Sit ‘n’ Go (SNG) tournaments are an interesting spin on the standard poker tournament as they offer a little more of a twist to the standard buy-in rules associated with them as well as a bit different of a play style that you need to adjust to in order to make yourself successful and reach the paying “bubble” at the end of the line. Knowing the differences and adjusting your play accordingly to SNG situations can easily mean the difference between ultimate success or failure in an SNG tournament, while following a few of these basic strategies can help.

First and foremost, in SNG poker there are generally two different types of players: those who knock themselves out early, and those who reap the rewards from other people’s actions. Because many SNG tournaments allow re-buys many times early on after a player eliminates themselves from the running this means that a large number of players will be playing loose and quick at the beginning in the hopes of getting a big win to give them an advantage later on. Because of their zealousness, these people are generally the prime targets of other players as they are more likely to lose or “bleed” chips in both the short- and long-run than take it home, thus helping padding the chip stacks of the more patient players at the table. That said, in the early stages of a tournament in order to get the most value for your money and keep at the table to get the most funds possible from the “quick in, quick out” players adopt a tight strategy that you can loosen up later on if need be once your position is more solid.

Once you have made it past the initial stages of the tournament and re-buys are no longer available, you should begin strategically targeting players around you that are medium chip stack holders. The reason for this is that players with medium chip stacks tend to offer the best possible position for you to make plays against as they are neither too high to play overly tight in order to defend their position nor low to play overly loose in the hopes of jumping up in the ranks. This means you can target them for more plays than may be possible with other players and take full advantage of their middle ground to get yourself ahead of the game.

Finally, should you make it towards the final stages of the tournament where you are near the final paying “bubble” that will offer you a paying seat don’t get overly greedy and make a sudden bad move. Your goal at this point is to simply work your way into a position to get you in the bubble, not necessarily put you at the head of the pack with a bold move that may backfire and work against you. Once you are guaranteed a spot this may be a good choice to make, as you may have nothing to lose at that point, however beforehand continue a mildly aggressive approach in order to ensure your position without risking knocking yourself out entirely on a bad play.

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