Strewbarry
11 points
Hey man, I really know the struggle.
I played microstakes mtt's for a few years also losing money.
But now I've been working on my game and I built myself a bankroll that makes me capable of playing low stakes (and even mid stakes through satelites).
I have a few thoughts to share with you.
First of all, I don't know how many tables you play at the same time, but I would like to suggest playing a maximum of 4 tables at once or even less.
That way you'll probably make less mistakes because you have more focus and more decision time.
Also I'd like to tell you you'll probably need to work on your poker fundamentals, since you're cashing a very low amount of games.
Try not to register tournaments that are running out of late registration time too much, since you'll be more likely to end up busting within 5 minutes or less..
Don't try to play hyper-turbo's since you'll have to deal with a sh*tload of variance.
You should also be aiming to play smaller fields since you'll be more likely to cash and make a potential deep run.
Following this, I can suggest you play the $1,50 45man sit n go's. They have a small field, not too many good regs. There is way more variance in playing mtt's than there is in sit n go's.. You can even play 18man or 9man sit n go's if you like (the 9man sit n go's offer a top 3 paid structure, meaning a 33% chance of cashing each time. The payouts aren't going to be big, but you'll very likely increase the number of your cashes and therefor stabilize your bankroll a lot more, resulting in softer downswings.
In your situation, don't focus on big results. It's way more important to make sure you're losing less money to start with, then try to become a break-even player, etc.
Remember, slow progress is better than no progress.
June 11, 2017 | 8:30 a.m.
Hi guys! Since he didn't answer yet (also sent him a pm) I'll start up a skype-group with you guys (bettercsaul and ifoldedkkpreonce) and then if we hear something of Bryant90 he can just join us :)
June 3, 2017 | 9:43 a.m.
Hey man, I'm definitely interested in this. Had a group of about a dozen people and it didn't go too well because of the number of people/posts. A smaller group will probably work better! I'm happy you say 'a few times a week' because I'm not able to play a huge volume every single day, but I'm very eager to learn so let me know if I can join! I play low stakes from $2 - $22.
My sharkscope is blocked, but you can check my results +- at playerscope.
PokerStars name: Strewbarry
Skype name: vloermuis
May 29, 2017 | 5:02 p.m.
Could you maybe recommend other introductory videos that are for the Essential members?
March 15, 2017 | 12:12 a.m.
I had the same feeling with the KJ example. I can imagine a lot of (maybe also often weaker) players check-back the KJ on that flop..
March 14, 2017 | 11:52 p.m.
Tried to look for 6max hyper vids as well on here, but I can't find any .. :(
March 8, 2017 | 4:55 p.m.
One thing I noticed is the absence of monster draws.
Is it best to always c-bet monster draws, to check them most of the times, or to have a somewhat 50-50 balance in betting/checking these?
Feb. 2, 2017 | 2:26 a.m.
Basically the light blue means all combinations of the cards are still live. The darker blue means those hands (directly) connected with the board, as you see almost all of them contain J's, 9's and 5's. You can somewhat see this as the light blue being draws/overcards (no made hands) and the dark blue being actual made hands. Apart from the overpairs/pocket pairs because these already are made hands themselves :)
The colors are also directly related to the numbers in the right bottom corner of the squares. So you'll see high numbers (4,6,12 - based on the combinations) in the light blues and lower numbers (1,2,3) in the dark blues.
One other thing to look out for is the suited aces section as you see there are 3 combinations that check but one combination that bets.
Feb. 2, 2017 | 2:22 a.m.
The AQs hand around 41mins, why not take a stab on the turn and.or river there? The guy clearly gives up when checking turn, and with the FT coming closer, I wouldn't mind putting in a 2/3 pot bet there to put max pressure. If he has a hand like AJ, he will fold. And if he's holding QQ - 88 he won't be happy calling a bet.
Sept. 10, 2016 | 3:47 p.m.
With the board having two clubs, you could always opt for betting a larger amount than half pot. I would also always bet bigger in early stages of a tournament, as you want to build a pot (given that there are no antes yet, etc.).
You want value from Tx hands, pairs like 99-77 and even A-highs or broadways that he could be floating the flop with. You also want people to be paying for draws in this case on a suited board. Having no read what so ever and given the stage of the tournament I don't mind a fold on the river. Also his sizing looks so big his hand range is really polarized and people in a $1/€1 tournament are most likely playing straightforward ABC poker. I think he has it way more than he's bluffing at this point. It's just an unlucky runout for QQ, especially with the Q on the turn.
I think there are a lot of possibilities to play the hand. I would definitely cbet on the flop (with bigger sizing as I said before). I might go for a check-raise on the turn. If he checks-back the turn, you can both opt to bet or to check the river. Checking the river is also a good play because your giving the villain an opportunity to bluff. Also, if you check the river, he will bet smaller than 4K, so you will eventually lose less chips if you still call a river bet and lose.
(I'm new as well, this is my first reply so I might be wrong here though.)
Simple answer: there are none :(
I already tried looking for sng vids as well but unfortunately I couldn't find any..
Aug. 7, 2017 | 8:48 p.m.