In normal poker tournaments the number of players that can attend the tournament is very rarely limited and the tournament will start at an exact time decided before hand. However in the Sit And Go tournaments the player number is limited and the tournament will start when all the empty seats have been filled by poker players looking to participate in the tournament. This is one of the many things that makes these tournaments lot of players favourites over the MTT’s.

The most common sit and go tournaments you can find online are headsup (2 player), 6 player tournaments and full table tournaments which include 9 or 10 players depending on the site you are playing on. There are also these days much bigger sit and go tournaments such as 180 player ones. However, the tips we are sharing in this article are aimed especially for the 2 player and 6 player tournaments. And as most of our experience comes from playing texas holdem SNGs  and also majority of the SNGs you can find are in that poker variation our tips are also especially for the texas holdem games.

Top 5 headsup and 6 player Sit And Go tips:

1) Get a quick read of your opponents. Some really good opponents might try to confuse other players at the beginning of the tournament by making some suspicious plays, however huge majority of the opponents who you will encounter in the lower stakes and mid stakes tournament will show straight from the start what type of poker players they are. So figure out if they are calling stations, super aggressive players or something else. And after you figure out what type of players they are go with your read unless they give a special reason to change your opinion.

2) Plan your good hands so that you will end up getting their whole stack. In SNG tournaments it is extremely important to make your opponent lose his / her whole chip stack when they have the worst hand, so when you are dealt a hand that you think will end up being the best one in the showdown plan your hand and make sure that in the end all your opponent’s chips are in the middle and you take them home.

3) Take advantage of people playing tight in the wrong spots. Granted, there are some times when the correct play is to play extremely tight poker in SNG tournament, however most of the people who are playing tight are doing it at the exactly wrong time. So when you notice that someone is really scared money simply keep hammering them. It is good to keep in mind that if the blinds are big enough compared to the stack your opponent needs to fold really small number of his hand for your hammering to be +EV (= positive expected value)

4) Keep notes. Unlike in huge multi table tournaments in SNG tournaments you will quite often be playing against the same people. So to have an advantage over them make sure to keep notes about how they play certain hands and what type of leaks they have in their game.

5) Take care of your bankroll. If you are serious about making money from the sit and go tournaments you should keep at least 100 buyin bankroll. This means that if you are playing $10+$1 tournaments you should have at least $1,100 bankroll.

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