$5 SNG - making progress?

[mikeneron]

Here are 3 from last night. Mainly I think I played these fairly well. The heads up though I am not sure if I am being aggressive enough, depends on my opponent I guess.

Feel free to comment on any hand...here are a few that stuck out in my mind when I went through them.

#1: http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-2528.html
Hand 9 - Would you call this or just let it go?
HU - This player was pretty aggressive and called a fair bit, so I was trying to hit hands and get paid.

#2: http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-2529.html
Hand 3 - Limped AA here because the short stack just lost the last hand and I felt there was a good chance they would just push here and allow me to come over the top, hopefully picking up one other player who called their all in.
Hand 7 - Do you just call here and try to get another player to come along or shove?
HU - I think I played this HU pretty well, just got very unlucky.

#3: http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-2531.html
Hand 5 - Normally I would fold this, just happened to miss that one player had limped in.
Hand 7 - Do you just call preflop or shove?
Hand 18 - Bad fold?
HU - I don't think I played this HU very well and was getting pushed around.

Note: In #2 and #3 I faced the same player at the end. He was playing 10 SNGs at the time and knocked me out of the other one I was playing in (3 way all in...I was 90% to win on the turn and he hits 2 outer...whaa whaa whaa). When you are playing against someone who is also multitabling, do you have your HUD setup so that it keeps track of each table separately or do you just have it show their stats for all the hands they are playing? I keep it separated as I feel each table is individual so it could affect your decisions having it combined as one table could be really tight and another really loose. The only drawback with this is that it is basically showing the stats "per session", so if you played against a guy 2 weeks ago and he is in the same SNG as you, it won't show you those stats.

[taipan168]

I'll have a look at this a little later when I get some time.

[bonaparte]

Torney 1:

[Kd Qc] BU (M=12.47; f+F) between hand 7 and 8. I think I raise here pre-flop at a 4 handed table.

[Jd Kc] SB (M=14.84; f+c+F) between 15 and 16. I raise here pre-flop and try to play heads up against the caller.

Hand 16: I fold this to the early raiser. And try to find an all-in opprotunity on the next round. His raise looks like it represents something pretty good here, including a higher pair.


Hand 22: I think I fold to the all in bet on the flop. Maybe that is weak, but I'd pick my shot at another time.

Hand 23: Nice, you finally made one of those pairs of kings pay off.

Hand 25: Why call that all-in preflop when you are almost certainly the underdog? I could understand if his stack was $300, but at $915? I thinks that's too much to bet just to try do get him out while your the underdog.

Hand 26: I raise here pre-flop and fold if re-raised.

Hand 39: Finally you get to see what opponent is so aggressive with. He has a wide calling range here. Damn, he's aggressive.

K 5 BB (M = 4.80; p+F) Just before hand 58. I'd probably go all in with this. Maybe that's too loose, but things are starting to get desparate.

Overall I think your play is pretty good on tourny 1. I'll try to get to 2 and 3 later.

[bjsaust]

Tourney 1

I really like your discipline early, nice play.

Hand 9 - 66 I dont like this flat call PF. Either fold or push over.

Hand 15 - 33 I probably reraise here, this guy does this too much for my liking.

Hand 16 - 66 Yeah, I like this better. Man, even with his stack thats a terrible call, but something to take note of.

Hand 20 - KK Hmm, you could try a slowplay here, anything other than an A you can c/r him since he always bets.

Hand 22 - 77 Bad luck, but I think I like this call.[/b]

Hand 25 - 67o I dont mind this call with your stack, you almost certainly have 2 live cards.

Hand 26 - QJo I raise this PF, he's completing too much from SB.

Hand 36 - T7s Man, I'm so tempted to call that. This guys pulling this move a lot...

Hand 38 - Q2o I'd love to know what he's calling down with here. Tempted to check river and induce a bluff, but I think betting is good.

Hand 39 - Q7o Raise this turn min-bet.

Hand 42 - AJs Good.

Hand 44 - A2o I hate completing with an A heads up.

Hand 45 - KTo Same with a hand like this.

Hand 57 - A5o Good, you're in P/F here.

Hand 65 - KQo Yeah, I think I like this call.


Overall - WAY too much completing HU. Try to cut down on that.

[bjsaust]

Tourney 2

Hand 12 - A4o I raise this PF BvB.

Hand 15 - Q9o I could go either way on this flop between checking and c-betting. Depends on reads on Opp calling off 1/4 of his stack PF.

A 5 BB (M = 5.84; f+r+F) BvB ITM I shove over.

Hand 24 - A9o Good!

Hand 28 - K9p Good call, bad luck. This guys getting some silly luck on these hands.

Hand 29 - K2o Good, lol at taking him out the first hand he has the odds.

7 Q SB (M = 8.50; F) Weee, in we go!

Hand 32 - A5o Well played. Man, variance hates you this game.

Rest of the hands looked fine to me. Cards didnt go your way this game, but I liked it a lot generally speaking.

[bjsaust]

Tourney 3

Hand 5 - JKo I probably fold this, but if you're going to raise, 120 to go.

Hand 7 - AQs Reshove to isolate the shorty.

Hand 8 - 36o C-bet.

Hand 9 - AKo Dont call flop donk-bet, raise him.

Hand 13,14 - AJo Nice.

Hand 15 - K6o I think you know my feelings on completing HU by now so I wont go on anymore, take it as a given on any hand you completed with from here on.

Hand 18 - 55 I probably call this, but others might disagree.

Hand 29 - 79s I dont think I like this move at this point.

J 5 SB (M = 6.96; F) - I think this should be a push.

Hand 31 - A6o Good.

Hand 33 - A4o Good.


I like this tourney. I think you missed a few hands HU, but generally good play.