Advice on MTTs and Sit&Go's
Hi Ryan hope your awesome!
this is my situation: I've been playing poker already for a almost two year and have manged to gain around 800$ from a $0 bankroll with freerolls and playing all types of games (MTTs,sits, cash games) on the MicroStakes... finally I will have time to dedicate to Poker at a full time trying to become a proffesional and make a living...
after all I want to dedicate to Sit&Go's and MTT
Even though I' doing well on MTSits I mean have reached first, second and third place enough times to profit from it (this on sizes of 180,90 and 45 people sits) I've never been able to reach an FT on a MTT (usually around 2.5k or 3k entrants) most of times I might reach ITM but is hard for me at the final stages my best result have been 17th place on a $0,55 Big on PS...
so my questions are :
is this normal or common?
could you give me an advice how to improve my game?
if have some material with basics things I should know
and of course anything else that you can help me with
thanks a lot for reading I'll be looking forward to your response
Ryan Laplante said:
Hi Ryan hope your awesome!
this is my situation: I've been playing poker already for a almost two year and have manged to gain around 800$ from a $0 bankroll with freerolls and playing all types of games (MTTs,sits, cash games) on the MicroStakes... finally I will have time to dedicate to Poker at a full time trying to become a proffesional and make a living...
after all I want to dedicate to Sit&Go's and MTT
Even though I' doing well on MTSits I mean have reached first, second and third place enough times to profit from it (this on sizes of 180,90 and 45 people sits) I've never been able to reach an FT on a MTT (usually around 2.5k or 3k entrants) most of times I might reach ITM but is hard for me at the final stages my best result have been 17th place on a $0,55 Big on PS...
so my questions are :
is this normal or common?
could you give me an advice how to improve my game?
if have some material with basics things I should know
and of course anything else that you can help me with
thanks a lot for reading I'll be looking forward to your response
I play low stake live tournaments often. Starting stack is low, blinds fast. For example, 10k starting stack blinds start 25/50, 15 min levels.
I seem to do well often early, but seems that when blinds get into the 500/1000 range I very rarely seem to be able to build a stack. I seem to slowly lose my stack, unless I get great cards, and usually end up in shove or fold mode. What size stack do you tighten up? Bully? Try to see flops? Nothing I do seems to work. Say I have 60-70k chips, I feel comfortable with 60bbs so I don't want to start throwing chips away, but before I know it blinds are 1/2k with ante and suddenly I'm down to 25 bbs with antes and feeling desperate , when half hr before I was feeling good. Should I just take more chances and be aggressive , what is a good stack size
I seem to do well often early, but seems that when blinds get into the 500/1000 range I very rarely seem to be able to build a stack. I seem to slowly lose my stack, unless I get great cards, and usually end up in shove or fold mode. What size stack do you tighten up? Bully? Try to see flops? Nothing I do seems to work. Say I have 60-70k chips, I feel comfortable with 60bbs so I don't want to start throwing chips away, but before I know it blinds are 1/2k with ante and suddenly I'm down to 25 bbs with antes and feeling desperate , when half hr before I was feeling good. Should I just take more chances and be aggressive , what is a good stack size
Fast structure can be frustrating due to this.madjek said:
Can't be overly tight in turbos and expect to do well.
I suggest getting snapshove and studying with training sites so you are more comfortable with under 30bb.
Rebuy and Add On Tournaments
I've just started to transition from Cash Games to Tournaments Online When I dabbled in Tournaments I would rebuy immediately and always add on unless I busted out so a $5 tournament was in effect a $15 tournament which is a little steep Is there any basic strategy for rebuy and add on tournaments? I'm wondering with regards to Bankroll Management Is there an over/under when to rebuy in relation to ROI? Hope that makes sense
thanks
I've just started to transition from Cash Games to Tournaments Online When I dabbled in Tournaments I would rebuy immediately and always add on unless I busted out so a $5 tournament was in effect a $15 tournament which is a little steep Is there any basic strategy for rebuy and add on tournaments? I'm wondering with regards to Bankroll Management Is there an over/under when to rebuy in relation to ROI? Hope that makes sense
thanks
ICM Spot
I took a shove spot that I am unsure of.
Here is the prize info.
https://i.gyazo.com/240717ac95472a1f47c8fdd289f52e9e.png
37 left, 27 pay, and I was around 12/37 with 25bbs.
Villain was running 29/28 with RFI 38 and STL 100 over 42 hands. He'd been 3-bet once before and folded. Also, I'd seen him open AJo UTG a few levels ago.
https://i.gyazo.com/8007a5a44ebbd86f4c3bcce13af7d704.mp4
I ran the hand in ICMizer and got this result.
https://www.icmpoker.com/icmizer/#UxDQpF
Looks like I may have lost 6 to 12 dollars on the shove depending on his opening range.
This was at the 1250/2500 level and the bubble broke 4 levels or 40 minutes later at 3000/6000 with an average stack of around 60K.
I could have probably folded into the money with a half average stack of around 5 bbs if I did not win another hand. For this reason, I think I should have folded 88, but would you also fold hands like TT and AQo? Also, I am assuming I should be folding or shoving range here. Is that correct?
I took a shove spot that I am unsure of.
Here is the prize info.
https://i.gyazo.com/240717ac95472a1f47c8fdd289f52e9e.png
37 left, 27 pay, and I was around 12/37 with 25bbs.
Villain was running 29/28 with RFI 38 and STL 100 over 42 hands. He'd been 3-bet once before and folded. Also, I'd seen him open AJo UTG a few levels ago.
https://i.gyazo.com/8007a5a44ebbd86f4c3bcce13af7d704.mp4
I ran the hand in ICMizer and got this result.
https://www.icmpoker.com/icmizer/#UxDQpF
Looks like I may have lost 6 to 12 dollars on the shove depending on his opening range.
This was at the 1250/2500 level and the bubble broke 4 levels or 40 minutes later at 3000/6000 with an average stack of around 60K.
I could have probably folded into the money with a half average stack of around 5 bbs if I did not win another hand. For this reason, I think I should have folded 88, but would you also fold hands like TT and AQo? Also, I am assuming I should be folding or shoving range here. Is that correct?
blackburn44 said:
I play 98% tournaments, done so almost my entire 10 year career.
Most of what I do these days is play live tournaments in Vegas (from $400 to $10,000). I play some online, but usually just sundays.
Online cash games can be profitable, just have to game select very very carefully.
Tournament play
Do you think it's best to play loose beginning tight end loose end tight beginning is it best to play alot of range hands to hide your whole cards better what's the best tournament strategy you think is out there and even knowing you have the best hand would you recommend not being all in pre flop cause I seem to get 3 and 2 outtered alot as well getting my money in as a huge favorite but odds not worked out for me much lately in tournaments
Do you think it's best to play loose beginning tight end loose end tight beginning is it best to play alot of range hands to hide your whole cards better what's the best tournament strategy you think is out there and even knowing you have the best hand would you recommend not being all in pre flop cause I seem to get 3 and 2 outtered alot as well getting my money in as a huge favorite but odds not worked out for me much lately in tournaments