First SnG History, $1.25 at Full Tilt

[mieczkowusc]

Hey everyone, I've been reading the site for a while, and figured I should start participating

A little background: I like many other poker newbs, did the classic $50 deposit, which was dumb I realized, but alas, I will have to just work hard to make that turn into something more significant.

Started with .25/.50 Limit, had a $45 run which turned right back around. Switched to .10/.20 NL, had a $40 run which turned right back around. I started reading and learning to try and improve and decided to switch to SnGs. At that point, my bankroll was at around $40. I played the $2.25s for a while, had much more consistent success, built back up to $80 but hit a bad run where my pushes would be >75% but everything was getting cracked. I'm still at around $70 but I moved down to the $1.25s so I can just slowly build my roll to a much more comfortable level.

The whole tourney (ended up getting 2nd) is on the FTR Tournament Trimmer #4293. I couldn't post a link cause I don't have 10 posts...yet. So just add Online-Poker-Tournament-4293{dot}html to flopturnriver{dot}com

I've also pulled some selected hands to see what others think...


-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 16.00
Full Tilt Poker Game #8180343299: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (62227801), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:21:52 ET - 2008/09/22
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer
Seat 1: mieczkowusc (1,440)
Seat 2: AlienV (2,700)
Seat 3: patdie421 (1,055)
Seat 4: tiepmiep (2,055)
Seat 5: 43cm (1,360)
Seat 8: 420FaceValue (2,625)
Seat 9: ken perry (2,265)
AlienV posts the small blind of 30
patdie421 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
Preflop: mieczkowusc dealt A Q
tiepmiep calls 60
43cm folds
420FaceValue folds
ken perry folds
mieczkowusc raises to 240
AlienV folds
patdie421 calls 180
tiepmiep folds
Flop: A J 9
patdie421 bets 60
mieczkowusc raises to 570
patdie421 raises to 815, and is all in
mieczkowusc ?

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 16.23
Full Tilt Poker Game #8180479444: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (62227801), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:34:22 ET - 2008/09/22
Seat 1: mieczkowusc (2,435)
Seat 2: AlienV (2,270)
Seat 4: tiepmiep (3,295)
Seat 8: 420FaceValue (2,725)
Seat 9: ken perry (2,775)
AlienV posts the small blind of 50
tiepmiep posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #1
Preflop: mieczkowusc dealt K T
420FaceValue folds
ken perry folds
mieczkowusc raises to 300
AlienV calls 250
tiepmiep folds
Flop: T 9 J
AlienV checks
mieczkowusc bets 350
AlienV calls 350
Turn: J
AlienV checks
mieczkowusc ?

-----Hand 17-----
Hero's M = 11.15
Full Tilt Poker Game #8180615796: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (62227801), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:46:11 ET - 2008/09/22
Seat 1: mieczkowusc (2,675)
Seat 2: AlienV (1,350)
Seat 4: tiepmiep (6,319)
Seat 9: ken perry (3,156)
ken perry posts the small blind of 80
mieczkowusc posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #4
Preflop: mieczkowusc dealt 9 K
AlienV folds
tiepmiep calls 160
ken perry calls 80
mieczkowusc checks
Flop: T Q 9
ken perry checks
mieczkowusc checks
tiepmiep bets 160
ken perry folds
mieczkowusc ?

-----Hand 22-----
Hero's M = 9.52
Full Tilt Poker Game #8180673744: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (62227801), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:51:09 ET - 2008/09/22
Seat 1: mieczkowusc (2,855)
Seat 4: tiepmiep (7,889)
Seat 9: ken perry (2,756)
ken perry posts the small blind of 100
mieczkowusc posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #4
Preflop: mieczkowusc dealt 6 6
tiepmiep calls 200
ken perry calls 100
mieczkowusc?
-----Hand 23-----
Hero's M = 10.52
Full Tilt Poker Game #8180678803: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (62227801), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:51:35 ET - 2008/09/22
Seat 1: mieczkowusc (3,155)
Seat 4: tiepmiep (7,789)
Seat 9: ken perry (2,556)
tiepmiep posts the small blind of 100
ken perry posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #1
Preflop: mieczkowusc dealt 6 A
mieczkowusc raises to 600
tiepmiep calls 500
ken perry folds
Flop: 4 7 J
tiepmiep bets 200
mieczkowusc ?

-----Hand 33-----
Hero's M = 8.19
Full Tilt Poker Game #8180770188: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (62227801), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:59:24 ET - 2008/09/22
Seat 1: mieczkowusc (2,950)
Seat 4: tiepmiep (7,838)
Seat 9: ken perry (2,712)
ken perry posts the small blind of 120
mieczkowusc posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
Preflop: mieczkowusc dealt 5 8
tiepmiep folds
ken perry calls 120
mieczkowusc checks
Flop: A 8 A
ken perry checks
mieczkowusc bets 240
ken perry calls 240
Turn: 6
ken perry checks
mieczkowusc bets 240
ken perry calls 240
River: T
ken perry checks
mieczkowusc ?


Thanks in advance for the help!

[fulksy]

Hand 1 - i would raise 180 preflop, i think you have to call the other 245
Hand 2 - i check behind and hope he checks on the river, this could be wrong though because a check does look weak on the turn.

Hand 3 - i fold i'm sure i'm beat

Hand 4 - looks like a bluff but i'm leaning towards folding but again i'm not sure if thats right.

Hand 5 - i check i think you only get called by a hand that beats you he could of been on a diamond draw so check it

i'm kinda in the same boat as you so these could be wrong , just my opinion,

[mieczkowusc]

Hand 1 - i would raise 180 preflop, i think you have to call the other 245
Hand 2 - i check behind and hope he checks on the river, this could be wrong though because a check does look weak on the turn.

Hand 3 - i fold i'm sure i'm beat

Hand 4 - looks like a bluff but i'm leaning towards folding but again i'm not sure if thats right.

Hand 5 - i check i think you only get called by a hand that beats you he could of been on a diamond draw so check it

i'm kinda in the same boat as you so these could be wrong , just my opinion,

Hand #1 (5):
I ended up calling, showing pair of As queen kicker to Jacks king kicker.

Hand #2 (11):
Bet half the pot (700) and took it down. The villain had been playing pretty weak up this point and I still had the gutshot straight draw. This easily could have gone south though. Checking behind might have been wiser.

Hand #3 (17):
Really didn't know what to do at this point. A small bet (160 for a 480 pot) from the big stack smelled like bottom or middle pair; it seemed too weak a lead to have hit two pair. If I called and picked up a Jack on the turn, I probably would have doubled up. Then again he could have been on a flush draw and was semi-bluffing. Either way, it would not have been that important whichever I decoded to do. If I had called and nothing came on the turn I would have check-folded it away.

Hand #4 (22)
Shoved the pair of 6s. I expected the big stack to call, but both folded. I wasn't sure if this was a good push, but it seems like the right move at the time.

Hand #5 (33?)
I'm assuming you are talking about #33. I did indeed check it down and showed two pair As and 8s to take down the pot.

Thanks for your input!

[fulksy]

no prob like i said i'm in the same boat as you grinding the lower stake sngs, i'm doin ok and slowly building my BR.

i find just wait tell you have a hand and get payed off, you'll see lots of those marginal spots where you think your ahead or you think he's bluffing and most of the time your probably right but i usually lean towards letting it go, theirs so many bad players that its easy to build your stack when you hit a hand. again thats how i've been playing might nessarly be the right way, but its working for now while i'm still learnin