Operation - Get Good

I'll be blunt for a second here.

You've identified 3 obvious leaks so far:

1 - Not thinking before making actions.
2 - Playing out of your BR
3 - Calling raises with crap hands from the BB.

What we havnt seen a lot of is you taking much action to plug those leaks. You're not going to improve just acknowledging them, you have to come up with ways to address them. If just wanting to isnt enough, then try to come up with some kind of system. Maybe you always take 2 or 3 deep breaths before pressing any button after making a decision. Maybe you write down exactly what hands you will call a raise with from the BB and keep it next to your computer. You've got to do something about them though.

Alright ill give ur last HH a shot. I grind the 10$ sngs, but i used to do the 6$ turbos and beat it, so hopefully i can help.
Here goes:
#24-19=Good, well played.
#18=You have an excellent hand, make a standard raise or even a weak lead to try to get him to push. VERY BAD push.
#17-15=Good, well played.
#14=I do not like the reraise, its too weak. Either call, reraise to 1350 or go all in.
#13-7=Good, well played.
#6=I dont hate it, but i think push/fold would be better, since that raise is getting u pot commited anyways.
#5-1=Fine

You played well. Your play is extremely elevated for the stakes that you are playing. You should be absolutely killing the 6$ sngs with ease. This sng looked like a turbo to me (im not sure, i dont play on PokerStars), and i really think that you should stop playing turbos, and start playing normal sngs. Luck has a smaller effect in the, and u will make a lot more $, im almost sure of it.
Also, i think hand 19 where u called a min raise with A6suited was a fine call. Just proceed cautiously when an A hits, just like u did. You played that hand perfectly.
Really, the only leak that i can find is that you get very impatient when u flop a big hand (like AJ in that SNG i just reviewed and when u flopped trip 8s in ur other sng). When you flop a big hand, just take your time and think about how you can extract the most possible.
Thats just what i think.
GL

Turbos make more cash per hour, and I, for one, like money.

Stick with turbos Wink

Goddamn players at these stakes are donks..i hate playing these when your up against the worst players in the world.

*Last edited by Jack Sawyer on Tue, 10 Jul 2007, 4:02am; edited 1 time in total*

{EDIT}

This weeks resluts:
SnG's played - 18 (1 x $16)
1sts - 4
2nd - 2
3rd - 0
4th - 3
the rest - OOTM

BR at start of 1st week - $118.07
BR at end of 1st week - $127.85

OVERALL
SNG's played - 141
ITM% - 41.1%
ROI% - 26.5%

over 141 games:
1st - 29
2nd - 13
3rd - 16
4th - 18

Better week than last week I suppose. I'm out of the rut I found myself in last week which is noice. I'm thinking before acting a lot more now which is good. I have sworn not to play another $16 until i'm rolled for them.

Going on a 2 week holiday to Turkey next week so won't be able to play any games for 2 weeks but will continue the operation as soon as I return. I leave on 16th July. Will post results for this coming week on Saturday or Sunday.

Thanks for all the support.

Looks good man. Enjoy the holiday Smile

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Keep on winning man, good job. Have a great break and come back firing.

2 hands from recent SnG. (finished 2nd Dancing

lol)

whats your move here? big stack can call a wide range so if I shove I dont have much FE really.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t1560)
SB (t3255)
BB (t8685)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T

, 8

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Hero ???

raise to take the blinds here or just shove? villain has been loose but not too loose. called a lot PF in the early stages but folded to raises. If we put him on 15% of hands here a shove is wrong. can we put him on tighter than that? Think

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t2485)
BB (t4180)
UTG (t3605)
Button (t3230)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T

, 5

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2 folds, Hero ??

Random,
1st hand (Td 8d): I'd go ahead and shove here. In your situation, I'm willing to take a 40/60 to try and double up. Y0u're all in next hand anyway, and you can't bank on getting a much better hand. I'd shove it with no regrets.

2nd hand (Tc 5h): If he calls and loses, he's the new short stack by a lot, so I think his range could easily be tighter than 15%. I still might let him walk here though to show I'm not pushing ATC. You're short, but not on death row.

I agree with Chase for hand 1, but I disagree with hand 2.

15% is 77+, A7s+, ATo+, K9s+, KTo+, QTs+, QJo, JTs. Since you said he is pretty loose, but not with raises I could see him calling with this range. If he is a thinking player and decent at all he knows you need to push wide here and call wider than that, maybe with 66+, A2s+, A7o+, K9s, K9o, Q9s, QTo, JTs, and JTo. With this range you need to fold.

Hand 2 you can afford to std raise and still have 10BB behind if he shoves over. A c-bet would hurt but not kill you if it doesnt work.

ZeeDee:
Whoops, looked at the wrong hand range for 15%. I was thinking it was much wider. My bad.
BsJaust: Do we really want to try to steal here with T5? If big stack is a thinking player, he could shove over with a huge range and force us to fold, as it's the bubble. I probably let him walk here.

Given that both we and BB have greater than 10 BB, we can bet 500 and not look too weak. BB is bigstack and has us covered, but he's really only marginally bigger than the rest, if we have a real hand we can make him easily the shortstack.

It would depend on reads somewhat, but I'm ok with putting some pressure on during the bubble. He doesnt want to take risks anymore than anyone else.

Yes. If we dont take chances we blind away.

Quick update as I dunno if I'll get anymore games in before I head off on ma holidays!!

BR at start of 1st week - $118.07
BR at the moment (2nd week end) - $151.55

played - 143
ITM% - 41.3
ROI% - 26.5%

Was down to $85.00 at one point during the rough patch but I'm well up over my starting BR I'm pleased to say.

Might have time for couple more games tomorrow but I'm not sure.

If I'm unable to post then I'll speak to ya'll in 2 weeks time... Keep grinding
Wink

nice job man, keep it up!

Nice stats there.
Of course always nice to see a bankroll increase too.
Keep it up.

couple of hands from recent game. Was hungover during this game. not

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