Advice on Tourney

[flopmonkey]

Hello everyone,

I am kind of new here, at least I took a LONG break from SNG's due to other obligations.

Anyway I have decided to get back into them now, and would appreciate anyones advice and criticism on one of the tourneys that I recently lost. Since I came back to the game, I have been basically break even.

This is a $2 + .25 game on Full Tilt. My bankroll could support up to the $10 + $1. But I am not sure that my skill could support it.

So you guys tell me, do I basically just suck?


---Tournament Summary---
SNG: Payout unknown
Data for 15 hands.
You played 7 hands (46.67%)
You raised 5 times preflop (33.33%)

The Tournament Trimmer (v2.0) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com

9 7 SB (Hero's M = 33.33; f+f+f+c+c+c+f+F+s+s+b+c+f+f+b+r+c+s+b+c)
7 T Button (Hero's M = 33.00; f+f+f+f+c+c+F+f+s+s+s+b+f+f)
2 8 CO (Hero's M = 33.00; f+f+f+f+f+F+f+c+s+s+s+b+c+s+s)
J Q MP (Hero's M = 33.00; c+f+c+f+F+f+r+f+f+c+f+b+r+c+s+b+f)

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 33.00
Full Tilt Poker Game #22346948345: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (1,485)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,455)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (2,025)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,485)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (1,470)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (1,058)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (1,537)
Seat 8: slisro (1,410)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,575)
AjahnBrewks posts the small blind of 15
Detroit Ralph1 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #4
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 4 4
BMAN CCC: folds
slisro: folds
Smitty2008: calls 30
Hero: calls 30
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: folds
marine60061: folds
AjahnBrewks: raises to 90
Detroit Ralph1: calls 60
Smitty2008: calls 60
Hero: calls 60
Flop: A T J
AjahnBrewks: checks
Detroit Ralph1: checks
Smitty2008: checks
Hero: checks
Turn: 9
AjahnBrewks: bets 90
Detroit Ralph1: calls 90
Smitty2008: calls 90
Hero: folds
River: 8
AjahnBrewks: bets 300
Detroit Ralph1: calls 300
Smitty2008: raises to 600
AjahnBrewks: raises to 1,290, and is all in
Detroit Ralph1: folds
Smitty2008: calls 690
Showdown
AjahnBrewks: shows Q Q a straight, Queen high
Smitty2008: shows Q 5 a straight, Queen high
Seat 9: Smitty2008 showed [Qs 5s] and won (1,755)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 23.25
Full Tilt Poker Game #22346984485: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (1,395)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,455)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (2,025)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,485)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (1,755)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (578)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (1,537)
Seat 8: slisro (1,410)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,860)
Detroit Ralph1 posts the small blind of 20
BMAN CCC posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #5
Preflop
Dealt to Hero J J
slisro: raises to 120
Smitty2008: folds
Hero: raises to 200
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: folds
marine60061: folds
AjahnBrewks: folds
Detroit Ralph1: folds
BMAN CCC: folds
slisro: raises to 360
Hero: calls 160
Flop: 8 8 9
slisro: bets 220
Hero: raises to 1,035, and is all in
slisro: calls 815
Hero: shows J J
slisro: shows A J
Turn: Q
River: 6
Hero wins the pot (2,850) with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 1: pleasefoldhand showed [Js Jd] and won (2,850)

5 6 UTG+1 (Hero's M = 81.43; c+F+c+f+f+f+f+c+s+s+s+b+c+c+b+c+f)

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 71.25
Full Tilt Poker Game #22347030066: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (2,850)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,375)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (2,025)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,485)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (1,755)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (558)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (1,772)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,680)
Smitty2008 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #7
Preflop
Dealt to Hero J A
Hero: calls 40
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: folds
marine60061: folds
AjahnBrewks: folds
Detroit Ralph1: calls 40
BMAN CCC: calls 40
Smitty2008: checks
Flop: A 7 4
Smitty2008: checks
Hero: bets 160
Detroit Ralph1: folds
BMAN CCC: calls 160
Smitty2008: folds
Turn: 2
Hero: bets 480
BMAN CCC: raises to 1,572, and is all in
Hero: calls 1,092
BMAN CCC: shows A Q
Hero: shows J A
River: 7
BMAN CCC wins the pot (3,624) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 17.97
Full Tilt Poker Game #22347052734: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (1,078)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,375)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (2,025)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,485)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (1,755)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (518)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (3,624)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,640)
Smitty2008 posts the small blind of 20
Hero posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 7 7
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: folds
marine60061: folds
AjahnBrewks: raises to 120
Detroit Ralph1: folds
BMAN CCC: folds
Smitty2008: folds
Hero: calls 80
Flop: J Q Q
Hero: checks
AjahnBrewks: bets 200
Hero: raises to 958, and is all in
AjahnBrewks: folds
Uncalled bet of 758 returned to pleasefoldhand Uncalled bet of 758 returned to
Hero wins the pot (660)

7 8 SB (Hero's M = 23.63; f+r+r+f+f+f+F+f+f)
9 4 Button (Hero's M = 23.30; f+r+f+f+c+F+f+f+s+s+s+s+s+b+f)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 23.30
Full Tilt Poker Game #22347116817: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (1,398)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,315)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (1,985)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,365)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (1,495)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (518)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (3,624)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,800)
AnaBelga posts the small blind of 20
marine60061 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #2
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 6 6
AjahnBrewks: folds
Detroit Ralph1: folds
BMAN CCC: folds
Smitty2008: calls 40
Hero: raises to 80
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: calls 60
marine60061: calls 40
Smitty2008: calls 40
Flop: 8 8 J
AnaBelga: checks
marine60061: bets 160
Smitty2008: folds
Hero: folds
AnaBelga: folds
Uncalled bet of 160 returned to marine60061 Uncalled bet of 160 returned to
marine60061 wins the pot (320)

6 T MP (Hero's M = 17.57; r+f+f+F+f+f+f+c+s+b+c)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 17.57
Full Tilt Poker Game #22347150475: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (1,318)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,315)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (1,905)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,580)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (977)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (1,061)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (3,624)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,720)
AjahnBrewks posts the small blind of 25
Detroit Ralph1 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #4
Preflop
Dealt to Hero K A
BMAN CCC: folds
Smitty2008: folds
Hero: raises to 1,318, and is all in
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: folds
marine60061: folds
AjahnBrewks: folds
Detroit Ralph1: calls 1,011, and is all in
Hero: shows K A
Detroit Ralph1: shows J J
Uncalled bet of 257 returned to pleasefoldhand Uncalled bet of 257 returned to
Flop: 3 3 8
Turn: 4
River: 5
Detroit Ralph1 wins the pot (2,147) with two pair, Jacks and Threes

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 3.43
Full Tilt Poker Game #22347164574: $1 + $0.20 Sit & Go (172602393)
Seat 1: Hero (257)
Seat 2: frogleg366 (1,315)
Seat 3: AnaBelga (1,905)
Seat 4: marine60061 (1,580)
Seat 5: AjahnBrewks (952)
Seat 6: Detroit Ralph1 (2,147)
Seat 7: BMAN CCC (3,624)
Seat 9: Smitty2008 (1,720)
Detroit Ralph1 posts the small blind of 25
BMAN CCC posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 4 A
Smitty2008: calls 50
Hero: raises to 257, and is all in
frogleg366: folds
AnaBelga: folds
marine60061: folds
AjahnBrewks: folds
Detroit Ralph1: folds
BMAN CCC: calls 207
Smitty2008: calls 207
Flop: 4 J J
BMAN CCC: checks
Smitty2008: checks
Turn: 5
BMAN CCC: checks
Smitty2008: checks
River: 9
BMAN CCC: checks
Smitty2008: bets 796
BMAN CCC: folds
Uncalled bet of 796 returned to Smitty2008 Uncalled bet of 796 returned to
Showdown
Smitty2008: shows 9 K two pair, Jacks and Nines
Smitty2008 wins the pot (796) with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 9: Smitty2008 showed [9d Kh] and won (796)

[fulksy]

hand 2: if your gonna 3 bet make it a bigger, close to a shove pot is ~13% of your stack. and at the 2.25's many worse hands will call.

hand 3: fold UTG.

hand 4: close to shoving over raise pre with 77

hand 5: never min raise here, especially with a limper before as he's never folding. don't mind trying to limp along MP, i fold in earlier position as theirs a good chance you'll get raised and have to fold.

hand 6: no need to open shove, make it 150. you loose lots of value as lots of hands that would call a standard raise at this level are going to fold to a shove. (ex. many Ax's, and K10+ will call a standard raise at this level).

hand 7: meh i probably fold with 5 BB unless the blinds go up before they hit you, your not gonna get UTG to fold and good chance your dominated, but again meh.

read taipans post about low stake SnG Do's and Don't s it will defianetly help with some of the leaks in your game.

[flopmonkey]

Thanks for all the advice Fulksy, it helped a lot. I see a bunch of errors now.

Hand 3 - I really knew I should have folded but I thought since I was the chip leader, maybe I could afford to call and see the flop with AJo.

It is hard for me to make decisions sometimes in these micro stakes games. Everyone seems to play so loose. In fact with the tracking software that I am using, it only labels myself and maybe 1 or 2 other players as TAG.

I have been studying the book "Sit'n Go Strategy" by Collin Moshman, and have seemed to be improving a bit. But I am not so sure that the principles apply to micro stakes ($2) the same as they would apply to $20 - $100 games. Surely there is a major difference in skill levels.

I have learned alot from Taipans post, I try to make it a habit to read it daily.

[fulksy]

no problem.

yea i have read it, much of it doesn't really apply to micro stakes.

yea taipans post is dead on, and if you get it down you'll have no problem getting a decent ROI at the micros.

[Fielmann]

hand 2: What's the point of this gay min-three-bet?
Against good opponents just call, play the hand slowly in position
Against most donks at this level, just shove it.
Flop is fine.

hand 3: Fold pre. Hardly ever open limp, especially not with a hand like AJo that plays lousily in multiway pots.
Flop is fine, turn is bleh. I'd probably have called too, expecting to see a set most of the time.

hand 4: Fold or shove pre, depending on opponent. Calling off a significant part of your stack to play out of position a with a hand that is hard to play out of position, sucks.
Flop: turning a hand with showdown value into a bluff is a bit sloppy, imo. He'll fold TT-88, but that's not a big part of his range. Then again - check-call, check-fold and openshove don't seem much better. You really put yourself in a bad position with the call pre.

hand 5: What's the point of this min-raise? Just call, you have the implied odds for set.

hand 6: There's clearly still room for normal-sized raise. (Although, with donks at this level calling you wide, an open-shove can be very profitable too. The problem is, you probably shoved it not because of this, but because you were afraid to play the flop.)

[rawbad]

sngs are a great way to make a good buck just play at whatever level your confortable at and you can afford