First thanks for the reply.

Ok reason i played ATo and some craps is simple. I pretty much never had any good hand this SNG, that isn't rare(I think best hands i had was AJs and AKo once). And even thought theyre fishy, most of them notice ur not playing any hands and probably has something. If i only wait for the hands recommencded on ftr, sure it works wonders in cash games of 9 people. But in sng i have bad experience from it, for example waiting for a hand the whole game, then at the end with merely 1200 chips, i all in my JJ and run into AA. And if they had no AA, so what. They will just fold, theyre not that stupid.

If they get dealth an ace higher than 10, its rare that they wont reraise me. remember i am not playing 10/20 NL people, im playing mainly fishes.

I usually try to outplay them before the blinds becomes 20% of my stack, since then i cannot really outplay them anymore, it only comes to who gets dealth the right hand at the right time(so often i get dealth AK and run into AA or gets a coin flip vs a pocket pair, i dont believe coin flipping AKo is a good way to win sngs.

Sure maybe sometimes my opening bet(2.5BB) will get cracked by all in bet(i be forced to fold) but it will often get me money, if i hit a monster ill surely get lot of chips from them.


Don’t automatically think that people who double or treble up early in a SnG are necessarily sharks, especially at $5 level. They could just as easily (and often are) crap players who get lucky early. #
I would say it is something like 20% sharks(ok they're not hallingol but they're fine, aka gives me trouble if they're chip leader), 50% decent(may not be the best, but they won't give away their lead), 30% big fish.
A decent player at 4500 aint that easy to beat if hands don't come on my side.

Hand 15 – Don’t check behind him here. If u have raised pre–flop, come out firing on the flop
What is the exact reason? i like to do that because instead of bluffing right away, i like to bluff the bluffer(and if hes got something, ill usually know). I rather win both his bluff and the pot than only the pot. I just mimic as if i was slow playing a monster, it work well against them.
I just check what they do to get information and then i usually guess what they have.

For example look at hand 20. An extra 150 seems good, and also i think safer.(of course im a newbie, feel free to explain why)