EARLY STRATEGY IN SIT & GO TOURNEYS
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Single-table no-limit hold'em tournaments (also known as "sit and go" tournaments or SNGs) are incredibly popular. The strategy for this article focuses on tournaments that are ten-handed, with the payout structure of 50% to first place, 30% to second place, and 20% to third place.
*NOTE* *If you are playing in a winner-take-all single table tournament, you will probably need to play a much more aggressive strategy.*
At the beginning of the tournament, you should be more willing to see a flop. You can often limp in with speculative hands, such as 3 3. Obviously, raise when you hold very strong hands like Q Q, but limp to see a lot of flops if you can with hands like J 10.
For the lower buy-in tournaments, there are a lot of bad players that will quickly lose their money in the first few rounds. If you happen to hit a really strong hand, there is a decent chance someone will pay you off with a lot of their stack.
As the early stages progress, you should still attempt to see quite a few flops. However, if the pot is frequently raised, you will need to play tighter preflop.
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spookth wrote: › What I would add to this is this. If you're paying small amounts to see the flop with small cards like 3-3 4-4- etc.., If you don't hit your flop get out. Those small PP can just as easily burn you as help you.
