STTF SNG->cash thread

[blackize]

I'm beginning to question my standard play in spots like this. Villain is 31/24/5 over 30 hands.

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

SB: $121.30
BB: $83.95
UTG: $177.70
Hero (MP): $100.00
CO: $76.90
BTN: $99.00

Preflop: Hero is dealt J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $4.00</font>, 3 folds, BB calls $3.00

Flop: ($8.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $6.00</font>, <font color="red">BB raises to $18.00</font>, Hero ???

[microbet]

blackize,

With his stack anything you do is going to be pretty committing.

He could have a draw, a set, or top pair here. You are probably a little favorite over his range. Will he get the money in with enough of his range? Really hard to say. I see people get it in here with A8 all the time, but you don't have to discount his weaker hands a whole lot before you're in bad shape.

It's not like you were a button raiser and he's putting you on crap. It's not like you've been playing him for a long time and cbetting the hell out of him.

Still 31/24 doesn't look like a set miner.

shrug

[dipstikdave]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($84.65)
Hero ($48)
MP ($24.95)
Button ($25.50)
SB ($49.45)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, MP calls $2, Button calls $2, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($6.75) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4.5</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $22.95</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $23.5</font>, Hero calls $19.

Turn: ($76.70) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

River: ($76.70) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: $76.70

just sat down 2 orbits ago, so no reads. standard? fold pf?

[microbet]

dipstik,

That smells like team spirit. I mean bbv.

[futuredoc85]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm beginning to question my standard play in spots like this. Villain is 31/24/5 over 30 hands.

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

SB: $121.30
BB: $83.95
UTG: $177.70
Hero (MP): $100.00
CO: $76.90
BTN: $99.00

Preflop: Hero is dealt J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $4.00</font>, 3 folds, BB calls $3.00

Flop: ($8.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $6.00</font>, <font color="red">BB raises to $18.00</font>, Hero ???

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unless he just forgot to reload or something i felt this flop like 100% of the time. calling and shoving a blank turn is ok too.

[Josem]

re: JJ hand - 31/24/5, even over 30 hands, is enough for me to get it all in there.

you stack 99/TT, and villain could have a bunch of other stuff as well.

[blackize]

Yeah I realized after I posted it that aside from folding there is basically no wrong answer. If the board is drier, say rainbow, I take it I have to try to get to showdown on the cheap?

[futuredoc85]

Villain is a drooler, he just got his stack from this hand

Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $3/$6 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

SB: $230.60
BB: $600.00
UTG: $810.25
Hero (CO): $774.25
BTN: $1,010.30

Preflop: Hero is dealt Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $24.00</font>, BTN folds, SB calls $21.00, BB folds

Flop: ($54) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
SB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $40.00</font>, <font color="red">SB raises all-in to $206.60</font>, Hero calls $166.60

Turn: ($467.20) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)

River: ($467.20) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $467.20 ($2 Rake)

SB had Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (a straight, Six to Ten) and WON (+$234.60)
Hero had Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and LOST (-$230.60)


on to the hand in question:
Poker Stars - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $3/$6 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)

SB: $947.20
BB: $111.00
UTG: $617.40
Hero (CO): $1,080.00
BTN: $625.60

Preflop: Hero is dealt A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 Players)
UTG calls $6.00, <font color="red">Hero raises to $24.00</font>, BTN folds, <font color="red">SB raises all-in to $947.20</font>, 2 folds, Hero

i guess this may be an ez call but i honestly havent seen someone do this in so long i had no clue what kind of range to give him.

[cakewalk]

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i had no clue what kind of range to give him.

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one that your ahead of then call call call

Be gentle with me it's my first time in this thread.

Notes about me;
- I was a low limit O8b winner
- Kept blowing all my winnings playing HE too high
- Could hold my own at the 1/2 stakes and .50/1 stakes about the same time last year.
- Now I try to play the .25c/.50c full ring game and i'm getting crushed.
- I have been playing SNG's for about 6 months ago in an effort to learn discipline and to build a roll comfortable enough to play cash games with.


I can afford to play .25/.50 (20 buy-ins)now but what do you guys think is the best way to really curb the learning curve.(that sentence sounds weird in my head).

I have PT but have never really used it extensively b4 and don't even really know how to use it effectively. Any threads on beginners for PT?

Any suggestions on how to start guys?

Thanks a lot