Ask Ryan Laplante About Tournaments

[Ryan Laplante]

Hey Protential,

Could you explain to me what ICM means? I understand the basic but dont know how to apply it...Is there a chart or something that i could use that you know of?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Chip_Model

This does decent job explaining

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Hey Protential, hello from Brazil

There are cool questions that were already answered in past posts. But let's try a new one. I've been playing SnG 9man 50¢ for a while @Pokerstars and I feel that all theory and articles available are old-fashioned and don't focus to exploit players.

I've seeing in tables 1 type of winner player [based on their stats in sharkscope]:

- Nit players who dosen't play post flop games and wait cards above JJ+ and AK to open shove in any phase of the game and open wide, but not too much, close to middle and bubble to keep stacks for ITM.


For myself this is kind a robot or AI to play poker.

My question: There is an up to date article or vid or book that goes beyond and teach how to play as a solid winner?

All the Best,

Arnaldo

Many great videos on up to date poker.

I suggest joining RunItOnce.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Hello! I'm from Kazakhstan. in the middle stage of the tournament and on the bubble having a large stack, I strongly replay my hands and start to make mistakes, can you advise a strategy, or a table with hands and how to play them? Thank you

Gotta learn fundamentals of the game.

Cardschat is a great resource, as are places like training sites.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Hello, I have a question about something that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions on the CardsChat Freerolls lateley: Bluffing into dry side pots.

Over a half a dozen times in the last couple of weeks, I've witnessed players with big stacks bluffing off other players with stacks (read ME!) when the short stack (which is usually dead) is blinded All-In PreFlop. I had spent almost all of my online poker time on PokerStars before joining CC and signing up for a slew of sites (current count is seven). On PS, All-In dead stacks are folded, the hand is almost never live (except when the dead stack has exactly the amount of the Big Blind) On almost all other sites, it seems that dead stacks that are All-In are live to showdown.

My question is; what is the point of bluffing off an opponent rather than taking the hand to showdown with two or more hands to play against a small amount of dead money. Bear in mind that the Blind size was not a significant part of anyone's stack (except for dead money's) and no one bluffing, or being bluffed off the hand would be significantly impacted by the pot. It seems to me to have been just a matter of the big stack saying "if I can't win it, no one can, and I don't care if the dead stack survives another hand".

I find this behaviour infuriatingly counter-productive. Last week, a dead stack on the Final Table of the PartyPoker FR laddered up two spots because the big stack was "protecting" him by raising preflop whenever DM was All-In. The only sensible reason (outside of collusion) that I could come up with, was that the big stack preferred the dynamic of having the dead money around. I'm pretty sure that would not be the reason given if you asked the big stack.

As I mentioned before, this activity has become so prevalent, I'm just wondering if this is some kind of "thing". Did Doug Polk just blog about picking up all the pennies and nickels while the ignorant masses are foolishly trying to eliminate the dead money players and ladder up?

The dymanic of the dead stack is very very good for the chip leader. Keeping them in is very profitable for them.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Hello,
I started Grinding STT 3 weeks ago and everything went very well, now I'm facing a little downswing I Think what make think about some Questions :
- How much % of our BR we can invest in one session ? (I used 12-15%)
- How much session we permit our self in a day using the % above ?
- If we feel that it's a bad swing move down the limite immediately even if we have more than 60-70 Buyins ?
- What is the average ROI and ITM at the STTs ?

1: Usually want to have 100 buyins minimum for SNGs, as you move up in stakes you need even more. Cant look at it by session.

2:What you are rolled for based on buyins. As long as you stick to that, day to day doesnt matter.

3:Only move down if you financially/mentally need to.

ROI at sngs in lowstakes can be pretty high (5%+).

Only sng with high ROI in highstakes = Spin and goes (6%+).

 

[shurikataman]

is it possible to take prizes in the tournament without any software? what use are you?

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Pokertracker4, PIOsolver, ICMizer2, HoldemResources.

 

[Ambur]

1. Who is your mentor ?
2. What is your favourite poker book and why?
3. What you think how the tournament poker has changed over the time you started playing?
4. Who your favourite poker player and why?

 

[mitchy boi]

Do you feel the WSOP is letting the buy ins fall too low?
( Its geared to be the most prestigious tournaments in the world with the best players but a housewife with $1500 can play in an event luck it and be a world champ)

Do you think the globe will truly ever be able to play unrestricted online poker again? USA , AUS NZ etc....

 

[Ryan Laplante]

1. Who is your mentor ?
2. What is your favourite poker book and why?
3. What you think how the tournament poker has changed over the time you started playing?
4. Who your favourite poker player and why?

1.Jackstack99

2.Elements Of Poker: Helped me lots with my mental game leaks!

3.The solvers have given players a much better understanding of the game. Really added to the complexity!

4.Dont have 1 currently.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Do you feel the WSOP is letting the buy ins fall too low?
( Its geared to be the most prestigious tournaments in the world with the best players but a housewife with $1500 can play in an event luck it and be a world champ)

Do you think the globe will truly ever be able to play unrestricted online poker again? USA , AUS NZ etc....

Nope, I like that there are some lower buyin events.

Eventually, just a matter of time!

 

[Edison A]

Hello Ryan, I need your opinion, I have a problem when I get to a final table, it is difficult for me to get to the first place, I do not know what is due, but I have been playing online for more than 10 years and I can say that I am a good player, but I can not get to the first place, I leave you in the links my achievements here in CC, check my achievements in the links and you will know what I'm talking about, in most tournaments I can only get second, third or fourth place, it is difficult for me to get to the first place

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-goals-challenges-wins-46/thanks-cardschat-369959/


https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...achievements-mackmasters-april-2018-a-372999/


https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...6/achievements-mackmasters-may-2018-a-377057/

 

[Galmedic]

Break Even

I tried for a year to build my bankroll. At this point I am a break even player. Iplayed both cash and tournament. My tournament wins paid for my cash play. At the low stakes cash tables I would build my stack and then end up in a flip which sometimes worked in my favor and sometimes didn’t. Often I would stay and play all day only to walk out even. How do I move beyond this. I feel stuck

 

[Samuel Freitas]

Where can I get information for tournaments?

 

[danoscar]

Protential question

OK, here's a question I have been plagued with:
When I am in the last 10 and need to add to my bank or run out because of antes in say, two rounds, what is the best way to approach the situation?

 

[formertroll]

I tried for a year to build my bankroll. At this point I am a break even player. Iplayed both cash and tournament. My tournament wins paid for my cash play. At the low stakes cash tables I would build my stack and then end up in a flip which sometimes worked in my favor and sometimes didn’t. Often I would stay and play all day only to walk out even. How do I move beyond this. I feel stuck

i've done this for the last several weeks. i do relatively well in the freerolls, i guess? better than EV considering the number of entries and i do what seems like very well in the .25+.03 satty (4 wins, 8 min cashes, and 4 losses on a small sample size) but then i'll donk off in cash games gotta stop playing them for a while

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Hello Ryan, I need your opinion, I have a problem when I get to a final table, it is difficult for me to get to the first place, I do not know what is due, but I have been playing online for more than 10 years and I can say that I am a good player, but I can not get to the first place, I leave you in the links my achievements here in CC, check my achievements in the links and you will know what I'm talking about, in most tournaments I can only get second, third or fourth place, it is difficult for me to get to the first place

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-goals-challenges-wins-46/thanks-cardschat-369959/


https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...achievements-mackmasters-april-2018-a-372999/


https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...6/achievements-mackmasters-may-2018-a-377057/

I suggest working on learning heads up sit and goes, and sngs in general.

Also heads up/short handed cash can help a lot as well.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

I tried for a year to build my bankroll. At this point I am a break even player. Iplayed both cash and tournament. My tournament wins paid for my cash play. At the low stakes cash tables I would build my stack and then end up in a flip which sometimes worked in my favor and sometimes didn’t. Often I would stay and play all day only to walk out even. How do I move beyond this. I feel stuck

Got to study and work hard off the table.

I suggest UpswingPoker for cashgames and RaiseYourEdge for tourneys.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Where can I get information for tournaments?

RaiseYourEdge

Has the best tournament content currently.

 

[Ryan Laplante]

OK, here's a question I have been plagued with:
When I am in the last 10 and need to add to my bank or run out because of antes in say, two rounds, what is the best way to approach the situation?

Learn how to play short stack.

SnapShove is a great tool to learn sub 20bb play.

 

[Edison A]

I suggest working on learning heads up sit and goes, and sngs in general.

Also heads up/short handed cash can help a lot as well.

Thanks Ryan!

 

[Galmedic]

Got to study and work hard off the table.

I suggest UpswingPoker for cashgames and RaiseYourEdge for tourneys.

Thank u!!

 

[Elvis]

Hello I like tournaments and I have played small buy in tournaments my main problem is that sometimes I m not patient enough and lose cheaps mainly on the bubble.I wanted to know how much you use your position and how often you get in the pot with weak hands?

 

[Ryan Laplante]

Hello I like tournaments and I have played small buy in tournaments my main problem is that sometimes I m not patient enough and lose cheaps mainly on the bubble.I wanted to know how much you use your position and how often you get in the pot with weak hands?

Join a training site like upswingpoker and start learning the basic strategy of the game.

Easier to be patient when you know how to play well.

 

[whiskers77]

I have a question about poker math. I mean how to do it quickly?
I studied 3 semesters of math during my computer science study, but honestly I am slow and lazy about calculating and also about remembering. When I watch some videos about this topics, I always think, oh my god how to do this so quickly during playing a hand. Do you have any tipps or recommendations?
I guess, it is crazy to sit with a calculator beside a game, or do you?