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    Sng Grinder Thread

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    1.) I use 70 buy ins2.) 10-15%3.) Look up Macros909 on www.officialpokerrankings.com, he lives in Argentina where the cost of living is low and I'm fairly sure he makes a living off playing $3.25 45 man SNG's. If not, its a sick volume.
    1) I think I could swing that.2) That sounds about right. 3) Macros909 plays a lot of volume but is not a profitable player. He played 15K tourneys in 2009 and only profited $1360? Most months he was in the hole. He had one big month of $1600 that got him out of the red. Ouch. Check out Frenzuh. He did similar volume and profited $22K last year. Of course his average BI is $12 but that's more along the lines of the model I'd like to follow. All he does is turbos AFAIK. Any other examples like this?I doubt I could do that kind of volume but I think if I had that kind of BR, I'd be trying some MTT donkaments along the way. I'd be a regular at the Sunday Millions for sure. All it takes is one good finish in that tourney. :club:

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    Is my thinking floored....Taken from my 'drafts' in my blog. Quite interesting...I really feels that every time I have a good solid 10-12 table session of $1.10 45 man turbos it can go either way. I could make $10-$15 easy but then the next session I could lose $10-$15 easy and I was seemingly getting nowhere. I started crunching some numbers and it may be that what I'm doing has some significant flaws. Allow me to explain:Level Rake R.O.I Total Profit (per game)$1.10 10% 10% $0.11$1.20 20% 15% $0.18$0.25 0% 75% $0.19Interesting huh? It appears that I should dip back down to the $0.25 limits as there is no rake and my ROI is much much higher therefore meaning I earn more per game down at that level than I do above.
    Why is your ROI so different between $1.10 and $1.20? Is it because the $1.20's aren't turbos?

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    What BR would you recommend for playing $1.10 45-man turbos? Would 50 BI be too small? My goal is to deposit once and grow from there, moving up stakes as I go. Also, what is a good ROI for these 45-man turbos? Are there any known players that make their bread and butter off these kind of tourneys?

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    I've been playing with the $.10 360-man turbos today after watching that 45-man video posted in this thread earlier. Spent all day playing and I think I'm $.40 up. Pretty good learning experience as I hadn't played turbos much before. Have to admit they are a blast!

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    Limp folding is pretty bad here 13ish bb deep. Limping all together is pretty bad this far in and raise folding is not an option if you are shoved on. Folding is easily the best choice here. It saves us from making a big mistake with a comfortable stack.
    I probably fold that hand 30% of the time. Probably a leak in my game. :club:

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    Spent the weekend not playing as much as I wanted to. What playing I got in pretty much got me back to even. Lost some stupid hands on the river that still have me hot under the collar. Played in a tourney last night where I was dominating the entire game. 1st in chips by a mile and then I hit some bad luck. Went into 4 straight hands way ahead only to be killed on the river. Came in 4th which is a nice payday in a 45 man tourney but I wanted that win in a bad way.So BR is a bit over $30 now. Up $5 from the start of the month so I can't complain really. Just so tired of playing $.25 tourneys. :)Ran into this situation early in a tourney. Forgot to save the hand. Even stacks of 1500. Maybe the 3rd hand of the tourney. Dealt QQ in early position. Put out a raise of 4xBB. 2 folds. MP goes all-in for 1500. CO calls all-in for 1500. 2 folds back to me. What would you do?

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    PokerStars Game #37945869777: Tournament #230698601, $6.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/01/10 11:19:48 ETTable '230698601 3' 9-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: patleafs (1770 in chips) Seat 2: swifty san (1210 in chips) Seat 3: Dayton_u (1310 in chips) Seat 4: DIKDIM7 (1635 in chips) Seat 5: brosetcar (1470 in chips) Seat 6: RamonBelmar (1260 in chips) Seat 7: james norris (1465 in chips) Seat 8: Acekob (1455 in chips) Seat 9: paugie (1925 in chips) swifty san: posts small blind 15Dayton_u: posts big blind 30*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Acekob [Ac As]DIKDIM7: calls 30brosetcar: folds RamonBelmar: raises 120 to 150james norris: folds Acekob: raises 360 to 510paugie: folds patleafs: folds swifty san: folds Dayton_u: folds DIKDIM7: folds RamonBelmar: calls 360*** FLOP *** [2c 3h Jd]RamonBelmar: checks Acekob:Do I check back here inviting him to fire the turn?PokerStars Game #37946347641: Tournament #230700907, $6.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2010/01/10 11:30:01 ETTable '230700907 2' 9-max Seat #2 is the buttonSeat 1: WombatUK (890 in chips) Seat 2: ricard38 (3125 in chips) Seat 4: jtn_nolimit (1100 in chips) Seat 5: Acekob (1470 in chips) Seat 6: MainMan21 (1310 in chips) Seat 8: Snifner (2923 in chips) Seat 9: Rob Stranger (1952 in chips) jtn_nolimit: posts small blind 25Acekob: posts big blind 50*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Acekob [Ks Ac]MainMan21: folds Snifner: calls 50Rob Stranger: raises 200 to 250WombatUK: folds ricard38: folds jtn_nolimit: folds Acekob: raises 1220 to 1470 and is all-ingubelube is connected Snifner: folds Rob Stranger: calls 1220*** FLOP *** [3h 4c 8h]*** TURN *** [3h 4c 8h] [6d]*** RIVER *** [3h 4c 8h 6d] [3d]*** SHOW DOWN ***Acekob: shows [Ks Ac] (a pair of Threes)Rob Stranger: shows [9h 9c] (two pair, Nines and Threes)Rob Stranger collected 3015 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 3015 | Rake 0 Board [3h 4c 8h 6d 3d]Seat 1: WombatUK folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: ricard38 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 4: jtn_nolimit (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 5: Acekob (big blind) showed [Ks Ac] and lost with a pair of ThreesSeat 6: MainMan21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 8: Snifner folded before FlopSeat 9: Rob Stranger showed [9h 9c] and won (3015) with two pair, Nines and ThreesI am finding myself wondering about certain spots similar to this one, especially during the first two levels.When do you start playing AK as the nuts pf? Can it be better to flat here and look for a pair on the flop, or do we get enough action from AQ to make this a valuable shove? (Even though this shove probably was good, I'd like some opinions on it if this was the 10/20 or 15/30 level)
    Hand 1: Easy shove and hope for a call. Either way, you win a good size pot.Hand 2: I don't fall in love with AKo this early in the tourney. I probably would've called PF and folded to any good-size raise after the flop. If it were later in the tourney, shoving is a good play, IMO.
    Literally the second hand of a 2.20 180 man turbo no reads on anyone - no prior experience with anyone at the table:PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 2.2 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comCO (t1500)Button (t1440)SB (t1440)Hero (BB) (t1500)UTG (t1860)UTG+1 (t1440)MP1 (t1500)MP2 (t1500)MP3 (t1320)Hero's M: 50.00Preflop: Hero is BB with Q :ts, A :spade:UTG calls t20, UTG+1 calls t20, MP1 calls t20, MP2 calls t20, 1 fold, CO calls t20, Button calls t20, SB calls t10, Hero ???
    Just call. AQo is not a great hand with so many limpers and being OOP.
    PokerStars Game #37979349836: Tournament #230915069, $1.00+$0.10 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2010/01/10 22:49:50 ETTable '230915069 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the buttonSeat 1: blurred1 (10094 in chips) Seat 2: MadderCatter (5085 in chips) Seat 3: stef butcher (5950 in chips) Seat 4: WAPDEGO18 (11968 in chips) Seat 5: Bluecaliber (10440 in chips) Seat 7: mykalhenry (4905 in chips) Seat 8: Semprini89 (4895 in chips) Seat 9: ShadeS42 (14163 in chips) blurred1: posts the ante 50MadderCatter: posts the ante 50stef butcher: posts the ante 50WAPDEGO18: posts the ante 50Bluecaliber: posts the ante 50mykalhenry: posts the ante 50Semprini89: posts the ante 50ShadeS42: posts the ante 50Semprini89: posts small blind 400ShadeS42: posts big blind 800*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to blurred1 [3c 3h]blurred1:????????????????????
    A shove is bad there Ben, I think it's a fold although you may be able to setmine depending on where the bubble was.
    This. I'd probably setmine it because I have a hard time folding these hands. I'm definitely not doing more than calling PF and bailing if I don't hit it on the flop.
    PokerStars Game #37981409506: Tournament #230930784, $3.00+$0.25 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2010/01/11 0:05:45 ETTable '230930784 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the buttonSeat 2: Donkey10101 (4035 in chips) Seat 3: g.dickson (12170 in chips) Seat 4: blurred1 (1695 in chips) Seat 5: BradSwarbz.. (10485 in chips) Seat 7: pkppp (3780 in chips) Seat 8: 67Joe67 (485 in chips) Donkey10101: posts the ante 50g.dickson: posts the ante 50blurred1: posts the ante 50BradSwarbz..: posts the ante 50pkppp: posts the ante 5067Joe67: posts the ante 50BradSwarbz..: posts small blind 300pkppp: posts big blind 600*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to blurred1 [2c 2h]67Joe67: folds Donkey10101: folds g.dickson: folds blurred1:??????????????????
    Hard fold. You don't have enough chips to setmine and your only real option is to shove. I would only shove dueces if I'm desperate and you have a few hands to hopefully find a better spot to shove.
    Not much but on my way to meeting my 2010 goals :club: PokerStars Tournament #230919895, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $1.00/$0.10 USD90 playersTotal Prize Pool: $90.00 USD Tournament started 2010/01/10 19:31:19 PT [2010/01/10 22:31:19 ET]Dear InIt2WINitHI,You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 24.82 award has been credited to your Real Money account.You earned 104.06 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/Congratulations!Thank you for participating.Ya gotta start somewhere!
    Grats!!
    "This just in"I hate A5 and under in late stages can never figure out what to do with it......
    Depends on so many factors. How many chips do you have? Are you near the bubble? How is the table playing? What's your rep on the table? I'm with you, though. Those hands suck. :4h

    Poker Stars Pca Day 3

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    235th. Hung in as long as I could. Moved in with A9 got called by 33. The call with 33 was a very bad call in that spot. Oh well.This is DN's tweet, I'm a DN fan in general, obv, thats why I joined this forum... But, it just seems like most the times he thinks his plays are great and downplays other's play against him... unless of course the other is Ivey, PA, Durrrr, Etc. I'm not exactly sure of the whole situation, but, I think the blinds were 2,4K w/ 400 ante and DN shipped 35k. If other guy has a decent stack or is in a blind, I don't think it was "very bad" Anyways, just my 2 cents, I'm sure DN will rebound in High Rollers event, GG, and GL Gibler!!!
    I don't really blame him. I would think most big pros would think like that. If you have that much confidence in your game and you know there are only a handful of players that may be better than you, I think it's natural to think like this. I would've shoved with 33 as well but I'm a donk so take that for what it's worth. :club:

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    So if you flat the initial raise, pot will be 190. I'd fire like 100-120ish (depending on board texture). If he calls, there's nothing wrong with firing again, or you can decide to check to keep the pot smaller. It really depends on your opponent. If he's a retard, I'm never giving free cards and am value betting him to death. The nice thing about position is that you control how big the pot is if checked to. If you decide to keep the pot small, you can. If you have a read that he's fishing, keep the pressure on.
    Yeah that's usually I would handle it but this early in the tourney it's hard to get a read. At this point, I'm mostly betting according to the board. If it's friendly, I'm firing. If it's scary, I'm checking. Deep in the tourney, I'm attacking like crazy. I'd hate to dump half my chips in the second hand of the tourney, though. :club:

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    First hand, with JJ this early how do you play it? I always feel wierd post-flop with JJ unless the board is low. Should I set-mine JJ this early? Standard 3-bet? Shove? Normally I opt for the standard 3-bet, but is this play the best? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 3.25 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comHero (CO) (t1500)Button (t1580)SB (t1420)BB (t1500)UTG (t1500)MP (t1500)Hero's M: 50.00Preflop: Hero is CO with Jheart.gif, Jdiamond.gif1 fold, MP bets t80, Hero raises to t240This 2nd hand is another situation I need help on. Should I even be play A9 this early? If so, as played is this bet/fold or check/fold considering how many people are in this pot? I just shut down with 3 callers and check/folded the flop.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 3.25 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comHero (CO) (t1580)Button (t1875)SB (t1330)BB (t1295)UTG (t110)MP (t2810)Hero's M: 35.11Preflop: Hero is CO with Aclub.gif, 9diamond.gif2 folds, Hero bets t90, Button calls t90, SB calls t75, BB calls t60Flop: (t360) 10club.gif, 7club.gif, 5diamond.gif(4 players)SB checks, BB checks, Hero ???Also, I :club: this thread!
    I wrote a long explanation as to why I'd play the JJ like you did but then decided that flat calling probably would've been your best move. There's a good chance you'll be in position if the button folds and you'll be able to reevaluate your hand better after the flop. So if the flop comes out with undercards and it's checked to you, you can put a decent-size bet out there. If called, what now? Your hand is probably still good and he's likely on a draw. Do you come out firing bigger on the turn, cbet, or just check it down? That's where I have leaks.As for the A9, I'd check/fold. In fact, I'm not sure I like the bet pre-flop. You're in bad position with a weak hand. I would just fold it pre this early in the tourney. If you were in late position and it's been folded to you, I'd like your move a lot more. Or if you had limpers before you and you limped in late, I'd be good with that too. This not a hand you want to get too much money in the pot pre-flop, IMO.

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    Good luck. You play regular speed 45's? Man that must be painful. Once you get a taste of turbos you'll wonder how you ever had the patience for regular SnGs. I prefer regulars myself but you can play twice as many turbos in the same time.
    Turbos are too much gambling and not enough real strategy, IMO. I'm not on a time table and this is all for fun for me so I can handle the regular speed. I'm afraid if I play turbos, I'll just lose my money twice as fast! :)I've played STT's, 18's and 27's and I suck at them.

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    GL... Ill be loading up with 100 tomorrow to start the grind. Goal short term is to become a winning player.
    Yeah that's a given. I'm really trying to learn this game. Goal is to be a winning player both short term and long term. :club:

    Sng Grinder Thread

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    Hey everyone! Noob to the board here.I am happy to see a thread like this as I love playing SNG's and I'm attempting to build my BR in 2010. I'm starting out at $30 and I'm looking to build it up as high as I can. I don't have a ton of time to play so I'm not setting any time limits. My ultimate goal would be to build my BR to play $11 and $22 SnG's. 45 man tourneys are my bread and butter and I'm currently grinding the $.25 SnG's on Pokerstars. I'm looking at moving up levels when I reach 40-50 BI's. I will move down when necessary. I'm staying away from turbos because I suck at them. I know the rake sucks at $1.20 but I can't wait to get there. These quarter tourneys are killing me! :club:

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