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SNGs vs. Cash Games

seattles
seattle
edited October 2018 in APT Questions

I do reasonably well at 6-max (crushed the "Sahara Desert" table yesterday), but I'm horrendous at all SNGs.
My VPIP% is much lower in SNGs 15%-17% (as it should be), whereas my Cash VPIP% is ~23%.

Are any APT SNG tables/parameters "ICM aware" (if so, which ones?) I ask because if your SNG opponents are UNAWARE of ICM strategy, then it's suicide to use ICM against them (you lose the fold-equity advantage that ICM provides over Cash Games as calling a Shove per ICM requires a MUCH larger hand-equity advantage than a similar call in a Cash Game, say 3%-8% more in the late-stages approaching the bubble).

Thanks.

Comments

  • AllenBlay
    AllenBlay

    Hi,
    They are ICM aware, but not ICM perfect. In other words, they recognize the logic behind it, but they play like typical humans in a live game when you don't have access to an ICM calculator. Plus, they just randomize some. They are designed to play more like humans than a computer - they will make "mistakes" and you can exploit those.

    I hope that helps,

    Allen

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