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Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2006, 11:23pm Post subject: Comments: So you want to master SnGs?
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Full House
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Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2006, 11:32pm Post subject:
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Flush
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| Yes this was a great post... the second time ive read it, and I think this was the best advice I got in my entire topic. just wish someone would review the other sng i posted in that post :p |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 12:22am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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Location: Ellicott City, MD
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| vaks wrote: | | Yes this was a great post... the second time ive read it, and I think this was the best advice I got in my entire topic. just wish someone would review the other sng i posted in that post :p |
Got a final tomorrow at 8am. I'll look at it after that. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 1:19am Post subject:
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Strike 3
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Ah if poker was this easy 
Good concept, thanks |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 6:38am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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Nah Jefferys post doesnt need to be replied too.
Nah instead if it drops down to the bottom of the page ill dump it!!!! |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 2:18pm Post subject: Re: So you want to master SnGs?
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High Card
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| JeffreyGB wrote: | | 4. Next, learn about M. |
Aside from being the letter that comes before N and after L what is M? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 2:23pm Post subject:
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Season III
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Location: Winning 1 of 1 games
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| M is a number calculated by your chipstack divided by the cost of one round. So if the blinds are 100/200 with no ante and you have 1500 chips. Your M is 5. This subject is discussed thuroghly in HOH 2. Basically if you don't know about M (or at least some sense of it) you will be a losing player. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 2:24pm Post subject: Re: So you want to master SnGs?
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Season VII
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| justo_TX wrote: | | JeffreyGB wrote: | | 4. Next, learn about M. |
Aside from being the letter that comes before N and after L what is M? |
The basic answer to that is that you M is the size of your stack in relation to the blinds and antes. A couple of examples are:
You have 1,000 and the blinds are 15/30. Your M is calculated by 1000/45 = just over 22
you have 1,500 chips with 6 people left, blinds at 100/200 and an ante of 25. Now your M is just over 3 ((25*6+300)/1500).
Knowing your M is just part of the equation as how you play hands differs when your M is Over 20, between 10-15 and less than 10.
To get a very good understanding on how "M"'s work go read Harrington on Hold em. He discusses M's in Vol II, but you will want to read Vol I first.
Good Luck
Edit: I just noticed that was your first post so let me be the first to welcome you to FTR's message board. |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 2:38pm Post subject: Re: So you want to master SnGs?
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Full House
Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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| JeffreyGB wrote: |
5. Next, learn about first-in vigorish and folding equity. These will be huge boosts, and combined with the rest of the above should let you beat the game at the $55 level |
Where can i learn this? 
And another noob question is where can i learn about what is +EV or -EV? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 2:44pm Post subject:
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Season III
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 3:06pm Post subject: Re: So you want to master SnGs?
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Full House
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| Dislexsik wrote: |
And another noob question is where can i learn about what is +EV or -EV? |
TOP TOP TOP TOP |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 3:31pm Post subject:
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Season VII
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| BTW, HOH = Harrington on Hold em and TOP = Theroy of Poker (By Sklansky) |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 4:34pm Post subject:
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Flush
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| Anyone mind explaining fold equity to me? |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 4:46pm Post subject:
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High Card
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| GatorJH wrote: | | BTW, HOH = Harrington on Hold em and TOP = Theroy of Poker (By Sklansky) |
Ah, I acutally bought this book (TOP that is) last week and am slowly making my way through it (stoopid work keeps getting in the way). Thanks for the info guys! |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 5:04pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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Wow, that chick is Hot |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 5:11pm Post subject:
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Full House
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| lol .... beats Stripclub's effort in the COmmunity!! |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 7:23pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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| Hartlin wrote: | | Anyone mind explaining fold equity to me? |
Folding equity is the value your hand gains from the potential to make your opponent fold. To a large extent, it relies on first-in vigorish (i.e. the added strength of being the first one in the pot), as well as Sklansky's Gap Concent (the gap between how strong a hand you need to make a raise and how strong a hand you need to call a raise).
HOH2 discusses all of this, though I don't know if the Gap Concept is mentioned by name.
TOP talks about the Gap Concept and a ton of other stuff...(I'm currently still making my way through it). |
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Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2006, 7:41pm Post subject: Re: So you want to master SnGs?
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Straight Flush
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Posted: Fri, 28 Apr 2006, 12:19pm Post subject:
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Strike 3
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Posted: Thu, 08 Jun 2006, 11:39am Post subject:
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Full House
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The most important thing in SnG's IMO is to steal the blinds when they start to get bigger.
Play it very tight till the blinds reach 50/100+, then start making big bets and stealing the blinds.
Steal the blinds, don't be scared, most important thing in $11 SnG |
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