Posted Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:14 am GMT by kingetje
I have always been playing $5 SnGs.. but since yesterday I had been dabbling in a few $10 ones. (babnkroll was $220 when i started playing some of them) i played 3 of them yesterday.. one 2nd place, one bubble finish and an unlucky fluke that happened early.
the players seem real different so far. wayy tighter... in the 5 ones its not uncommon that 5 people head to a raised pot,.. lots of limping going on and noone gives up their limps. here it often happens that its folded to the small blind. raises get way more respect.. plus, there are some players there.. sometimes i get raised and the player folds to a reraise of mine.. that sort of thing would NEVER happen in a $5 SnG. definitely some better play going on.. this all is on Doyles Room by the way.
today i played another one and finished 1st, and had the chip lead throughout all of the tourney.
even though the players are better, i dont feel like they are THAT much harder to beat...I like the seemingly tighter play going on so far, cause its good for me
should i keep playing these or is it wiser to stay in the $5 zone?
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Posted Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:17 am GMT by Johny
You have the proper bankroll to play the 10's. If you're confident you can beat them then stick with them. If you start to see you're not ready yet, drop back down to the 5's.
Posted Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:21 am GMT by Johny
I also don't know why the 10's would be tighter than the 5's. From my experience they usually have the same caliber of play.
Posted Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:32 am GMT by Sean_in_NJ
I haven't noticed much difference between the $5's and $10's at DR, but I don't have that big a sample either.
Posted Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:06 pm GMT by jonesyb
i built my roll on sngs on vc(or doyles).
started on 0.10c ones a built my way up to the $10's.... i didnt notice 'much; difference between them really.
the move to $20's was diferent though. they dont fill up as quick and the play was seemingly better. although my sample size means oyu shoudl take this comment with a pinch of salt.
if you are comfortable with playing them then carry on. maybe continue to play them... and if your roll drops below $200 go bck to the 5's till its back up again.
the $10 sngs on pacific are considerably easier though i think,.
Posted Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:19 pm GMT by jimmer
I think it depends what your priorities are.
I mean at first glance, I would say stick with the $10 sng. After all you seem to be doing ok at them.
However if you're someone who is on a low income and really values $220 why not just stick with the $5 sng's.
I guessing (and it is only a guess), that most people on this site will be looking to build their bankroll and would therefore probably favor the "$10 sng" opinion.
I say if you feel comfortable on the $10 stick with it.
Posted Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:34 pm GMT by kingetje
Just played my 5th one... it went pretty good again.
You must check out these 2 consecutive hands that springed me from a still very dangerous 2nd in chips out of 5 players left.. to the chipleader with 3 players left... just wow! 
I would have raised this first one preflop but the fairly tight player in front of me called so i decided to just limp in on the button here
Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes
$10 - NL - 9 Seats 9971956-69 Holdem No Limit 150/300
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Hand Start.
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Seat 2 : Gator Trout has $1,720
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Seat 4 : MacAtaak has $5,900
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Seat 5 : joker Just has $2,570
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Seat 6 : kingetje has $4,620
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Seat 7 : normski_dea has $3,190
Jun 22 17:04:45 : kingetje is the dealer.
Jun 22 17:04:45 : normski_dea posted small blind.
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Gator Trout posted big blind.
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Game 69 started with 5 players.
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Dealing Hole Cards.
Jun 22 17:04:45 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Ac 8h
Jun 22 17:04:47 : MacAtaak folded.
Jun 22 17:04:50 : joker Just called 300
Jun 22 17:04:56 : kingetje called 300
Jun 22 17:04:58 : normski_dea folded.
Jun 22 17:05:02 : Gator Trout checked.
Jun 22 17:05:02 : Dealing flop.
Jun 22 17:05:02 : Board cards   
Jun 22 17:05:04 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 1 min.
Jun 22 17:05:07 : Gator Trout checked.
Jun 22 17:05:11 : joker Just bet 600
Jun 22 17:05:15 : kingetje called 600
Jun 22 17:05:19 : Gator Trout folded.
Jun 22 17:05:19 : Dealing turn.
Jun 22 17:05:19 : Board cards 
Jun 22 17:05:23 : joker Just bet 1,670 and is All-in
Jun 22 17:05:24 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 1 min.
Jun 22 17:05:25 : kingetje called 1,670
Jun 22 17:05:25 : Showdown!
Jun 22 17:05:25 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Ac 8h
Jun 22 17:05:27 : Seat 5 : joker Just has 7d Ad
Jun 22 17:05:27 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Ac 8h
Jun 22 17:05:32 : Board cards 
Jun 22 17:05:32 : Seat 5 : joker Just has 7d Ad
Jun 22 17:05:32 : joker Just has Full House : 8s full of 10s
Jun 22 17:05:32 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Ac 8h
Jun 22 17:05:32 : kingetje has Four of a kind: 8s
Jun 22 17:05:32 : kingetje wins 5,590 with Four of a kind: 8s
Jun 22 17:05:33 : joker Just : oops nh
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Hand is over.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 1 min.
Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes
$10 - NL - 9 Seats 9971956-70 Holdem No Limit 150/300
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Hand Start.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Seat 2 : Gator Trout has $1,420
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Seat 4 : MacAtaak has $5,900
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Seat 6 : kingetje has $7,640
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Seat 7 : normski_dea has $3,040
Jun 22 17:05:42 : normski_dea is the dealer.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Gator Trout posted small blind.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : MacAtaak posted big blind.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Game 70 started with 4 players.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Dealing Hole Cards.
Jun 22 17:05:42 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Js Kd
Jun 22 17:05:43 : kingetje : good game.. well played
Jun 22 17:05:44 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 1 min.
Jun 22 17:05:47 : kingetje called 300 and raised 400
Jun 22 17:05:51 : normski_dea called 700
Jun 22 17:05:56 : Gator Trout folded.
Jun 22 17:05:57 : MacAtaak called 400
Jun 22 17:05:58 : Dealing flop.
Jun 22 17:05:58 : Board cards  
Jun 22 17:06:00 : MacAtaak checked.
Jun 22 17:06:00 : joker Just : cheers. u2 gl
Jun 22 17:06:02 : kingetje checked.
Jun 22 17:06:03 : normski_dea checked.
Jun 22 17:06:03 : Dealing turn.
Jun 22 17:06:03 : Board cards
Jun 22 17:06:04 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 1 min.
Jun 22 17:06:06 : MacAtaak checked.
Jun 22 17:06:07 : kingetje checked.
Jun 22 17:06:08 : normski_dea checked.
Jun 22 17:06:09 : Dealing river.
Jun 22 17:06:09 : Board cards 
Jun 22 17:06:13 : MacAtaak bet 500
Jun 22 17:06:18 : kingetje called 500 and raised 800
Jun 22 17:06:19 : normski_dea folded.
Jun 22 17:06:22 : MacAtaak called 800 and raised 3,900 and is All-in
Jun 22 17:06:24 : kingetje called 3,900
Jun 22 17:06:24 : Showdown!
Jun 22 17:06:24 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Js Kd
Jun 22 17:06:24 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 1 min.
Jun 22 17:06:26 : Seat 4 : MacAtaak has Jd Ac
Jun 22 17:06:26 : MacAtaak has Straight QJT98
Jun 22 17:06:26 : Seat 6 : kingetje has Js Kd
Jun 22 17:06:26 : kingetje has Straight KQJT9
Jun 22 17:06:26 : kingetje wins 12,650 with Straight KQJT9 (King kicker)
Jun 22 17:06:36 : Hand is over.
Jun 22 17:06:36 : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 6 Next level in: 8 min.
Jun 22 17:06:36 : Level up. New stakes : 200/400
Jun 22 17:06:36 : Level up. New stakes : 200/400
Jun 22 17:06:36 : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Next level in: 8 min.
alass i came in a disspointing second after getting the money in preflop in the heads up fase when i had a dominating hand, but he sucked out twice in a row (my A-J against his A-5, and my 8's against his 4's) which gave him the chip lead and then i called his all-in bet with A-8 when he had A-J...
Posted Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:46 pm GMT by jonesyb
1st hand.. personally i would be folding that there if there was a call in front of me. if 1st position folded i would be pushing. i pretty much never call when the blinds are like that.
then the hand just plays itself out. i didnt pay much attention to the rest of it.
Posted Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:19 pm GMT by Cheech3398
| Johny wrote: | | You have the proper bankroll to play the 10's. |
Its only 20x buyin. id say he could earn a bit more before moving up. just to be absolutley secure.
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