How to play an SNG
Okay, I've been playing a bit on Full Tilt Poker and they offer a token (if you play enough raked hands) to a $24+2 SNG in which 1st place (only prize) gets a seat in the $200+16 $200,000 Guaranteed tourney. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on playing this.
Thanks for all contributions.
Thanks for all contributions.
Comments
Ciaffone & Reuben discuss this kind of tournament breifly in their NL & PL book. Their basic idea is you can't be as patient as you can in a typical tournament because the top heavy payout structure forces you to eventually win all the chips.
In a typical tournament (or SNG) you can afford to wait it out a little longer before trying to build a stack. Clearly you are always *trying* to win a tournament, but in a SNG or large multi you might be happy enough having a smallish stack in 3rd place, since this would put out into the money or large money, respectively.
However, in a one seat tourney, I think you can afford to mix it up more with slim +EV plays simply because you cannot wait your way into the single prize spot.
Mr. Scott... deploy the high variance package.
ScottyZ
This is what works for me in $5 and $10 SNG's online. Of course this is an oversimplification, and every game is different.
Good Luck...
Hand 1: T4500 ish
A Player took a bad beat the previous hand and was now in the BB, I had 33 in MP (5 handed) and raised 2.5 from 300 - 750, he raises to 2500 (all in), and I think and declare "lets gamble" thinking he has overcards @ best, but with (2500+750+150+250), to call 1750 seemed reasonable (2-1). Person actually had TT and hit a set on turn
Hand 2: T2500 ish (I am 10/10)
Blinds @ 200/400, I raise to 900 in MP with AsJs, and button raises me all in (so 1600 to call to 2500+900+400+200+250) give me 2.5-1 so I decide to shoot for the moon!
Person has TT, and I can't outdraw him. Flop was KQQ as well.
Really wanted to play for a shot. o well!