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SNG success perspective?

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  1. RaidenRadio RaidenRadio is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 3:33am)

    I just recently got into sng's. I had played them on and off or to sustain a bankroll if one of my accounts dips too low due to cold mtt streaks. I started watching a buddy who was, "killing these sng's."

    His knowledge of sng's was far greater than mine and at first I had limited success. Like, 3 cashes in 18 sng success (playing $5 level.)

    I kept watching and studying and since that time I guess I have been, "killing those sng's." Can someone give me some perspective on my success? (Not a brag post, I genuinely don't know how or whether this is even noteworthy)

    26 sng's

    1st: 9
    2nd: 5
    3rd: 3
    No cash: 9

    (Note: If you sharkscope me, you'll see I'm -$45. That's due to playing a bunch of $4 180-man and having my biggest cash voided since the tournament was cancelled due to server problems. It was a 3-way chop where I got $160)
  2. gidders gidders is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 3:37am) in reply to RaidenRadio

    lol - my earlier thread

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Played a continuous session today for 2 hours and 5 minutes and, if I remember correctly it's probably tops for best session ever.

    SNGs - 26
    1st - 9
    2nd - 5
    3rd - 3
    XXX - 9

    Profit - $1,707

    Playing SNGs for a living doesn't give you much room on this site for bragging but whatever, I run the $60's. 16% ROI after 1,500 = $15K in 6 weeks.
    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>--

    I'd say it's pretty good considering its the best session I've ever had... weird stats.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  3. RaidenRadio RaidenRadio is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 3:43am) in reply to gidders

    I think that's all the perspective I need. You knock out the same amount of sng's in 2 hours that I do in 6 days.
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  4. bdubs3737 bdubs3737 is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 3:48am) in reply to RaidenRadio

    Poy
     
  5. bdubs3737 bdubs3737 is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 3:49am) in reply to bdubs3737

    btw i think its possible to cash about 85% of your sngs at the 5$ level so i think u should probably try and up your cashes. also i usually try to only get first when i cash, so try to reduce the number of 2nd and 3rds cuz 1st pays way more
     
  6. jonkeponke jonkeponke is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 3:50am) in reply to RaidenRadio

    move up
  7. RaidenRadio RaidenRadio is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 4:00am) in reply to jonkeponke

    :( hey c'mon
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  8. CJSaunders CJSaunders is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 6:17am) in reply to RaidenRadio

    These are outstanding results ... but on a SMALLISH sample. You are very likely to be a very good player, but any SNG pro will tell you this is absolutely not sustainable on the long run (your are showing 100% ROI here which is ludicrous). Looks like you've been lucky.
    You should play at the very least 100 SNGs at this level (200 would be much better) to have a more accurate idea of your level. Then come back and post your stats.

    That being said, your future in SNGs looks bright. And you should try multitabling, 2 tables plays exactly like one (you can still observe action when you're not involved in a hand and get accurate reads). Then if that works for you, try playing 4.
  9. RaidenRadio RaidenRadio is offline

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    Sep 13th, 2007 (9/13/2007 9:17pm) in reply to CJSaunders

    Thanks, I appreciate your comments. 2-tabling is actually what I'm doing now. At first it was tricky when I was heads up one or both tables. I actually had to remind myself that I don't need to make lightning quick decisions just because it's my turn. That helped a lot.
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