Lately the fish have been kicking my ass at limit and I've hit a major downswing. See these threads for more on that...

forum/viewtopic.php?t=8058

forum/viewtopic.php?t=8030

forum/viewtopic.php?t=7914

Now... back to SNGs. I played 8 SNGs on UB today and am very happy with the results! 50% ITM, 100+ ROI (three firsts and a second).

I don't think I made many mistakes in any of them. I was short-stacked and raised all-in with AK, got called by 77, and I lose. I was short-stacked and push with T8s on the BTN, got called by A9s and I lose. I raise with AK, the flop comes AQ2 rainbow. Fish min-bets and I raise to the pot, he calls. The turn is a 4, he checks and I bet the pot - putting me all-in. He calls... with 44! I can't believe he called a huge raise with 3rd best pair and then hit a 2-outter.

Ah well... I'm still happy with how I did overall. I put my money in either with the best hand, or put it in when the situation warranted it. Not much else I can do.

Anyhow... this post is mostly just to say... I will be participating in this forum more regularly now.

Let us know how it goes.

As an aside, it was a pleasure to run into you on the STT forum. I'm often on the lonely side of the arguments over there. I play a very different style, and since I don't play Party SNGs and that's almost the exclusive domain of the 2+2ers, there is usually a great degree of disagreement between us.

They spend enormous amounts of time and energy working on their preflop strategy, and virtually none at all on post-flop play. Push or fold, that's the extent of their strategy, whether they admit it or not. It's a winning formula for the pros over there, because they don't have time or the luxury of playing post-flop, when playing 10 tables on Party. Some make a lot of money, but they aren't playing the same game the rest are playing, at other sites and MTTs and cash games. I doubt they could, without seriously damaging their earning ability.

However, I could easily be wrong. They haven't proved it to me, yet, but I'm open to rational discussion. That seems harder to get than good advice on pushing.

Between you and me, maybe we can push our games to the highest levels. I hope so.

Best wishes,

CJ