This strat works very well for grinding out SNGs. The only thing that I change up is that I limp in with low pairs, hit a set, double up, rinse, rewash.


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SS:

I've been doing a similar thing. Started with .47 cents in my PS account. Current bank is at $42.00 after about 2.5 weeks of this. Currently I'm playing mostly $1 MTTs and .05/.10 ring games. Sure is boring though.

Had a decent night last night despite my negative results in the end and despite not feeling like I was on top of my game (feeling a little under the weather).

I started off with the $0.25 tournament and managed to come out in the near-bubble area and during it, I played a $1 SNG that left me out of the money with some bad play.

I felt I played well in the $0.25 tournament though and actually had a decent stack for much of the first and second hour. I need to go back through the hands because at this point, I don't even remember what I screwed up on...

On the other side of things, I played another 10FPP tourney and managed to finish 82nd out of 37xx or so (still less than $1 payout though). Here I didn't feel too confident and was down to 600 chips pretty early. Then, at 75/150, I pushed in EP with a suited face card to double up. Just before the break, I managed to get myself up to ~2200 in chips - which was still abysmal since that tourney is a turbo (so blinds were going up to 500/1000 I think...)

Still making the first break in that tourney means you are in the money and soon after the break I was able to boost my stack considerably with some well timed hands that held.

Lastly, I did play a ring game for some time last night - but well beyond my ability to play with focus. I was up about $1 before I went on a downward spiral. I finished the night down about $4 on the table.

Overall - a loss of ~$5 I think - which sucks - but it happens when I don't have discipline.

Today is my anniversary with my wife (5 years). We were planning on heading down to Foxwoods for some cards, but with me being under the weather and just having some tight days of money, I think we might settle for a dinner or something else small. She already got her side of the anniversary - she wanted to go play bingo, but there was no way we'd make the Friday night session, so she went with a friend of hers on Tuesday and hit bingo twice... Too bad most of the winnings were instantly translated into covering the cost of Christmas presents...

From nothing to something

Star if OK with you I'd like to post my current experiment on your journal rather than starting my own.

StBnk: 0.47 cents.
CurBnk: $62.00

I've started playing the $5.50 SnGs on PS. Didn't like the 20% juice for the $1 ones.
I've found these to be very, very soft. These players are waiting for the nuts or something close to it to make a move. Stealing blinds is non-existent with the weak tight players.

I've gotten some really good tips from a friend of mine on how to do tournament play.
BTW he's Lee Nelson who took down the Aussie open a couple of years ago.

geo, start it up. if nothing else its a good way to vent.

star, keep up the solid work man. i enjoy reading your journal.