M = 9.54
Hero (SB): t1077 M = 1.96
BB: t6779 M = 12.33
CO: t397 M = 0.72

Pre Flop: (t550) Hero is SB with 9 A
CO raises to t372 all in, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1052 all in, BB calls t752

Flop: (t2576) 5 K 8 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t2576) T (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t2576) 7 (3 players - 2 are all in)


Is it a push or a fold?

Just put this into wiz and it says push 33% (Ax, K8o, Q8o, 78s) with CO shoving 50% and BB over calling with 40%, A9o is +2% tEV so a very profitable call