Sit n Go Strategy

[CardWarfare]

Originally Posted by JMoney2681

Fold and fight another day.

I actually miscounted the pot when I played this hand, which led to my bad call. I went over it afterwards and realized how bad it actually was.


As for my other bets, that might seem strange to a lot of people, here's the best way I can explain them...


This was a pretty loose SNG, as you can probably tell by the amount of overcalling going on in this hand. My strategy from the very begining was to play a lot of pots, and keep them as small as I could. This will continue to slowly build up my stack without taking any significant risks, as well as provide a uniform, but wild image. This is my strategy in many tournaments and sit n gos during early stages. It's tougher to do with short chips, but I've started to work on it more and more.


I had been taking down a lot of pots on the flop, in position, when I bet. Basically I was raising about 80% of my buttons, and about 50% of my cutoffs. Small raises, usually about 2.5x the BB, and making a continuation bet of about half the pot if checked to. If I got raised, I would dump the hand and move on. If I got called, I was going to see what happened on the turn to make my next decision.

The problem here was mainly that I was out of position. Had I been in position, this hand gets much simpler. The other problem is that the turn more than doubled the number of outs I had, bringing me from 8 outs on the flop to 17 on the turn. Also, it gave me a potential bluff card, as someone calling with a pair of tens might be scared off when the ace hits.

The bet of 120 was basically a standard out of position bet. It's about 1/3 defensive, 1/3 information, and 1/3 fold equity. This bet is not designed soley to make people fold, as I can usually assume that won't happen with a bet this small.


Here's where the problem came. The player with the A6 shoves, and I fucked the math up in my head. I had done it quickly, because I was also deciding whether to shove over the top and isolate. Basically I somehow got the 3:1 odds I needed to call mixed up with the 2:1 odds I was actually getting, and made the call. I realize now it was a bad call, but at the time, it also occured to me that I was running over the table, and showing a hand like 78s down against aces up would do wonders for my table image if I lost. I had done well in building my stack through smallish pots, and figured that even if I miss, I could manage to rebuild.

[JMoney2681]

Goot thinking, either way, not a terrible play, but you know better for next time. Good strategies though.

[str8flush78]

I play a ton of sng tourneys on fulltilt, mainly 6 seater tourneys, and i do fairly well in them, good enough that I make bout $500 - $1,000 extra a month doin them. Sng's are just like any other tourney, u have to know your opponent and mix up your game. I play a variety of hands depending on the price and the amount of chips i have. I love those suited connectors because everyone loves the big cards in sng's. I say just play your game is the best way to do in sng's. Really no wrong or right way to play them. Come look me up on fulltilt, my screen name is Holdemplayer81, cya at the tables.

[CardWarfare]

Originally Posted by str8flush78

Come look me up on fulltilt, my screen name is Holdemplayer81, cya at the tables.

I definately will when I get money back on there, but for the near future I'll only be playing on Stars, as that's where my roll for my little $1 project is.

[JMoney2681]

Originally Posted by CardWarfare

I definately will when I get money back on there, but for the near future I'll only be playing on Stars, as that's where my roll for my little $1 project is.

But when you get your roll built up, you better get some rakeback at full tilt FTW!

[CardWarfare]

Originally Posted by JMoney2681

But when you get your roll built up, you better get some rakeback at full tilt FTW!

No doubt.

[xerx]

Originally Posted by Dierks

Here's the Single Table SNG advice I like to follow, courtesy of an interview I heard with Scott Fischman.

1. Fold AQ early
2. Look to double up early
3. Don't continuation bet if you raise pf and then miss the flop completely
4. You should have 1300-1500 at the 50/100 level (approx 7 players left)
5. Blinds are not worth stealing at the 50/100 level if you are the chip leader
6. Don't push all-in with Ace rag, connectors and suited connectors are better
7. By 100/200 level (approx 5 players left) go into maniac mode if players are tight and trying to make the money
8. Less than 6BB is short stacked, if folded to on the button or SB go all-in with anything

The overall strategy is play really, really tight early and really, really loose late. Remember that stack size is a bigger factor than the cards you are holding.

Hmm, seems be good advice. I was in real trouble with SNG-s in late-middle stadium (4 Players). I was try from cards (only crap without chance hit even lowest pair), short stacked and other players simply "rolled eggs" from one to other. It means, that all game was standing so long when increasing blinds just eated players out. Really stupid situation and I has any idea what to doo. After some this kind experience I just stopped playing SNG-s.

[HeaterHand]

Generally its like basic tournament strategy stay away from drawing hands early on play tight aggressive, bet the top 10 hands, until a few are eliminated then your play and loosen up a bit until you reach the end stages and end up in the money.

[shorty]

Double up early, steal the blinds late and know when to switch gears.

[theOMEGAN]

Just in general, wait out the storm for that first double up. Like a sniper, lay in the weeds. Don't touch the bud.
All kidding aside. figure to cut the field in half and be close to a double up. Do this again and be close to a second double up. It doesn't matter if you steal pot to do this. If you keep this up. In no time the final table is where you will be.
small skirmishes won in masses will get you to the war, Heads up.