SNG Hands For Analysis.

[Muxy]

Hand 1:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter

Button (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A.
UTG calls t20, UTG+1 calls t20, 3 folds, CO calls t20, Button calls t20, Hero raises to t60, BB calls t40, UTG calls t40, UTG+1 calls t40, CO calls t40, Button calls t40.

Flop: (t360) 4, T, 2 (6 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets t100, UTG+1 calls t100, CO folds, Button calls t100, Hero calls t100, BB folds.

Turn: (t760) 7 (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t80, UTG+1 calls t80, Button folds, Hero calls t80.

River: (t1000) 9 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t100, UTG+1 calls t100, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1200

Results in white below:
UTG has Tc 8s (one pair, tens).
UTG+1 has Jc Jh (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t1200.

Would you chase with this draw?

Hand 2

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BB (t2630)
Hero (t1240)
UTG+1 (t1440)
MP1 (t200)
MP2 (t1960)
MP3 (t2320)
CO (t1410)
Button (t1800)
SB (t500)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T, T.
Hero raises to t60, 1 fold, MP1 raises to t200, MP2 calls t200, 4 folds, BB calls t180, Hero raises to t1240, MP2 folds, BB folds.

Flop: (t1850) A, 6, 4 (2 players)

Turn: (t1850) 2 (2 players)

River: (t1850) A (2 players)

Final Pot: t1850

Results in white below:
Hero has Tc Ts (two pair, aces and tens).
MP1 has As 6s (full house, aces full of sixes).
Outcome: MP1 wins t1850.

Bad Call?

Hand 3

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter

MP1 (t4235)
Hero (t935)
CO (t1565)
Button (t1490)
SB (t2160)
BB (t1455)
UTG (t1380)
UTG+1 (t280)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, A.
UTG calls t50, 2 folds, Hero raises to t150, CO calls t150, 1 fold, SB calls t125, 1 fold, UTG calls t100.

Flop: (t650) 6, K, T (4 players)
SB bets t50, UTG calls t50, Hero raises to t385, CO folds, SB calls t335, UTG calls t335.

Turn: (t1805) 5 (3 players)
SB bets t50, UTG calls t50, Hero raises to t400, SB raises to t1625, UTG calls t795 (All-In).

River: (t4675) 7 (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t4675

Results in white below:
SB has Jd Td (one pair, tens).
UTG has 7d 9d (one pair, sevens).
Hero has Ac Ad (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t4675.

I think this was played as good was it could of been.

Hand 4

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

Button (t4160)
Hero (t2955)
BB (t1705)
UTG (t1290)
MP1 (t455)
MP2 (t1330)
CO (t1605)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, J.
UTG calls t50, MP1 raises to t455, 3 folds, Hero calls t430, 1 fold, UTG folds.

Flop: (t1010) 7, 3, 8 (2 players)

Turn: (t1010) T (2 players)

River: (t1010) J (2 players)

Final Pot: t1010

Results in white below:
Hero has Ks Jh (one pair, jacks).
MP1 has Kd Qs (high card, king).
Outcome: Hero wins t1010.


Ouch, short stacked i thought this was a easy call, correct me if im wrong.

Hand 5

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SB (t3510)
Hero (t3560)
UTG (t4595)
MP (t1080)
Button (t755)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 2.
2 folds, Button calls t100, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t300) 2, J, 3 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t200, Button folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: t500

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t500.


Too aggro? Limp in possibly?

Hand 6

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t3410)
Hero (t3860)
Button (t4695)
SB (t980)
BB (t555)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 5, 5.
1 fold, Hero raises to t600, 2 folds, BB calls t455 (All-In).

Flop: (t1205) 6, 2, 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t1205) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1205) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1205

Results in white below:
BB has As Jd (two pair, aces and jacks).
Hero has 5h 5c (three of a kind, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t1205.

I thought this was ok hand ot try to steal the blind from the shortstack, if he pushes it will most likley to be a coin flip? Am I correct?

Hand 7

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) converter

UTG (t3760)
Hero (t4515)
SB (t4295)
BB (t930)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, J.
1 fold, Hero raises to t350, SB calls t300, 1 fold.

Flop: (t800) J, 7, T (2 players)
SB bets t500, Hero calls t500.

Turn: (t1800) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t350, SB raises to t700, Hero calls t350.

River: (t3200) K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t3200

Results in white below:
SB has Ad 4s (high card, ace).
Hero has As Jd (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins t3200.

Bet the river for value? I was thinking he might try a check raise again? Your thoughts

Lolable blind steals.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

BB (t3760)
Hero (t3010)
MP (t4645)
Button (t1230)
SB (t855)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4, 7.
Hero raises to t200, 4 folds.

Final Pot: t350

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t350.

Another

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) converter

Button (t4410)
Hero (t5335)
BB (t2645)
UTG (t1110)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2, 7.
[color:#666666]2 folds[/color], [color:#CC3333]Hero raises to t675[/color], [color:#666666]1 fold[/color].

Final Pot: t825

Results in white below: [color:#FFFFFF]
No showdown. Hero wins t825. [/color]


Overall how do you think these hands were played?

[Staresy]

Hand 1 – Yeah, I’m ok with the chase. You are getting the right odds to do so.
On a card-by-card basis, it’s a 4:1 shot and you are getting 6:1 on your money on the turn and ~12:1 on the river. You were probably not to know, but you also had 3 Q’s and 3 A’s as additional outs.

Hand 2 – No. I think u have to call. You are getting ~4:1 here. Easy call and I think u were right to shut the rest of them out as well. It’s just the common type of crap you have to put up with at the low buy-in SnGs.

Hand 3 – Fine. It worked out ok but maybe raise more on the flop. You are only betting ~1/2 the pot and giving people an opportunity to chase down for good money.

Hand 4 – No, I am not liking this. I don’t think it is one of those “obligatory calls with any 2” type deals. I think u can let this go.

Hand 5 – Its tricky with 2 hearts on the board to risk giving a free card, but I might be inclined to let someone have a nibble at the pot and then snap their hand off afterwards.

Hand 6 – Fine.

Hand 7 – I would have re-raised on the flop. He then proceeds to play it very strangely from here on. CR-ing when a 6 comes out? Very odd IMO. As for betting the river, I can see the purpose in doing so, but probably ok not to. Take down a nice pot here rather than risk having to lay down the best hand. Would be quite interested to hear other people’s opinions on this one though.

[mike4066]

#1
I would have bet this flop. Give myself 2 ways to win the pot.
But you had odds to call too.
Turn/river are fine.

#2
you don't need ot make this play here, Blinds are 10/20. You have lots of chips and plenty fo time.
I'd let it go to the flop raise,
Why do you want to risk your stack on a coinflip or possibly dominated by a larger pair?
Fold and find a better spot.

#3
Yep looks good, tried to take it down with a nice raise on the flop.
I might have raised more on the turn because the pot is really large at this point. On the turn i would have to consider pushing and trying to take it down.

#4
You don't have to play table sherif with your stack. Your calling an 8x raise with KJ, He has too many chips left to gamble, the blinds are small and your not in a hurry. Let him have th 75 chips and push with trash again later and call him when you have a stronger hand.
There ARE situations where i would make this call
On the bubble, and if he has 3-4 BB's left and you have a fat stack I'll call. But in this situation folding is my play.

#5
Nah, nothing wrong with this.. you have vunerable board. take it and move on.

#6
Standard for me Use your stack to lean on the short stacks..
Take your coinflips against the smaller stacks. I would have done the Exact same thing.

#7
Few different lines you can take, i would probalby raise him on the flop.
Other than that the turn/river are fine.
Looks good to me, good check out with position.
I wouldn't try and value bet again.

#8
Quit with the min-raises.. raise like you mean it.

[drmcboy]

Hand 1 - chase for sure, I don't like the raise amount, too many limpers, you're just building the pot then going to have to act first with a marginal hand. Limp along or put in at least 5x here, probably 6x.

Hand 2 - reasonable move if you're the type that wants to take a coin flip early to try and get a big stack. I'm a little worried about JJ here but QQ-AA certainly should re raise so you're heading toward a flip with a nice little overlay. It's not really a play you NEED to make, but if you'd much rather play as the big stack I don't hate it. Both of these dudes calling with the original raiser still active is just terrible play. Note that a call WOULD be bad in this spot, but the AI move is very reasonable.

Hand 3- at a less fishy table I'd bet very worried someone turned a set here, but with the goofiness in Hand 2, fire away.

Hand 4 - see above, plus with an active opp behind who could have limped a monster, it's an easy fold. No reason to make this call.

Hand 5 - correct play.
Hand 6 - correct play.

Hand 7 - I'll go with the flow and say raise the flop... to protect against str8 draw and avoid having to make tough decisions later. Checking the river is a must, nothing that you beat calls a bet here... although again I'm stunned at how bad this guy's play was.

[Pyroxene]

Hand 5

I do not believe you should ever tread softly when you flop hidden 2 pair but one of the pairs is twos. The fact that it is twos means that any other TP has hidden outs and will likely have more of them after the turn.

An :As: :Jh: has better is better than 2:1 to win by the river.
With that board, something as silly as a :Jh: :Th: has a 53% chance to win by the river. A call would be automatic if he knew what you were holding so, if you are going to play it at all, you will need to disguise it a little.

So letting people see cards cheaply would be bad, you could get out drawn 6 ways from Sunday.

[LionsFan20]

#1

I would also chase there with AQ, but I'd raise him. His 1/3 pot bet tells me he's probably on top pair, and check raise might get him thinking about kicker issues if he's on QT, KT, etc. But you're not in the pot alone with him, so I can agree with your call. Not sure what UTG+1 is doing with his call though. AK, JJ, QQ, KK, possibly even AT, could be chasing with a K too. You have to call the turn with those odds. I'd make the same fold at the river. Not really much else you could have done IMO.

#2

gotta call this one.

#3

nice pfr, maybe raise the flop a little more. I personally would rather take my aces against 1 player, but nothing wrong with your play either. Well played.

#4

Fold. You're at about 3k in chips Too weak to call. You've only got, what, 25 committed from your sb (not sure of the blind structure on stars)? Too early to be trying to knock people out with slightly better than random hands. He wins and it could come back to haunt you.

#5

No, I think you made the right play here. Play it too slow and someone limping in with a suited connector could make your 2p go bad real quick. I always like to make people pay dearly to draw in situations like this. I'd be happy to take the pot down right there.

#6

I like the raise here, just wondering why so much? 6x from second position would look more like a steal to me if I'm one of the other players. It's ok to try and steal here, but you have to be leary of the big stack between you and your target. And yes, you were correct... your 5's are 60% against a random hand.

#7

Not sure I would have just called on the flop. TPTK is probably worth a raise here, depending on your read. He check-raised the turn then checked the river. I'm guessing he gave up on his bluff or small pair, betting about 1/2 the pot on the river here is very, very tempting.

[Muxy]

Thanks for the advice I will give you my thoughts on how i played them just so you can think.

#1 - If i hit i thought I would of gotten payed off, didn't hit there is always next time

#3 - I think was played as well, yes i could of raised a bit mroe, but i wanted this hand heads up in the turn i got it and got the most chips i could get.

#5 - Didn't want the flush to his, also if the board pairs my 2 isnt good and im stuck for a kicker .

#6 - Simply just leaning on the short stack.

#7 - Was a crazy hand, didn't know what he had, Good hand.

- I won this SNG.

[ihategnomes]

#2 I limp this preflop and fold to the raise.

#3 Goot

#4 Fold preflop, them being short stacked doesnt stop KJ from sucking.

#7 Fine

74 vs 72 I fold both hands.

[dodgerfan29]

1-yes

2-no

3-agreed

4-if ur chip leader yeh otherwise let it be ur prolly up against a pair, an ace, or ur outkicked in one way or another

5-no its better to take blinds than check and have sum1 catch the flush on turn or riv play it the way u played it everytime and make someone pay for their flush draw

6-is a good play i do the same exact thing

7-i put him on something that would beat tptk..i prolly woulda laid it down but then again i dont have a read on him

8-like said before quit iwth min raises..make all steals consistent 3-4x bb raises..just like what ud raise with a strong hand

[Muxy]

It is one of those thigns easy as you had to be at this table, i was talking to you during this. This table was extremley tight 2xBB blind steals were doing it. I was stealign a lot of blidns with shit. Just because i knew the table was so tight. If im goign to raise 3-5xBB raise its costing me moe chips if they come over the top. This table was soo tight i was stealing with anything and costing me less if they coem over le top.

-FWIW.