1K in 31 Days: The HUSNG Mini-Op

$1K in 1 Month of HUSNGs

Details:
Using aggressive BRM, posted below, I will run up $200 to $1,200 in a month, from today, September 12th, to October 12th. I will attempt to play at least 20 HUSNGS a day, while studying my results in-depth. Hopefully I can post some hands and theory questions to help revive the atrophied HU forum as well.

Bankroll Management:

$200-400 $11s

$400-750 $22s

$750+ $33s

This will obviously require moving up/down with my results. I will most likely be 1 tabling unless I get really comfortable at any one stake, and they will all be turbos. I usually get in about 7 per hour so my 3hrs of poker time a day should suffice, plus I’ll catch up if needed on weekends. I expect to spend most of my time at the 22s/33s, as it may become a little more difficult to get games and I will run into more regs.I have a very busy schedule with school and private teaching but I should be fine getting my SnGs in.

I have a few other goals:

-Do my best to control my tilt. This is such a killer in HU, and in a SnG you can just blow it all in one hand and it takes a number of them to recoup.
-Make some decent strategy posts in the HU/BC forums. HUSNGS are a really fast way to build up a small be into a lot of money, and not enough micro players with decent fundamentals (i.e., 25nlers) are taking advantage of this.
-Get comfortable with myself as a poker player. By this I mean, I have very little confidence in my reads generally, so anything I can do to make myself more sure (i.e., studying, reviewing every detail of every HH, reading tons of articles online, etc) I’ll try to do to make myself a better, more comfortable player.

Anyways, will be updating results often, and either posting hands here or in the HU forum w/links. Here goes nothin!

BR: $200
SNGS Played: 0

GL. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

One Question: How are you averaging 7 of these / h. You state you are single tabling so that would mean they are lasting less than 10 minutes on average?? Are they super turbos of some kind or are they the turbos on stars with 5 minute blinds?

They're normal turbos on FTP w/3minute blinds.

giver

follllllowing. As I said in IRC I might do a similar thing next month (although my goals would be x hours rather than x dollars 'cause I'm a pussy ldo), so interested to hear how it goes for you.

Day 1:

I only played 20 because I got a little buzzed with my gf and knew it wouldn't be so +EV to continue. I went 15-5, going 9-1 to end the day. I obviously ran good, but I did play well and picked off some bluffs and made a few really easy call downs. A few hands I either played well, poorly, or something else:

This guy was very active, and fairly aggressive. This is pretty standard but also quite indicative of the level of play of the people at these limits.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 11.5 Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) (t1860)
BB (t1140)

Hero's M: 24.80

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 10
Hero bets t100, BB calls t50

Flop: (t200) 8, 3, 8 (2 players)
BB bets t250, Hero calls t250

Turn: (t700) A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t700) 6 (2 players)
BB bets t450, Hero raises to t1510 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: t1600


This is one I certainly misplayed. Should have 4x it pre. Villain was fairly aggressive and I was thinking he'd probably raise any Ace OTB, but was obviously incorrect. Even so, his check on the flop pretty much owned me, though he was probably doing it out of fear. At the time I didn't think there was much value in my hand and in hindsight I probably shouldnt have gone for two streets when the turn essentially does nothing to widen his calling range. I like bet flop/turn pending how the cards fall (clubs or broadways) and checking river if I don't improve.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 11.5 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t1230)
Hero (BB) (t1770)

Hero's M: 39.33

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, Q
SB calls t15, Hero bets t100, SB calls t70

Flop: (t200) 6, A, K (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (t200) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t90, SB calls t90

River: (t380) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t195, SB calls t195

Total pot: t770

I could post a ton of others but generally speaking it's extremely important to have a solid read of your opponents general characteristics in the first 20 hands. How does he react to limps? Cbets? PFRs? Loose or passive pre/post? barrels? etc. People tend to let their style be known early and obviously. Aggro players will raise every button. Passives will limp. Pay attention and you'll have pretty much a clear idea of how he's going to play a large portion of his range, at least preflop and on the flop.

SNGs Played: 20
BR: $300

good luck sire, even if you are sooner scum

GLGL will be checking in.

what's a good ROI for these sngs?

Originally Posted by courtiebee

what's a good ROI for these sngs?

For the 11s? I would guess it would probably max out around 25%, with 15% being "good" and attainable by a solid player...but realistically anyone with that skill should be moving up at a solid clip. This is really just my guess though...I don't really do much research on it.

What end game strat. do you use?

Originally Posted by kmind

What end game strat. do you use?

I'm not sure how vague or specific you mean, but Nash Eq. from about 12bbs and less., before that it's mostly just poker w/some light 3bet jamming. This is the most important part of the game and I'm learning more every day.

*Ideally push/fold starts at different stack depths with different villain tendencies, I'm just not there yet

Day 2

Epic volume fail. Monday Night Football + loaded schedule + wasted time = 5 sngs. I went 4-1 which is nice but ffs volume is key to these things and I'm already falling behind. Tomorrow should be better, as I'll have some time to play in the morning. Now, some links to a few solid HUsng resources on the net:

Risk Oriented | Heads Up Poker Strategy
-Pretty general but it has some good information and p/f charts for "expanded" Nash Eq.

2p2 HU Forum
-The online HU bible. Search out posts by cwar, hokiegreg, spamz0r, among many others. Simply too good to not study every day.

Suited Aces
-The twins' blog. Really advanced in terms of skill but they do offer more general advice that is very significant to all players.

This is more than enough information to get started, and realistically anything beyond this should come from study/posting/coaching etc.

*It's important to note that I am a beginner here. I have a lot of FR and a decent amount of HU cash experience, but very little in these sngs. This blog will recount my journey, hopefully from fish $11 player to solid $33 regular. I'm trying to cram a ton of information into a very short period without losing my cool, so I hope no one thinks I'm a seasoned pro.

SNGs Played: 25
Bankroll: $351

This blog is awesome. Makes me wanna try HU SNG's.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

This blog is awesome. Makes me wanna try HU SNG's.

QFT, I made the switch yesterday and will continue for the forseeable future. Keep good shit to read coming, illf, I'mma check it all out If I stumble across anything cool I'll post it here or hit you up on IRC.

Glad people are taking interest!

Got sweated by m2m and played okay. I think I won 2/3 in the sweat, sucking out in one win and getting bad beat in the loss. I went 8-4 on the day, still running really really good and playing pretty focused in almost every match. Still too low on volume but M-W are very busy and I can only do so much. I don't anticipate playing more than 5 tomorrow which sets up a pretty big Friday night/weekend for me.

Also, in other lols, my BR hit exactly 400 tonight...I didn't really expect to double up in 3 days and less than 40 SnGs but I'm running good, so I guess I'll move up. Comfort is less important now because I'm trying to be aggressive with my BRM and get to higher stakes. I'll move back down at $300 I suppose, but for now I'm taking my shot.

This garph is missing 8 tournies where I went 5-3 on my laptop, and the rest of the cash is in bonus (which I'm ldo counting in this op). Clearing my gfs bonus fwiw but you can follow on sharkscope/pprolabs as well. Just pls don't flame my bio CBAT:



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GL at the tables, some hands/content probably incoming on Thurs.

SnGs Played: 37
BR: $400

Day 3

DNP!

SnGs Played: 37
BR: $400

If you have a DC sub, "Two Men Enter" looks like it'll be quite a good series. If you don't, the first video (deals mainly with some default ranges for preflop stuff) in the series happens to be free, so you can check it out anyway. Hit me up on IRC if you likey ldo

Day 4

I was kinda on life tilt last night (as those in IRC can attest) and just went to bed rather than updating. I went 7-8 in the $22s, so I was down $30 or something and made like $8 in RB so the BR didn't take a significant hit or anything. Nothing else to report except I haven't been studying enough but don't really want to that much tonight because the games should be good.

SNGs Played: 52
BR: $371

Originally Posted by Illfavor

Day 4

I was kinda on life tilt last night (as those in IRC can attest) and just went to bed rather than updating. I went 7-8 in the $22s, so I was down $30 or something and made like $8 in RB so the BR didn't take a significant hit or anything. Nothing else to report except I haven't been studying enough but don't really want to that much tonight because the games should be good.

SNGs Played: 52
BR: $371

Yeah kinda harsh but shit happens. Good luck buddy and find time for Illfavor in the busy ass schedule!

Play like every hand is the last hand.

easy to tilt when not pwning these things I'm discovering

Day 5

BE again, 12-12, playing pretty bad as well. Cleared another $20 in bonus to offset my huge fails otherwise. Lost 3 of them due to spew, which pretty much separates a solid ROI from a negative one. The grind continues...

SNGs Played: 76
BR: $367

Day 6

My poor time management is really starting to effect my playing. I can't wait until 10 to start every night, so I'll try and work on it. Went 5-6 today

SNGs Played: 87
BR: iunno something less than it was last time. ~$340 lol

man fuck yo bankroll. monitor it yeah, but we don't need an update on how much monies you got in yo account every 5mins. if i were u i'd focus more on how many games you've played if you feel the need to follow a number. maybe give us a bankroll update once a week? or whenever you change stakes. either way do something to just get it out of your face. this is a srs post.

I never look at roll while playing cash, but it's really hard not to see it when the rematch box pops up after each HUSNG. Will have to work on that.

also I'mma make my own op today or tomorrow and stop hijacking yours.

I feel u brosephs. I mean I'm not constantly staring at my br during my sessions but I understand the point. Lol "fuck yo br nigga"

Some rly quick thoughts on the benefits of limping early on:

-lets you get a decent idea of your opponents player type. Nits don't iso limps wide. Aggro tards do.
-lets you learn aboot players postflop plans. Do they c/r air/TP? How do they play their draws? limping 73o early can give you some info in that regard.
-it opens up a sick powerful play for later blind depth, the limp/jam. The Ljob is so fucking awesome.

I mean, is opening J4o H3 really that profitable? Probably not. But limping with good odds+ the information you can gain turns it into a profitable hand. Just some thoughts....wat has limping done for you?

Feel like I'm stuck in neutral...might play a little FR tonight to add some spice.

It's a new day, so watch the fuck out.

Originally Posted by Illfavor

Feel like I'm stuck in neutral...might play a little FR tonight to add some spice.

lol @ spicy fullnit pokarz.

But hey, if the neutral stuckness is because you need to settle down, maybe FR is just what you need.

Reading thru your blog it kinda looks like you had the standard too-much-success-too-early issue. Logical expectations and emotional expectations fell out of balance because you ran well early. Just a thought, GL.

Originally Posted by dev

lol @ spicy fullnit pokarz.

But hey, if the neutral stuckness is because you need to settle down, maybe FR is just what you need.

Reading thru your blog it kinda looks like you had the standard too-much-success-too-early issue. Logical expectations and emotional expectations fell out of balance because you ran well early. Just a thought, GL.

This for sure. I was certainly aware I was running good to start, and I am not exactly running bad now, but my brain wasn't winning the fight with my head.

Anyways, I might be suspending this OP. I had a great convo with m2m last night basically about getting better however I can, and I'm reassessing my current path (which I something I do every 2 weeks lol). It is really just about getting better and better, and with this game the more you do that it just so happens that you can make a lot of money.