[Collin Moshman]

Hitch, if you can't use stats overlay, then I'd pay most careful attention to pot-entering frequency, followed by aggression/passivity at high blinds. How often is a particular opponent limping during high blinds? Does he seem to shove just about any two cards when it's folded to him in late position? These are the types of things you want to be looking for.

McGrain, using commercial software like SNGWizard and seeing what you are correct to call/shove with for different stack sizes and opponent pushing/folding ranges is your best bet long-term. Cliff's Notes: shove your strong hands (aces, kings, pocket pairs, two face cards), fold your weak hands unless you are very short-stacked -- say 5 BB or fewer, in which case tend to push just about any two cards, and if your opponent just calls from the button, raise all-in often to win a 2BB pot uncontested.

youbobAA and PokerClif, you guys are completely right about the rake. Beating 20% is really really tough, even if your competition is very poor. I'd probably play the $5+$0.5 underfunded ($100+) rather than multi-table $1+$0.2's.

-- Collin