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SitGo
Poker Tournaments
SitGo Poker, also known as Sit and Go or Sit ‘n Go, is a
single table tournament that will have you competing with as many as 9
other players depending upon the poker room where you are playing.
Some
of them have 10-seat tables, while others will seat only 9. Playing in
a Sit & Go tournament is much like playing the final table in
any of the regular tournaments, except you will only have to beat 6 or
perhaps 7 people to be in the money.
That’s what makes these
tournaments so exciting.
SitGo Poker: Analyzing the Game
Most poker rooms pay the top three players.
Those players are the ones that we will discuss here.
Payouts are as
follows:
1. First place gets 50% of the prize pool
2. Second gets 30%
3. Third place will get 20%
Buy-in fees for the tournaments vary, but you’ll find that most are $5.
or $10. Both tournaments will cost you a one-dollar entry fee that goes
to the house, though there are some SitGo poker rooms that will only
charge a 50-cent entry fee on the $5. tournament. Since the online
casinos, we are looking at charge a one-dollar entry fee for both the
$5. and $10. buy-ins, you are probably better off to play in the $10.
tournament.
The buy-in fee goes to the prize pool for distribution to the winning
poker players.
SitGo Poker:
Playing the Game
The tournaments are fast paced. The game got its name
because as soon as you have registered for the tournament, you are
taken directly to your table. Once all of the seats have filled up with
poker players, the tournament begins.
If you happen to go to a busy
poker room, it’s likely that it will only take a few short minutes for
your tournament table to fill in.
The great thing about these
tournaments is that they are running continuously and there is usually
several tournaments running at any given time.
SitGo Poker Strategy
Patience is the key to getting in the money in a Sit & Go
Tournament. Many of the poker players in these tournaments are
generally loose with their game and they will play too many hands. Try
not to play too many hands in the early minutes of the tournament. If
you do, you are more likely to lose.
Take your time and relax. Let the
loose players knock themselves out of the tournament and the next thing
you know there will be only 4 or 5 SitGo players left.
At that point,
you now only have to beat 2 or 3 of them and you’re in the money.
When you are playing a hand, be sure to pay close attention to the
action. It’s at this point that you are going to want to see who is
playing loose and who isn’t. This is important to the overall winning
strategy.
If you remain a patient player, you will see what I mean.
Once the Sit & Go poker tournament reaches the point of only 4
or 5 players at the table, the action will begin to tighten up.
The
remaining players are hoping like you, to be into the money.
They want to
coast in and if you are paying attention, you’ll be able to pick
up some short stacks from those who are folding hoping to make it into the money.
You’ll likely be able to nail some of the blinds as well.
If you are sitting there with a large stack, you want to be sure that
the short stack players aren’t looking at some cheap flops.
You should
either fold out of it, or go into it with a raise.
A Word of Caution:
If the other players’ stacks are very short, they will commit
themselves to the pot and call out of simple desperation. Make sure
that you don’t double them up with a garbage hand.
Once the SitGo poker tournament is down to 3 players, you’re in the money.
Congratulations!
Now it’s time to either play for first place, or go
broke trying.
If you’re the chip leader, you will play best by raising
every hand. Don’t let the other poker players see the flop go on the
cheap side of things. If you are on the button, let the blinds fight it
out among themselves.
OK. Now it’s down to 2 players. The time to play aggressively is now.
You simply cannot afford to wait when paying head to head because more
often than not, it comes down to who can take the most blinds.
That
said, either you will have to get loose and call more often or you will
end up going broke.
At this point, you need to know that the
Queen-Seven is considered the computer hand simply because computer
simulations have shown that this hand will win 51.77 percent of the
time in a heads up game. This hand or just about any other hand higher
than this will pretty much force you to play.
The most important thing
to remember when playing SitGo poker is to be Patient!
A Live vs. Online Poker discussion, Part 1 follows SitGo Poker
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How to Play Poker
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