Holy variance batman

[Rhound50]

I have been having a lot of fun with a little change of pace playing SNG's on stars. The $20 and $30 are really soft, everyone is either really weak tight, a calling station or an all in donkey. The variance is pretty freakin insane, it takes me back to some of the old party poker days getting all in preflop with AA getting called by 33 and JT and drawing almost dead on the flop.


Here are 3 of the 4 final tournament hands I played today.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400
(Ante: t25)
4 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t4080
Hero: t3710
Hero: t1069
SB: t3170
BB: t2540

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with
UTG folds, Hero raises to t1000, SB calls t800 (pot was t1700), BB folds.

Flop: (t2500, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t1000, SB raises all-in t2145, Hero calls t1145 (pot was t5645).

Turn: (t6790, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t6790)


River: (t6790, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t6790)


Results:
Final pot: t6790
SB showed 8c 8d
Hero showed Qh Qc



Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200
5 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: t3768
CO: t3616
Button: t1069
SB: t3635
Hero: t1412

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with
UTG folds, CO raises to t600, 2 folds, Hero raises all-in t1412, CO calls t812 (pot was t2112).

Flop: (t2924, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2924)


Turn: (t2924, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2924)


River: (t2924, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2924)


Results:
Final pot: t2924
Hero showed Th Ac
CO showed Kc Tc


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t300/t600
(Ante: t50)
3 players


Stack sizes:
Button: t12338
SB: t10434
Hero: t4228

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is BB with
Button folds, SB calls t300 (pot was t1050), Hero raises all-in t4178, SB calls t3578 (pot was t4928).

Flop: (t8506, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t8506)


Turn: (t8506, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t8506)


River: (t8506, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t8506)


Results:
Final pot: t8506
SB showed Ac 3s
Hero showed Kc Ad

[EscapePlan9]

I know how it goes. I've lost more times as a 70%+ favorite the past few weeks than I ever imagined possible, whether it's from cash games or SNGs.

[Rhound50]

The funny part is the SNG players play so bad that I feel like I'm running like crap and I am still winning, it could be really fun to see what happens when I actually get to win with the best hand and I stop getting bubbled every other freakin tourney when I am all in with a 75% fav.

When I used to play SNGs 4-5 years ago players were either maniac or calling station, this time around there are so many weak tighties that once Ive figured out who is who I rob the weak tighties blind and when they finally pick up a hand, I have aleady stolen 3 times the amount they get from me when I fold to their reraise.