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Total played - 10th-4th ----- 3rds ----- 2nds ----- 1sts ----- ITM ----- ROI
41 --------------- 25 -------- 3 ---------- 1 ----------- 12 -------- 39% ----- 53%
73 --------------- 44 -------- 6 ---------- 5 ----------- 18 -------- 40% ----- 47%
So these are my current numbers at the 109 (fresh off of five ITMs in my last six games - two 1sts, one 2nd, two 3rds). I tend to update my stats when I hit a hot streak, but I am keeping my ITM up around 40% and the 1sts, 2nds, and 3rds have smoothed out since the hot start (3, 4, 6). I'm hoping I can beat this level in the long run and play almost exclusively 109s to build my BR. I will keep you guys posted (likely after hot streaks), and thanks so much for all the great info both in the SnG forum and in your BR articles Nash. Wish me luck.
GJ
Statistics: Posted by GlassJoe — Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:11 pm
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Example... 2 hands I'm playing on different tables at the same time... Both on the bubble...
I get [Ah
![[Kh]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kh.gif "The King of Hearts")
... Push... get called by ![[8c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8c.gif "The Eight of Clubs")
![[8h]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8h.gif "The Eight of Hearts")
... FLOP...
![[As]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/As.gif "The Ace of Spades")
![[Kc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kc.gif "The King of Clubs")
![[2d]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/2d.gif "The Two of Diamonds")
... TURN... ![[7s]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7s.gif "The Seven of Spades")
... RIVER ![[8d]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/8d.gif "The Eight of Diamonds")
... AT THE EXACT SAME TIME...
I get
![[6c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6c.gif "The Six of Clubs")
![[6h]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/6h.gif "The Six of Hearts")
.... Push... get called by ![[Ac]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ac.gif "The Ace of Clubs")
![[Ks]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ks.gif "The King of Spades")
...FLOP...
![[Jd]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jd.gif "The Jack of Diamonds")
![[Js]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Js.gif "The Jack of Spades")
![[9d]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9d.gif "The Nine of Diamonds")
... TURN... ![[Qc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qc.gif "The Queen of Clubs")
... RIVER... OF COURSE... ... And, while typing this, this abortion came up...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed)
Button (t685)
SB (t1165)
BB (t3773)
UTG (t1347)
Hero (t2025)
MP1 (t1295)
MP2 (t1710)
CO (t1500)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with
![[Ad]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif "The Ace of Diamonds")
, ![[Ah]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ah.gif "The Ace of Hearts")
. 1 fold, Hero raises to t300, 5 folds, BB calls t200.
Flop: (t650)
![[4s]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4s.gif "The Four of Spades")
, ![[Th]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Th.gif "The Ten of Hearts")
, ![[Jc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jc.gif "The Jack of Clubs")
(2 players)BB checks, Hero bets t500, BB raises to t1000, Hero raises to t1725, BB calls t725.
Turn: (t4100)
![[2c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/2c.gif "The Two of Clubs")
(2 players)River: (t4100)
![[9h]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9h.gif "The Nine of Hearts")
(2 players)Final Pot: t4100
He had J9 for the wonderful rivered 2pr...
This is the first time in my poker playing life that I think I'm quitting poker for a little while... I just can't take the beats anymore... I'll still play my live games, cause it's fun more than anything else... But, I'm takin about a week off online stuff....
Statistics: Posted by MVPSPORTS — Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:32 pm
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Statistics: Posted by shoesnatcher — Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:14 pm
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Statistics: Posted by MVPSPORTS — Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:26 pm
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I completely agree about the 200s. The 100s seem to have 2-4 loose players that tend to donate chips early on, thus making it easier to get chips with premium hands early and also to thin the field for when the blinds start to get out of hand.
Statistics: Posted by GlassJoe — Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:55 pm
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BTW... I don't like the $215 either... Every time I've played one, the players play SOOOOOOOOO freakin tight, and it comes down to a bunch of blindstealing and allins at the 100/200 level...
Statistics: Posted by MVPSPORTS — Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:57 pm
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I recently started trying to play SnGs over ring games (or limit instead of NL) because I think I just tilt away money at NL or just get impatient (though impatience can still hurt your stack at limit, I'm finding, but tilting is easier to avoid as I tend to give as many bad beats as I take).
Anyway, I started an experiment to try to play four $109 SnGs at a time at Party to see how I'd do. Well, after five tries (20 SnGs), I was up $520, due in large part to one session which had two 1sts and a 3rd. Anyway, after 20, I got ITM 7 times (35%) and a ROI of around 28%, I believe. I decided that was too many and went down to two 109s and one 215. Tried that three times, and after not cashing in any of the 215s, thought I ought to stick with 109s for a while.
So now I'm playing two at a time, or one and either limit, a tourney, what have you. Since playing no more than two at a time, I've played 15 109s and was ITM 8 times, 7 of which were firsts, including my last 3 in a row...woo hoo.
Anyhow, here are my overall 109 numbers:
41 played - 25 out of $, three 3rds, one 2nd, and 12 firsts. That's an ITM of 39% and an ROI of 53%. Of course these numbers are because I've had 7 firsts in my last 15 games, but I am digging it right now. I started doing this almost a week ago, and while I know I can't keep up this pace, I have discovered the secret to winning SnGs. The first, of course, is avoiding suckouts where you're dominating (QQ vs. JJ, AK vs. AQ type stuff), but the main "secret" is winning all your "coinflips." It's amazing how well you can do when you run good at the coinflips. It makes you feel like you're better than you are, I know. In the last two I just won, I must have won my last 5 coinflips in the two games. It all seems so easy when you're catching cards...
Anyhow, just wanted to toot my horn a bit and share my little run. I'm pretty jazzed since two days ago I did my first ever real cashout from PP ($3500), and I've already gotten my BR back over what it was when I cashed, and I haven't even received the check yet. All from an initial $500 deposit, so it's all gravy now. I just hope I can keep my ITMs in the 35-40% range. I know I'll have less 1sts, but I'm going to try to focus on ITMs.
Statistics: Posted by GlassJoe — Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:44 am
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