I have noticed that I can play very solid poker and make it to the last four in a 10-man SNG quite easily, but I sometimes struggle to make the money due to lack of patience or by making marginal calls to try and take a big chip lead into the final 3. I usually play $5 SNGs on Poker Room.
Here are a couple of hands that I played in a recent SNG. We played with 4 people for about 30 minutes with chips going back and forth, back and forth but nobody really wanting to go all-in.
Really aggressive with this hand, had a good chip lead at this stage:
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No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t150/t300
4 players
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Stack sizes:
ajrees: t6060
Button: t3340
SB: t3195
BB: t2405
Pre-flop: (
4 players) ajrees is UTG with
ajrees raises to t700, Button folds, SB calls t550
(pot was t1150), BB folds.
Flop: 
(
t1700, 2 players)
SB checks,
ajrees bets t1, SB folds.
Uncalled bets: t1 returned to ajrees.
Results:
Final pot: t1700
A Couple of hands later:
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No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t150/t300
4 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: t2.195
Button: t1.955
ajrees: t7.510
BB: t3.340
Pre-flop: (
4 players) ajrees is SB with
UTG folds,
Button raises to t600, ajrees calls t450
(pot was t1050), BB folds.
Flop: 
(
t1500, 2 players)
ajrees checks,
Button bets t300, ajrees calls t300
(pot was t1800).
Turn: 
(
t2100, 2 players)
ajrees checks,
Button bets t600, ajrees folds.
Uncalled bets: t600 returned to Button.
Results:
Final pot: t2100
Now this next hand here is one I am really unsure about. I had a big chip lead at this stage and could have just sat back and waited for someone else to knock him out, but I had a big hand and put the other guy on middle pairs or Ax.
What would u do in this hand?
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No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400
4 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: t3.695
Button: t2.555
ajrees: t6.810
BB: t1.940
Pre-flop: (
4 players) ajrees is SB with
UTG calls t400
(pot was t600),
Button raises to t1,
ajrees raises to t3,
2 folds, Button calls t1.55
(pot was t604).
Flop: 
(
t806, 2 players)
Turn: 
(
t806, 2 players)
River: 
(
t806, 2 players)
Results:
Final pot: t806
Button bet 2.555 collected 5.910 net 3.355 shows 9s 9h
ajrees bet 3.200 collected 645 net -2.555 shows Kc Ac
He hit quads :mad: But did I do the right thing?