Sit & Go s

I primarily play sut & gos and usually on Pokerstars. No turbos mostly 1 table. I do pretty well for myself but I'm just looking for you all's thoughs, ideas, questions, strategy, problems, ect. Any input may be useful. Thanks

[RockyCD]

Originally Posted by JC-12-14

I primarily play sut & gos and usually on Pokerstars. No turbos mostly 1 table. I do pretty well for myself but I'm just looking for you all's thoughs, ideas, questions, strategy, problems, ect. Any input may be useful. Thanks

Treat it as a final table in a larger tourney, expect all-ins right away. So be prepared to go all-in or fold for the first few hands.

Play tight early, dont risk too much when the blinds are low; increase agression as blinds increase. Do not go all in the first couple of hands without Aces or maybe Kings.

I think sitngos are a good way to build a BR but at times can become such a freaking grind...I know its tempting to go right into cash games but resist until you get more money from the sitngos.
My approach to sitngos are to be patient when the blinds are low, no sense in gambling for small pots...and keep a tight-aggressive approach to the table. Just look at it as making a final table and play solid. Most of the times you can play for small pots while the others get it in and gamble...that way you can wait for good hands and at the same time let the others eliminate themselves to get closer to the money. Now...remember you must wait to pick spots and be sure not to get blinded off to where your biting your shorts hoping that someone gets felted before you do before the bubble.
Just play some tight-aggressive poker and im sure you'll profit more in the long run.
But...if you choose to gamble theres the 300 chip single table sitngo...there quite crazy and there turbos as well...haha. I play them when Im feeling saucy. lol, take care out there & make that $$$.

exactually what i usually do is play tight early, cuz u got all the alliner guys, and u dont want to get caught losing with a better hand. just sit back and wait for the hands, if its a big tourny, if its 9 man u gotta loosen up a bit, thats what i do.

I agree with the other on tight early and then agressive later, 4 or 5 th levels onwards. However, it seems to me that with this approach, that I'm like the 5th out of 5th player and I have to have an "all-in" moment to get to the top 3.

Originally Posted by byoung_15

I think sitngos are a good way to build a BR but at times can become such a freaking grind...I know its tempting to go right into cash games but resist until you get more money from the sitngos.
My approach to sitngos are to be patient when the blinds are low, no sense in gambling for small pots...and keep a tight-aggressive approach to the table. Just look at it as making a final table and play solid. Most of the times you can play for small pots while the others get it in and gamble...that way you can wait for good hands and at the same time let the others eliminate themselves to get closer to the money. Now...remember you must wait to pick spots and be sure not to get blinded off to where your biting your shorts hoping that someone gets felted before you do before the bubble.
Just play some tight-aggressive poker and im sure you'll profit more in the long run.
But...if you choose to gamble theres the 300 chip single table sitngo...there quite crazy and there turbos as well...haha. I play them when Im feeling saucy. lol, take care out there & make that $$$.

Those $3.50 300 chip SNG's are mental. I have done OK out of them but I really only play them when I need a quick fix! Play tight and people throw themselves off the cliff all around you, but win one early hand all in and you're virtually guaranteed a money place. Just dont take it too seriously.

I am mostly a MTT player but I have to admit that the payout structure for SNGs is nice in comparison. For example, last night I played in a 2.22 rebuy tournament on PS. There were a total of 1151 players and 180 got paid or about 16% got paid. With an 18 man SNG 4 get paid or 22%. I also like the fact that for a good to decent TAG style player the variance for sit and goes is virtually non existent when compared to MTT's.

The only real advice that I can give for SNGs is: Mostly stick to a TAG playing style with a little bit of LAG thrown in(in position) and you should maintain a good to decent cash rate. Another important thing to study is ICM but that is really only useful for when you get down to 5 or less players.

[JRA3141]

Originally Posted by RockyCD

Treat it as a final table in a larger tourney, expect all-ins right away. So be prepared to go all-in or fold for the first few hands.

Thats a horrible idea.. seriously dont do that.. You lose sooo much equity doing that. I know you've all heard it but play tight early and loosen up later but not to the extent you put ur tourney on the line every hand. But be ready to make a move with 4 or 5 ppl left. the biggest move is from Making Something to Making NOthing. so if there are 5 ppl left and ur the button or one off the button then go ahead and take a chance on pushing with any two cards.. especially if the large stack has 5-6K and the blinds are 200-400 with a 50 or 75ante.. and remember you probably only have an M of 4 at the time. which means if you dont make a move your out in 4 rounds. You have to make some moves. More in Turbo tourneys than standard.

I agree with JRA.
On the FT the first target to play in first three. The last target to win the tournament of course