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Wonderland, you really aren't picking up what everyone is laying down and it isn't doing you justice as a competent individual who is geniunely trying to learn (if that's the case obviously).
So I have some questions for you focused mainly at SNG play and poker in general.
1) What size is your bankroll? Don't say big enough or anything like that. Give me a number please. It will help because it should dictate how much you spend per SNG.
2) How many SNGs have you played? Approximate number is fine. More than 50, but less than 100? etc.
3) Do you understand ICM? If so, how deep is that knowledge?
4) At what point in a SNG do you generally revert to a push/fold strategy?
5) What is your goal with poker in the long run?
Okay that's all I have for now and they may be useless, but maybe not.
Anyways, to continue trying to help you. YOUR ACCOUNT IS NOT RIGGED!!!!!!!! The site you are playing on does not in any way, shape, or form have it out for you. They don't sit back in their chairs railing your SNGs and thinking, "Yeah yeah... Let's give him KK < AA again... That was fun!!!". This does not occur.
I'm sure you do lose more than others though. Is it because what I just said about your account being rigged is false?? Uhhh no... It's because you are less skilled than others. And don't say, "but that donkey called with 86o when he knew I had a hand!". This is good news. That means that in the long run (thousands of SNGs) you will win in that situation more often than not. That means that while you lost that time and busted that SNG, he just gave you some +ev, which is essentially MONEY!
So I suggest you stop thinking you are doomed to lose. That's not it. You probably just haven't developed the skills to win yet. And to be frank, I started out playing SNGs and have played quite a few and I probably only played 40-50 $11 SNGs, and that's not the place you want to start out in SNGs. A good majority of the players at the $11 will outclass you at this moment. But that can be changed if you quickly develop the right attitude (I say quickly because alot of FTRers here new players come in here telling how things are rigged etc very often and it's not a nice thing to deal with).
The thing that will help you the most and I suggest it now as a "MUST DO". I assume you save the hand histories to a folder. Well sit down and 1-table a SNG and then go to the "tournament converter" on this site (it's on the left side of the screen in the menu bar). Go in there and convert that tourney by browsing your folders and selecting the most recent hand history. Head to the SNG forum and create a thread asking for a tourney review. Alot of solid SNG players will look throughout the entire tourney (every move you made) and tell you how well you played (or the opposite) and point out numerous holes in your game (if they are there). You may find out that you aren't playing as well as you think, and remember, that is fine. Because once you become harsh on yourself you will only get better.
Good luck.
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