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SNG problem... any advice?
Jaybone2315 (United States) 17,338 Posts. Joined 07-27-2006.
09-14-2006 12:19 AM

So ive been playing the single table $5 SNG's on Stars for about 2 weeks now. Ive only logged in 79 so far, so i know its a small sample size. But my problem is I seem to get a lot of 3rd's and 4th's.

I try to accumulate chips to that I can have a lead going into heads up, but I have just been getting unlucky around those times. For example, I just finished one a little today. It was 3-handed and I had 10K+, other two had 700 and 2.5K (no exageration). I ended up getting knocked out in 3rd by the guy that had 700 going inot 3-handed play.

My question is... will the unluckyness (probably not a word), work itself out? Here are my stats so far to show you how I am doing.  I feel like I should be putting up better numbers, or are these fine?

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sippin_criss (Canada) 1,815 Posts. Joined 11-11-2005.
09-14-2006 3:36 PM - In reply to

Dude, you could play 1,000 sngs and run bad and have a ton of bubbles and play solid at the same time. Short term results don't mean anything, just concentrate on how good you're playing/

No1CeLtSfAn34 (United States) 867 Posts. Joined 08-30-2006.
09-14-2006 4:49 PM - In reply to

20%+ ROI... looks good to me. I play 99% SNG's and do very well in them. Yes, it is only the 20$ level, but I still have an ROI of close to 30% with several thousand tournaments logged. I found that my best SNG strategy is to play to get in the top 3. Once I get into the top 3, that's when I go for the win. When you play SNG's, a 3rd place finish basically double's your buy-in and 200% profit is a nice win. Some people probably won't agree with this style, but it has worked wonders for me. Give it a shot, but your stat's are definitly fine!

-B-

luckyshades (Australia) 666 Posts. Joined 08-29-2005.
09-14-2006 8:19 PM - In reply to

Actually I think most SNG players would agree with the previous post. Make the money and go from there.





sippin_criss (Canada) 1,815 Posts. Joined 11-11-2005.
09-14-2006 9:12 PM - In reply to

Your goal should be to make the best decision on every hand, not to get ITM and then go crazy.

Billy Barue1 (United States) 14 Posts. Joined 05-07-2006.
09-15-2006 3:54 AM - In reply to

Come sweat at me on Dise I play $50 and $100 sng's and my wp% is 40.  Unlike the cash proponent above sng's are very profitable.  Come find me if you want experienced help.  GL.
 
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