Today I became a pro.

[onlinebeginner]

mj
make sure that he isn't folding in situations like the 430 hand... that's really patheticly awful
also what cards did he have on the above hand... obviously he didn't have great ones so that makes the raise AWFUL

two pretty major leaks

[wickss]

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what about this hand?
PokerStars Game #9457155817: Tournament #48012493, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/16 - 18:31:02 (ET)
Table '48012493 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (3870 in chips)
Seat 4: taso1 (5930 in chips)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (1335 in chips)
Seat 8: rrecker (2365 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts the ante 50
RYMalamutes: posts the ante 50
rrecker: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts small blind 300
RYMalamutes: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
rrecker: folds
wickss79: raises 600 to 1200
RYMalamutes said, "all in"
taso1: raises 4680 to 5880 and is all-in
RYMalamutes: folds
wickss79: folds
taso1 collected 3200 from pot
taso1: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3200 | Rake 0
Seat 1: wickss79 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: taso1 (small blind) collected (3200)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rrecker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Short stack is about to go out. I was probably in a bad situation against SB. I wanted to play the short stack AIPF with this hand. Not the SB. That is why I didn't go all in.

[wickss]

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what did the roll begin with? and what are you at now? awesome job guys

[/ QUOTE ]It started at $460 on Monday. I took out $120 and am now at $1080.

[mjnumb23]

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mj
make sure that he isn't folding in situations like the 430 hand... that's really patheticly awful
also what cards did he have on the above hand... obviously he didn't have great ones so that makes the raise AWFUL

two pretty major leaks

[/ QUOTE ]Affirmative.

[rakemeplz]

When/if is wickss moving up beyond the 6.50s?

[luthar]

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When/if is wickss moving up beyond the 6.50s?

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When he has less leaks and a bigger BR ... I am still waiting for the drop [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[sethypooh21]

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what about this hand?
PokerStars Game #9457155817: Tournament #48012493, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/16 - 18:31:02 (ET)
Table '48012493 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (3870 in chips)
Seat 4: taso1 (5930 in chips)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (1335 in chips)
Seat 8: rrecker (2365 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts the ante 50
RYMalamutes: posts the ante 50
rrecker: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts small blind 300
RYMalamutes: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
rrecker: folds
wickss79: raises 600 to 1200
RYMalamutes said, "all in"
taso1: raises 4680 to 5880 and is all-in
RYMalamutes: folds
wickss79: folds
taso1 collected 3200 from pot
taso1: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3200 | Rake 0
Seat 1: wickss79 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: taso1 (small blind) collected (3200)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rrecker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Short stack is about to go out. I was probably in a bad situation against SB. I wanted to play the short stack AIPF with this hand. Not the SB. That is why I didn't go all in.

[/ QUOTE ]Like I said, unless the SB is a muppet, he's shoving ATC vs. you here. Push or fold.

[Spleen]

I say no cutting of the hair until BR reaches 5k, pics as we go obv. ( or something to that affect [effect?]) better yet grow a mustache Tom Selleck style until BR reached certain point.

[DevinLake]

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what about this hand?
PokerStars Game #9457155817: Tournament #48012493, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/16 - 18:31:02 (ET)
Table '48012493 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: wickss79 (3870 in chips)
Seat 4: taso1 (5930 in chips)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (1335 in chips)
Seat 8: rrecker (2365 in chips)
wickss79: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts the ante 50
RYMalamutes: posts the ante 50
rrecker: posts the ante 50
taso1: posts small blind 300
RYMalamutes: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
rrecker: folds
wickss79: raises 600 to 1200
RYMalamutes said, "all in"
taso1: raises 4680 to 5880 and is all-in
RYMalamutes: folds
wickss79: folds
taso1 collected 3200 from pot
taso1: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3200 | Rake 0
Seat 1: wickss79 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: taso1 (small blind) collected (3200)
Seat 6: RYMalamutes (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rrecker folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Short stack is about to go out. I was probably in a bad situation against SB. I wanted to play the short stack AIPF with this hand. Not the SB. That is why I didn't go all in.

[/ QUOTE ]Like I said, unless the SB is a muppet, he's shoving ATC vs. you here. Push or fold.

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Wow...I'm glad I don't play sngs anymore. If, in fact, only the worse players at the $6.50s don't know to shove any two here, you sng players are in trouble.

When I left the $109s at party in late November, there were very few capable of shoving any two here.

[TheNoodleMan]

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This is a serious post. TheNoodleMan deserves entirely more respect than he has been getting in this thread. He is a proven winner, a great sng player, and when he speaks we should all listen up. I do not want to drive away a good player and valuable contributor to this thread. Thanks for listening.

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I appreciate the love, but in the interest of accuracy I must admit that while I am definitely a proven winner I am by not a great sng player.

What I am is exactly the type of player that should give wickss and other aspiring pros hope, a mid stakes SNG grinder that makes enough to avoid a day job. Every day that I wake up without hearing an alarm clock is blessing.

I hope wickss can beat the odds and build a roll before life and its expenses catch up to him. I know well from experience that it is no trivial matter.