Luco's beginner to winner

Originally Posted by Lucothefish

Getting it in good, dollars will follow.

Will be following along, wishing you well.

Originally Posted by Robb

Will be following along, wishing you well.

Thanks Robb

BR is currently $122, played a few 18 & 27s this weekend.

Two spots where I felt a little unsure tonight:

Villain here is 31/5/1.8 over 65 hands. 6 left, top 4 pay. This guy is often aggressive on the flop.

PokerStars - $3.11+$0.39|150/300 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP: 3,029.00
CO: 3,920.00
BTN: 1,346.00
SB: 7,679.00
Hero (BB): 5,060.00
UTG: 5,966.00

MP posts ante 25.00, CO posts ante 25.00, BTN posts ante 25.00, SB posts ante 25.00, Hero posts ante 25.00, UTG posts ante 25.00, SB posts SB 150.00, Hero posts BB 300.00

Pre Flop: (600.00) Hero has 7 7

fold, MP raises to 900.00, fold, fold, fold, hero???

And this one, a few hands into the FT and I'm looking for a spot to get it all in. The SB was moved there 5 hands ago. He raised from utg and got the blinds, no other info at all.

PokerStars - $3.11+$0.39|50/100 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP: 3,633.00
MP+1: 1,910.00
CO: 7,821.00
BTN: 3,976.00
SB: 4,355.00
Hero (BB): 1,110.00
UTG: 2,615.00
UTG+1: 1,580.00

SB posts SB 50.00, Hero posts BB 100.00

Pre Flop: (150.00) Hero has A J

fold, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to 250.00, fold, SB raises to 1,000.00, Hero???

I was ready to snapshove till the 3bet.

Note: I never actually snapshove, it's an awful timing tell that far too many people give away. No matter how sure you are, always pause for a second or two before you act.

Played 4, won 2. BR is now $136

No hands to report, I'll only post where either I was unsure of the best play, or to illustrate something I've learned. I'll post neither epic wins nor sigh fails.

My SnG edge in 10 points:
- how huge the gap concept is
- exploiting villain tendencies (a.k.a. PAY ATTENTION)
- ranges
- playing in position
- how stack sizes affect your play
- switching gears
- stealing
- short handed, bubble and HU play
- defending your blinds
- playing super tight in early game

Some of these I'm ok at, others not so much. But at least some understanding of every one is necessary I think.

I'm still a beginner - less than 100 tourneys on stars so far this year, so I'm no expert. Just my own observations so far.