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Sit N Go Strategy Video at Full Tilt Poker

by Spry on June 12, 2008

This is a video of KAP Co-Founder Spry playing a $10+1 Sit N Go online at Full Tilt Poker. FTP is home of some of the best structure for their sit-n-go’s and all of most of their tournaments for that matter. This sit n go strategy article will take a look at a style of play explained in detail in the online sit n go training guide, called “Sit-N-Go Pro” which gives advice from a pro sit n go poker player who made thousands of dollars playing a high volume of sit n go poker tournaments. The sit n go pro course is a paid course, but my poker videos are always free. Sit n go strategy changes at all levels and all situations, so the best thing to do is get started within your bankroll.

This video shows rational of using your reads to make calls at the table and taking the opportunity to accumulate chips when they are presented to you.

Part I: SNG Strategy Video

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I’m not positive my call there with 99 early in the tournament is right, but I went with my reads and figured that not only could overs be a possibility but so could smaller pairs. If he had much bigger pairs I would expect him to slow down some and try and trap…

Quick Sit n Go Tips

  • tight is usually right at first
  • blinds don’t become worth stealing until $100/$200 usually
  • Don’t let yourself blind off if your stack is getting low in relation to the blinds.
  • Play within your bankroll
  • Bet large enough to give those drawing the improper odds to call
  • have a reason to bluff

What is a Sit N Go Poker Tournament?

A sit n go, or SNG, is typically a 1 table tournament with a fixed buy-in (no re-buys), everyone starts with the same number of chips, and the top of the field gets paid. Typically the top 3 players get paid in a 1 table SNG. Sit n go’s are offered from 1 table up to 180 person events at the larger poker sites like Poker Stars. The most common sit n go nl holdem tournaments are the low stakes, down to the $1.00 buy in, although I’ve seen thousand dollar plus sit n go’s kick off at FTP and PokerStars.

Part 2: Sit N Go Tips Video

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Good luck and I’ll see you at the tables!

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Comments and Ratings
9 Ratings
Doreen Godwin — January 6, 2011

I liked your tape and realized I call too many marginal hands. I have started to pay much closer attention to how the other players are betting and their position. Staying focused is really important. I get frustrated when I play tournaments with re-buys as it is such a crap shoot and have lost with very good hands on the flop to suck out calls.

Thanks for all your tips

Doreen

TiltDonkey16 — June 22, 2010

I think sometimes you need to put your balls on the felt and go for it. Playing 99 is marginal but hey, somtimes it works…

john — April 24, 2010

abc poker play i thought.which the result was 2nd.good basic instructional video.

Peter — August 28, 2009

Hey, thankyou for your videos. Been playing low buy-in s-n-go for 3 months. On the whole I am doing ok, but still have not got the courage, sometimes, to keep faith with a middle or low pair when I dont hit trips on the flop and the turn/river gets scary. I know its about reading who’s still alive at the table but even so there’a few tricky guys out there.

Do you have any kind of rule of thumb

Regards, Peter

    jason — August 28, 2009

    Playing scary turn and rivers is indeed one of the hardest parts of the game. While I don’t really have a rule of thumb, the short answer is that later on in SNG’s, the more aggressive players are more likely to bluff the scary turn/riv than are the more passive players. So it’s imperative that you have an idea of how someone is playing prior to that point. If they have been really aggresive then you can call them down lighter than if they’ve been passive and check calling most of the time. You’ll get better with practice on picking the times when it’s right or wrong to call…. but don’t make the habit of ‘never being bluffed’. Don’t always call but don’t always fold, either, weigh in the image of the player you’re facing the bluff from when you decide what to do.

myoung — February 7, 2009

would you do more cash games than sit-n-gos?

thanks, i enjoy your videos

Michael — November 12, 2008

i thought overal the video was good, but the 9′s were a loose call, also i dont understand why you didn’t play KQ off in late position with only 1 raise in front of you!

Alan — August 24, 2008

Dear Spry,

I really enjoy your videos and I watched some on sharkscope as well.

I think your call with 9s was a bit loose, above all at that stage in the game.

Yes, the guy was a donk nd could have had any Ace, KQ, KJ or even K-10.

As it comes you were only 51/49 favourite (according to my all in table). So in the long term I think this play won’t pay off very often.

I would have folded and waited for a better spot.

regards

Alan

aitchy — August 15, 2008

sound game man thanks for the tips thell be usefull for me as a beginner a wont be on no 10$ tables but will try to use thes stratageys wen playiny been playing since early march 08 so are you have any more stats that would be helpfull for me
kicka$$ rules lol ty for the email much appricated

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