Holdem Poker Tournament Video - SnG 4-Table by Givememyleg Micro Stakes $6+$0.50

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This was a valuable video, but being 4-tabled did strain the analysis at some points. One interesting note is that I felt like keeping up with 4 tables in a video like this is actually helping me on my way to multi-tabling. I would like to see a similar video using the HUD that he his talking about. His note-taking seemed to me to a bit suboptimal without it, as he was mostly labeling the bad players and didn't have reads on some of the average or stronger ones. This led to some very nitty play. The video got a bit boring a little towards the beginning and there were some awkward silences, but there was definitely value in seeing the kinds of marginal hands that we can lay down without feeling bad about it. At one point there was a substantial bet pre-flop when hero held 88, and I enjoyed the comment that followed: "I'm not getting odds to a set and I don't have a read. I really want to call, but the right play here is the fold." I felt this was a very good example of staying emotionally detached and not getting unnecessarily involved in hands. As the blinds went up and the video continued, the transition into push-fold mode made the video both more interesting and more instructive. As for the quality of play, it was obvious that some early play was suboptimal due to weak reads. Personally, I feel there were some spots where a c-bet, a bet on a middle pair, or a small bluff would have made sense, so the play was definitely borderline tight/passive (hero reached push/fold mode at all 4 tables before more than 2 people had busted out), but with poor reads while 4-tabling in the beginning of an SNG, you can't really fault this kind of play. The play when in push/fold mode helped me out a lot, but I don't have much experience in these areas (don't typically play turbos), so I can't really comment on the quality other than to say it looked pretty solid in general. The on-the-bubble pushing as chip leader was definitely solid though.

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Nice video showing the tight is right early strategy and how everything essentially became push or fold later on. I liked how he used hand histories to make notes and used some of them later on.

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yo what are those 2 things next to close, full screen, minimize at the top of every window....its really bugging me