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One technical question and seeking advice on how to turn my winning cash game into winning SNGs/MTTs

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  1. CheckRaiseOnTheButton CheckRaiseOnTheButton is offline

    Portsmouth, NH
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    Jul 20th, 2005 (7/20/2005 2:30pm)

    This may have come up before and I appologise if it has. I've had a few recent hands that I wanted to post from Bodog for some suggestions and analysis. I can't figure out how to take the graphical hand history that is generated by Bodog and paste it here. Please help.

    Also, as a side note, since joining P5's one month ago, I've rebuilt my bankroll from ($600) to $700. I'm plugging my leaks and I'd be at $1,200 or so if it wasn't for drunken 3am sessions (I try and avoid them at all costs, I've resorted to hiding my laptop or even leaving it at work when I know I'm going out).

    I'm only winning at cash games at this point (3000 hands since June 11th). I'm finding it hard to switch between SNGs and cash games. My SNG win ratio is like 2/10. Maybe the $5+.50 doesn't sting enough for me to play solidly.

    I have never played an online MTT. I've been above average in live multis with my two best finishes were 11/190 and 28/220 (both re-buy tourneys w/ no re-buys). I'd like to have more SNG success before I buy in to a MTT. Does this make sense?
  2. hitMySet hitMySet is offline

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    Jul 20th, 2005 (7/20/2005 3:24pm) in reply to CheckRaiseOnTheButton

    With a bankroll like that, 10+1s or 20+2s are better games to play. The key to being successful in Sngs is to know how to play in various stages of the tournament. Start off very tight but aggressive, watch the other players at the table when you are not in a hand and make notes on who will call a bluff, who will call anything, who is tight, who is loose, who is aggressive, who plays scared...These notes will help when it gets to the bubble. Once there are 4 or 5 players and the blinds get bigger, stealing blinds should be more frequent, especially if the people to your left are tight. Remember, nobody wants to finish 4th or 5th, so a lot of players will play it safe in the later stages and aggressive play becomes the difference. You should also watch to see who can adjust their game well to be more aggressive short handed, if you can pick out the players who will try to steal pots, then you can take some nice pots on bluffs, especially if you are in the lead. The 10+1s are so loose that you can wait out 5 players no matter what cards you get, so dont get involved in any big early pots unless you are the aggressor or if you really think youre ahead. GL...
  3. fishm0nger fishm0nger is offline

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    Jul 20th, 2005 (7/20/2005 3:40pm) in reply to CheckRaiseOnTheButton

    To post Bodog's hand histories here, just bring up the bodog hand history window, right-click in it, choose select all from the pop-up menu, then right click again, select copy. Then when you create a post here, just right-click in the post box and select paste.
  4. CheckRaiseOnTheButton CheckRaiseOnTheButton is offline

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    Jul 20th, 2005 (7/20/2005 4:07pm) in reply to fishm0nger

    Thanks... much appreciated.
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  5. Gabovitch Gabovitch is offline

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    Jul 20th, 2005 (7/20/2005 4:15pm) in reply to CheckRaiseOnTheButton

    If you'd like to play some mtts there's really no reason to wait, it does make sense to start at lower level buy ins while you get your feet wet, and try to build a bigger bankroll. I started on stars, but I wouldn't advise anyone else to do that. Fields for low buy in events are just way too big there. I'd suggest starting somewhere like UB or Full Tilt where you can find small events with reasonable fields. (don't know much about bodog.)
  6. BlufforNuts BlufforNuts is offline

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    Jul 20th, 2005 (7/20/2005 7:28pm) in reply to CheckRaiseOnTheButton

    I played a bunch of sngs b4 the MTTs but playing sngs is entirely different than a MTT unless its a freezeout or you get to the FT.

    The whole dynamic is different. in a sng the blinds move up quickly, people play to get in the top 3 etc. I think sngs can actually teach you bad habits for surviving the field.

    But one thing sngs do teach you is how to play a FT. But again the dynamics r different b/c sngs place great emphasis on the final 3.

    The comment here tho on sng I thought was very true...take advantage at a sng of how so many players tighten way up when the field is 4 or 5. A smart aggressor can take advantage. One other thing that helped my sng a lot was the comment from guy with the russion name who claims to be an old time cardrroom player who insists that the old LV and California card rooms had teams of cheats (that's another story). He suggests that in head to head in a sng that you raise every hand a few times and c what happens as a way to unteach most sng players natural tendency to play head to head too tight.

    For a while I made it to the money a lot but seemed to lose way too many head to heads finishing 2d. I realized that I was playing waaaay too tight. Many sng players in head to head are too tight and fold on any raise without a normal starting hand. Its like going "boo" and they run away.
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