Sit'N'Go Poker Tournaments
Sit'N'Go tournaments are big business online with hundreds of thousands of games played online every day. The concept is simple, there will always be a set number of players in the game and all players will buy-in for the same amount, which will make up the purse. The idea is to knock out all other players and win the money. The prize money is usually split across the top 2 or 3.
Sit'N'Go For Fun and Profit
For many poker players, Sit ‘N Goes are an untapped resource – a way to increase their bankroll with little risk. In addition, basic Sit ‘N Go strategy is easy to execute. So easy, in fact, that you can run 8 or more tables simultaneously as long as you stagger them correctly.
But what is basic Sit ‘N Go strategy? Should you play the same game as you do in a cash game or is there some super secret Sit ‘N Go technique?
Basic Sit ‘N Go play can be divided into 3 segments: Low Blind Play, Mid Blind Play and High Blind Play. Here are the broad strokes on how to play each level.
Low Blind Play
Low blind play is easy. Fold, fold, fold, fold and fold some more. At this level, super-tight is right. Only play your super-premium hands. You can also limp occasionally with quality speculative hands in late position (like mid-pocket pairs) when there are a lot of limpers. The important thing to remember is not to get a lot of your chips involved in marginal situations.
Mid Blind Play
Mid blind play is a little more complicated. You should still raise with your super-premium hands, but speculative hands become too expensive to play in most situations. If you have less than 10 times the big blind, you should consider going all-in instead of raising when you get a good hand. This is also the time to start stealing blinds in late position.
High Blind Play
This is where things get complex. At this stage you’ll often go all-in any time you enter a pot. The key is to not get blinded out and if that means going all in with 72 off suit, so be it. That doesn’t mean you should go all-in all the time, but your ability to wait for solid hands will depend on how large your stack is in relation to the blinds.
How Many tables should i play at once?
This is a key area when multi-tabling online and how many tables to play is something that you will have to work out for yourself. If you were to ask 10 online players what their optimum number of Sit'N'Go's to play for maximum ROI, they would all probably give you a different answer. The reason for this is that everyone is different. As discussed in our previous articles, adding one more table (now 2) will not do you any harm and you will likely make more money playing 3. This is where you come into it. Try playing with 3, 4, 5 and so on until your ROI (return on investment) peaks. At some point your ROI will drop as you add one more table past your optimum. You will then know what your optimum is and should look to play this number of tables at once.
One key benefit in playing more tables at once is that many players when playing one table become impatient and often find themselves playing marginal or speculative hands early in the game when the blinds are low. By playing more than one table you find that you hit more hands (law of averages) across all your tables which helps make you more patient on the tables where you are not hitting hands. Again, it all depends on the player himself. Check out our guide on the pros and cons of playing Sit'N'Go Tournaments.
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