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Sit
Go Poker Tournaments
by
Bill
Burton
Sit Go Poker is a single table tournament where you
are competing against 8 or 9 other players. Some sites have 9 player
tables and
other have 10 player tables so it depends on where you play.
A
Sit & Go is
like being at the final table of a regular tournament.
The
best part is
that
you only have to beat 6 or 7 players to get into the money.
Analyzing Sit Go
Poker
Most of these Sit & Go tournaments pay the top three
players and these are the ones I am gong to discuss here. The payout
for the
top three is:
50% for First place.
30% for Second place
20% for Third place.
The buy in for the tournament goes into the prize pool.
There is also an entry fee that is collected by the online site. For a
low
limit S&G, this may be a dollar or 50 cents.
When I
play online, they charge one-dollar entry for both the $5 and $10
tournaments. Because of this, you are better off playing the $10
tournament on
this site.
The entry fee will cost you 10% for the $10
tournament but 20% for
the $5 tournament. Since the skill level of players is about the same,
it will
be better to play the $10 one. Some of the other sites charge 50 cents
entry
for the $5 tournament.
Playing Sit Go
Poker
The Sit & Go tournaments are fast. They are called
Sit
& Go’s because when you sign up you are taken to the table.
As
soon as all
the seats re filled, the tournament begins. On a busy online
poker
site it
usually only takes a few minutes for the seats to fill up. The
tournaments are
run continually and there are several going on at the same time.
The Strategy
of Sit Go Poker
The secret to winning money in a Sit & Go tournament
can
be put into a single word: PATIENCE!!
Many of the players in the low stakes S&G tournaments
are very loose and play too many hands. If you play this way, you WILL LOSE. You do not want to play many
hands in the early stages of the tournament. You want to sit back and
let all
the loose players knock themselves out.
Before you know it,
the table will be
down to 4 or 5 players and you will only have to beat two or three of
them to
get in the money.
When you are not involved in a hand make sure you are still
paying attention to the action. You want to know who is playing tight
and who
is playing loose. This knowledge will aid you later in the tournament.
If
you
are patient and play only the best starting hands it won’t be long
until you
find that the tournament is down to four of five players.
4-5 Players
When the tournament gets down to 4 or 5 players, the action
gets really tight. Players are hoping to coast into the money. This is
where
you can steal the blinds and pick up money from the short stacks who
will fold
in hopes of making it into the money.
If you have a big
stack, you should make
sure that the players with the small stacks don’t get to see a cheap
flop.
Enter the pot with a raise or fold. One word of caution is that if the
blinds
are too short stacked they will be pot committed and will usually call
in
desperation. You don’t want to double them up by playing garbage.
3 Players
Now you are in the money. Play for first place or go broke
trying. If you are the chip leader, you should be raising with every
hand you
play. Don’t let the other two players see the flop cheaply.
If
you are on the
button and have nothing let the blinds fight it you with each other.
2 Players
When you do make it down to two players you have to be
aggressive. When you are playing heads up you can’t afford to wait.
Many times
it comes down to who can steal the most blinds. Therefore, you must
loosen up
and call more or you will go broke. Queen – Seven is called the
computer hand
because computer simulations show this hand is will win 51.77 percent
heads up
against a random hand.
So with this hand or any hand higher
than this one you
are almost forced to play. A small pair or even a single Ace or King
can be a
big favorite in heads up play. With a big hand, you can often trap from
the
small blind by limping in with it.
Just remember to BE
PATIENT!!
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