BLOG: ***SNG/MTT 45 Man Challenge***

For not having enough time to play long MTT sessions I thought I would try 45man turbo SnG to see how it goes. One tourney takes up to 80 minutes and so I can play one or two 2 hour session during the day or evening.
So far I've played only 182 ($0.50) tourneys last week and was welcomed with a nice heater (there is one micro MTT where I hit FT).

Yesterday I instlalled Table Ninja 2 trial and played around with it. I've always playd tiled but now I wanna learn stacked and use hot keys so I can increase the number of tables. So far I have only been using left button of the mouse to fold.
I found it quite easy playing stacked and I had actually more time to make decisions but I don't feel very comfortable yet (missing the outcome when I go all-in).:f_biggrin:

I fu*ked it up big time yesterday. While grinding and adjusting Ninja settings at the same time I somehow accidentally managed to register to quite a few $3.50 and $1.50 (instead of $0.50) tournaments which are out of my BR and threw away $30 of my roll.:f_biggrin:

I didn't wanna waste time on $0.50 games and was going to move to $1.50 but after yesterdays faux pas I think I'm gonna stay there for a little while.

gl with your challenge following for we have quite similar goals

Originally posted by DieRich
gl with your challenge following for we have quite similar goals

Thanx mate. I'll be following your blog too

Bankroll Challenge - WEEK 1 (01/08/2016 - 07/08/2016)

Tourneys: 182
Tourneys Total: 182
Profit: +$77.56
Starting BR: $100
Current BR: $177.56
Goal: $1000

I had a plan to grind on Tuesday 2 hours in the afternoon and 3+ hours in the evening but got a terrible low back pain (lumbago). The pain was so bad that I could barely si, let alone walk.
The doctor gave me an injection for back relief yesterday. It didn't help much but at least I can now sit at the PC (still with some pain). Everything bad is good for something.:f_biggrin: I had a lot of time to watch 45man videos and go through some of my hands in HRC.

I decreased the number of tables so I can get used to the hot keys and it's going really well so far. I played 4 hours yesterday just using hot keys without mouse clicking. I am also getting used to playing stacked tables more and more even without missing the action by using Ninja Tile layout. If there is an action (betting, raising, calling) Ninja Tile will move that hand into one of the tiled slots while action is taking place until the hand is completed and then moves back to the bottom of the stacked windows.:f_biggrin:
However if there is a lot of action at the same time I don't have much time to watch it all anyway so I might just switch to stack layout later on when I get the hang of it.:f_biggrin:

I would appreciate if someone could suggest a bankroll management I should have to play 45man SnG (not too aggresive, not too conservative). Will I be too nitty to have 200 BI bankroll management or 100 BI is ok?

you should play a brm that makes you feel comfortable, in my opinion a brm of 100+ bi is totally ok, just drop down when you get back to a 100 bi. just my 2 cents, in the end it comes down to what feels most natural to you i guess. how many tables do you play? have to check out the new table ninja settings, thanks for the tip m8! hope your back gets well soon also

nvm i already found out the answer to my question on the last page

I played 8-10 tables MTTs on 4/5 different poker room. When it was only on one room I used to play up to 12 tables tiled. Yesterday I tried 14 tables including few micro MTTs and it was ok until my Table Ninja started playing up. All the tables went crazy and started popping up and down so I decided to restart Ninja. For some reason the "never sit out" feature didn't work and I found myself sitting out on 7 tables. I was in panic and couldn't quickly figure out how to change the layout in Ninja from stack to tile so I could hit the "I am back button".:f_biggrin: Finally I managed to sort it out.:f_biggrin:
I think the never sit out (and maybe some other) feature didn't work because the PS client wasn't started as admin.

Played 117 games for the past couple of days. The two curves kissed each other somewhere in the middle and then run in a different direction.♦

Bankroll Challenge - WEEK 2

Week: 2 (08/08/2016 - 14/08/2016)
Tourneys: 292
Tourneys Total: 474
Profit: -$57.99
Starting BR: $100
Current BR: $119.57
Goal: $1000

I've been running (hopefully not playing) quite bad for the last week. I've gone through a couple of hundred recent hands and played with HRC to see if I can find any major leaks but didn't find anything serious.
I want the positive variance back!♦

It took me 24 hours to play 292 games last week. That's 12 games per hour, which is not bad. Once I can learn grinding 24 tables it will be twice as many.♦
I should however concentrate not to bust my roll.:f_biggrin:

GL at tables:f_drink:

Played 155 games (8461 hands) so far this week and here is the graph:

And this is since I started the challenge (2 weeks ago):

How long is this shit gonna take? I hope it's gonna turn around soon:f_biggrin:
Just today I shoved or called a shove with AA 15 times where I won 7x, lost 5x and split 3x (plus 10x everyone folded).

I remember being near the bubble on a few tables and got excited when I was dealt AA However my excitement ended pretty soon as I didn't win any of the 5 hands in a row (3 hands within 3 minutes). Fortunately I don't tilt at all just turning my head in disbelief:)

I know I'm probably too result oriented innit?! Enough crying, going to bed now.:f_drink:

Tomorrow not playing. I'm going to play some darts and get tipsy ♦

My back is getting better but it still hurts. The doctor gave me a drip but it can't stop me from grinding

See my home hospital and me grinding while having a drip

Had a little run too

I thought I broke the losing streak after yesterday's little run but I was wrong ♦

Today's session:

Bankroll Challenge - WEEK 3

Week: 3 (15/08/2016 - 21/08/2016)
Tourneys: 294
Tourneys Total: 768
Profit: -$32.81
Starting BR: $100
Current BR: $86.76
Goal: $1000

Graph for last week:

Graph for 3 weeks:

Gl. How's going?

Originally posted by 4s4s4s
Gl. How's going?

Cheers mate. It's getting better

Still running below EV this week but it looks like the green line is slowly catching up with the yellow one

I played some MTTs and SnG together and was using TableDroid (TD) to align my tables from different rooms and I noticed that some of my hands were being folded on their own. When I went through some hands today I found out I folded AA twice preflop!
It must have been caused by the bloody outdated TD. Their website doesn't even work anymore. I have removed it from my PC and will never ever install it again.
Played without TD today and everything was fine.

I just love the new iPoker deep stack tourneys and so many fish in there ♦

BTN: 46.6 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
SB: 146.05 BB (VPIP: 10.26, PFR: 2.78, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 39)
BB: 214.21 BB (VPIP: 30.43, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
UTG: 278.29 BB (VPIP: 21.57, PFR: 15.56, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 51)
Hero (MP): 135.37 BB
CO: 17.61 BB (VPIP: 23.85, PFR: 2.67, 3Bet Preflop: 2.26, Hands: 440)

6 players post ante of 0.1 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.1 BB) Hero has A♦ A♥

UTG raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG raises to 8 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, UTG raises to 278.19 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 115.27 BB

Flop: (272.64 BB, 2 players) T♠ 8♠ 4♥

Turn: (272.64 BB, 2 players) T♥

River: (272.64 BB, 2 players) 4♦

UTG shows Q♣ Q♠ (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 14%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A♦ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 86%, Turn 95%)
UTG wins 142.93 BB
Hero wins 272.64 BB

Bankroll Challenge - WEEK 4

Week: 4 (22/08/2016 - 28/08/2016)
Tourneys: 177
Tourneys Total: 945
Profit: +$34.82
Starting BR: $100
Current BR: $121.58
Goal: $1000

I've finished in a small profit after a long time:tongue:

According to SS I have played so far 802 MTTSNG 45 man turbo. The biggest upswing I had was 115 BI during 231 games and the biggest downswing was 118 BI during 478 games.
The last 50 games the graph curve has been going up (currently running 58 BI)

I know It's a small sample to say anything but I just like the graphs ♦

Despite of running below EV line during the downswing I went back to tiled and decreased the number of tables to 10 - 11.

When playing stacked I played 15 tables and had quite enough time to open more tables (when using hot keys). I was happy with the decisions I made according to ICM and opponents tendencies but it was just so disappointing getting so many bad beats one after another and busting out of the tourneys with better cards.

I should practice the mental side ♦

Bankroll Challenge - WEEK 5

Week: 5 (29/08/2016 - 04/09/2016)
Tourneys: 149
Tourneys Total: 1094
Profit: +$1.67
Starting BR: $100
Current BR: $123.25
Goal: $1000

Played some out of my BR MTTs yesterday just for fun

45man turbo

Bankroll Challenge - WEEK 6

Week: 6 (05/09/2016 - 11/09/2016)
Tourneys: 62
Tourneys Total: 1156
Profit: -$26.78
Starting BR: $100
Current BR: $96.47
Goal: $1000