Joined: Jan '11
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Placed 3rd in $1+.10 SnG and was wondering how much more difficult do the games get above the micros? Is the skill level basically the same in the $5 and $10 SnG's? I know when I attempted to play some $24 SnG's I lost about 70% of my BR. Appreciate any advice / input!
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
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Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I don't saw if you saw my other posts but i'm not a SNG player, i only play on cash tables. If you ask me 3rd place out of 45 players registered is a pretty good result. Before starting to play online poker i've read many strategy articles, including SNG. There was something about the SNG buy-in, it's best(if your bankroll allows it of course) to play on 5+ $ SNG's. It said that on higher limits players stick a lot more on the SNG strategy and are easier to read than on 1$ SNG where many are tempted to pay you with a weak hand because the stake isn't too high. SO my advice would be to try some 5$ SNG's(if your bankroll allows it of course). Keep us posted and good luck at the tables!
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Location: Australia
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There's definitely a noticeable difference in style as you move up the stakes. Especially, there's a pretty big gap in the quality of play from $1 SNGs to $10 SNGs.. Following good bankroll management - players @ the $10 stakes should have a bankroll of around ~$500 vs players @ $1 stakes having a bankroll anything from $1 to about $100. There is definitely a difference in style.
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
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Jess, what would be the main differences between the 1 dollar SNG and 10 dollar SNG? At beginning i also started to play 1 dollar SNGs but then i realized my fav game and most profitable for me are the cash games tables. What i noticed is that at this limit(1$) palyers tend to be really loose and many will pay with a really weak hand, and this even from beggining of the game. In more than one situations i remember some players go all in with cards like A7o or so. One 10+ dolalrs SNGs players play more tight and follow closely the SNG strategy? Good luck at the tables!
Joined: Jan '11
Location: United States
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Thanks for the feedback Macubaas and jessthe human! You are exactly right to jess about the BR status for the lower $ SnG's. Maybe I'll just stick to these for another month or two before escalating to the $5 and $10. Like I said before, I tried to play some $24 SnG's one day and got the dog poop kicked out of me and basically played conservitive.
Also, Macubaas, what kind of cash table games do you play? Maybe it's something I could check in to. I believe shoveandtilt referenced the SnG's to me about a month ago and so I tried them out and have fared relitively decent on them. Interested in trying other types of games and prefer referenced info from someone experienced in the field. I have only been playing for 5/6 months.
