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Tournament Strategy - Sit & Go ApproachPlaying for 1st PlaceIn my opinion you must play for first place, only the larger payoffs will enable you to be a net winning player where you get a good return for the money & time you have invested. Remember the buy-in includes a steep rake for the house which you need to overcome. A $10 SNG the poker room may charge you $10+1 with the house keeping the dollar. This is 10% that goes to the house! Larger SNGs usually have slightly smaller charges, but they are still significant. A First place finish usually pays two and a half times more than a third place finish. That justifies taking some risks. Playing for first place means playing aggressive poker. It means taking chances early in an attempt to build up a large chip stack. With the large stack you can control the action. You can push people around and put them all-in. Sometimes things will go your way and you'll find yourself sitting on top of a pile of chips. Other times this more risky strategy will leave you crippled or out of the tournament early. Proponents of the play to win strategy don't mind busting out of a SNG early. They reason that it's better to go out early and just get into another game than to lose out on the bubble wasting all that time and effort. Articles Within This Category |
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