Another SNG

Playing another SNG right now and documenting as I go, will add to it when finished aswell. Uhm so started out playing tight cause it was a really loose table. 4-5 players out of 9 to the flop at all times. Not much raises preflop eighter in early game at the table. Took one pot with JJ from the loosest player at the table that had tried playing 72 off suit and saw a showdown and she lost terrible with the pair of sevens she had hit on the flop. Was afraid of the flop cause of an A but it was fine, didn't get any huge amount from that hand though.

One player out now, but it was a badbeat from a loose player so the chips quickly got split between all of us and there is no strong chipleader and my stack is same as the average size of the stack. Just waiting out the storm hoping for a hand.

Picked up AA, since it is a loose table I wanted to go in strong to get few calls but alot of coins. 2 callers on my 8times blind one of them is all-in.. A on flop but 3 hearts, I decide to make a stand for my three of a kind and pushes my stack in. Folds and I pick up a nice pot and knocking one more player out of the game, her hand was Q4 suited in spades. second biggest stack on the table now which is quite welcome, still I will take it easy and wait for my hand for now. still a total of 7 players left.

Picks up JJ, Reraising preflop from a double bigblind to a 4 times big blind. 1 caller. 8 2 3 of various colours hits the ground, raising 4/5th of the pot and picks up some nice chips as the other player folds asking "AA?" in chat. I gave him a smiley and let him think I got the nuts. Now I am tied with the chipleader for a short second but he doesn't waste time when building his stack. So it didn't last long until he had doubled his stack and knocked another contestant out of the game.

Total of 5 players left, 3 players gets money and my stack is the third biggest and about 3 times as big as the player on position 4. So keeping my cool just stealing a few blinds with 89suited and a KJoffsuit and a trippled bigblind raise.

With only 4 players total now I feel quite safe with the second largest stack so just keeping my game tight, this is a point where I could steal abit more blinds to build up for a headsup if I had a larger bankroll, but right now I need to be in the money on every game. Just keeping my tight but aggressiv image and defending some bigblinds. I have opened up my range of hands to play since we are only 4 players left.

3 players left now and I like my stats. 2 of 2 hands won on showdown, 10 won without showdown. 7 of 70 hands I saw the flop where two was on bigblind.

Q4 offsuit and I'm big blind, player to my right limps and I check. He is the small stack with about 2 bigblinds left, flop comes up A34 offsuit, since his all-in is so small and I hit a pair of fours I decide to call and knocks his J4 out.

HEADS UP

Me: 4200
Opponent: 9300

I'm really not good at heads ups, so starting just trying to gain some chips by raising with one good card and hoping for his fold to get the blinds. This later turned out to limping a few hands and just calling to get some game going. A2 off suit is my hand. him limping on smallblind and me just checking bigblind. flop comes 343 various colours. I pray for a five to complete my straight. I check flop, he raises with the pot. I felt that I had this if I could just hit that five. and also he was probably just trying to by the pot cause I had checked it. I decided to make the call. Down comes a T didn't make much difference but opening a flush draw. I checked to keep the pot small for now and he raised with half the pot which I called. 5 hits the deck on river with no flush possible. I raise with half the pot, he pushes me all in and I call and win the hand. He had the 4 so he had me before river, I was very lucky, but the game didn't end here, he still had some of his chips left. he built up his stack abit again till we had about a tie.

The big hand was another chase by me.I'm really not good at headsups. my hand Q6 of hearts. preflop, call and check. I'm on smallblind, he is chipleader by 400 chips. flop comes AK3, AK is both in hearts. He bets the pot, I call, another K hits the deck on the turn. He checks, I bet 2/3 of the pot, he doubles me and I call. 4 of hearts on the river completing my flush and with the highest card possible on my hand. He pushes, I call. And win against his K8.

2 hands later I win with pocket QQ with an all in on the flop. his hand 97s.

I have to say that I was really proud of my game from the start until the heads up, but once in the heads up I took abit too big risks at times. I was lucky to win the heads up I know that and I need to practice the heads up play.But before that it went smooth and nice, didn't play any unesseccery hands. And now the bankroll is up to 14.5$. Two wins today, one secondplace, and one fifth place. Good enough!

All the best to you all!
W.