Preflop you have 3 choices. In order of preference, Bet (or raise/reraise)/Fold/Call. Check also in the BB. Post flop you may also get the option of checking.
I’d like to categorize my errors/misplays, structured by what I did instead of what I should have done, and then when this misplay tends to happen for me.
Preflop:
Call; should [...]
I’m realizing how much I don’t like to lose. Back to the Islewars entry, I liked playing at a level where I won 60% of the time. Win too often and it’s no challenge and boring. Win too infrequently and it can be frustrating and pointless. That’s an oversimplification of course, especially if used too [...]
Report: after 40 SnGs:
Hands
2,694
VP$IP
19.12
from SB
30.87
Steal attempts
33.45 (184 of 550)
Steal success
58.7
Won at SD
56.82
Raised PF
16.11
Limp/call PF
0.00
1st action after PF raise
Raise 7.85
Bet 61.78
Call 7.85
Check 14.66
Fold 7.33
PF aggression
4.06
Total aggression
3.24
There still seems to be a lot of calls, even preflop, but all I can recall are calling shoves and then allowing myself to call when it gets heads up. Mind [...]
After 2 1/2 weeks of the bet/fold experiment, it may be time to move it to real money. It’s getting a little silly; I started with ~200,000 in play money (from back in the days before I made my first deposit), played 10,000, then 25,000, now 50,000 buy in SnGs and the play money bankroll [...]