SnG help for a newbie

Hi there folks!

My name is Sebastian and Ihave been visiting this site for like 1,5 years now. (happy birthsday btw)

Long story short Im sort of fallen in love with sng and mtt.Recently I won a 1 dollar buyin mtt only for hungarians on pokerstars (115 profit yeah ) and i decided Im gonna be a winning poker player.
Ive been playing 5dollar sngs and im doing ok.My question is how can u improve your sng skills?
First of all let me tell your that i tried to analize my play,watched a tons of videos,read a lot of artice here in lp and stuff.But still my play is kinda ehh..How should i say this:I always manage to survive till the bubble,but from there i feel its all about luck.Pls just tell me its not!
When the time comes and I fall below 13bbs i start playing kinda loose and play marginal hands,wich is good i guess but sometimes (very often actually) some fish bust me with river Ace and such.

Is there a way to avoid this?Or we can say "thats poker baby" Ive been thinking about using HUD.Is that much of a help?
I noticed when i was reading Dauts articles that he often rely on his tells.This is what i want to learn so desperate :D
How do u get tells from other ppls in a SnG.I feel the time is too short to analize their play.
I would appreicte any type of help!
Thx in advance Sebastian
PS:Sry for my englsih Im still studying it

you need to be more specific, post some hands where you felt you made mistakes and we can help you out with those. you claim to have read articles and watched videos, so theres no point in us reiterating basics you've already had explained

For SNGs, expect big, big swings. Around the bubble, yes, there is a ton of luck involved. But if you put tons of games in as a winning player, you should know you'll be cashing more times than busting out.

Make sure you have a proper bankroll for SNGs.

PokerStars Game #22242581807: Tournament #117573039, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2008/11/21 17:20:24 ET
Table '117573039 3' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: zoolender (30650 in chips)
Seat 2: henry975 (7993 in chips)
Seat 3: gabibá (17494 in chips)
Seat 4: Kadorci (11060 in chips)
Seat 5: alviano55 (19171 in chips)
Seat 6: benprazy (77614 in chips)
Seat 7: MarSara21 (16224 in chips)
Seat 8: silent71 (35245 in chips)
Seat 9: balabala (24111 in chips)
zoolender: posts the ante 50
henry975: posts the ante 50
gabibá: posts the ante 50
Kadorci: posts the ante 50
alviano55: posts the ante 50
benprazy: posts the ante 50
MarSara21: posts the ante 50
silent71: posts the ante 50
balabala: posts the ante 50
benprazy: posts small blind 200
MarSara21: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MarSara21 [Ah Ks]
silent71 said, "jöttem adni"
Kadorci said, "rám fér"
silent71: calls 400
balabala: folds
zoolender: raises 1600 to 2000
henry975: folds
gabibá: folds
Kadorci: folds
alviano55: folds
benprazy: folds
Kadorci said, "nem sok, de megteszi"
MarSara21: raises 14174 to 16174 and is all-in
silent71: folds
zoolender: calls 14174
*** FLOP *** [6s 9c 4s]
*** TURN *** [6s 9c 4s]
*** RIVER *** [6s 9c 4s 6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MarSara21: shows [Ah Ks] (a pair of Sixes)
zoolender: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
zoolender collected 33398 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 33398 | Rake 0
Board [6s 9c 4s 6h 3c]
Seat 1: zoolender showed [Qd Qs] and won (33398) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 2: henry975 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: gabibá folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Kadorci folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: alviano55 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: benprazy (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: MarSara21 (big blind) showed [Ah Ks] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 8: silent71 folded before Flop
Seat 9: balabala folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was pretty short,i tought Im ahead.Any idea ? :D

good push

OK thanks

Mind if I post a hand again?

Should have fold?


PokerStars Game #22244413849: Tournament #122043359, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/11/21 18:24:43 ET
Table '122043359 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Phantom1414 (6013 in chips)
Seat 5: MarSara21 (4032 in chips)
Seat 6: skinnyg9561 (3455 in chips)
skinnyg9561: posts small blind 100
Phantom1414: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MarSara21 [Jc Jh]
MarSara21: raises 600 to 800
skinnyg9561: folds
Phantom1414: raises 1000 to 1800
MarSara21: raises 2232 to 4032 and is all-in
Phantom1414: calls 2232
*** FLOP *** [Ah Tc 6c]
MarSara21 said, "gg"
*** TURN *** [Ah Tc 6c]
*** RIVER *** [Ah Tc 6c Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phantom1414: shows [As Ad] (a full house, Aces full of Tens)
MarSara21: shows [Jc Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
Phantom1414 collected 8164 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8164 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Tc 6c Kd Th]
Seat 1: Phantom1414 (big blind) showed [As Ad] and won (8164) with a full house, Aces full of Tens
Seat 5: MarSara21 (button) showed [Jc Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 6: skinnyg9561 (small blind) folded before Flop

also good

Use the hand converter please.

Will do Sir

If you don't like the variance that comes with short effective stacks near the money bubbles of tournaments, play cash games. You've got to play a lot of SNGs to figure out what your "real" winrate is.

result oriented thinking rox

The thing is I started my poker career as a cash game player.Ive been playing cash games for 6 six month now,on 4-6 tables at once.And for a time it was good,but nothing special.I mean grinding at the lowstakes is robotwork,U do nothing but wait wait wait till u get a considerably good hand.It was profitable for sure,but i was bored to death.

The SnG/MTT is something completely different at least for me.Im not falling asleep during the period :D A lot of action and as the time goes and u get closer to the ITM is an awesome feeling.So basically thats why i choosed this type.