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i want to know if you have sometips to finish always or often on the top 3 in 9ppl sit n go at low buying like 1 2 and 3$ wait for your tips and good luck to all
Posted by goliathfirst: just play very tight, no quick way...but dont be afraid to steal some blinds.
stealing is something u have to do but u also have to wait until the blinds are big enough to be worth it. And if u've got a donk(like me) at the table don't try and bluff him cause he probably doesn't understand what a big bet means if he's got an ace and has decided to play. But one of the keys to winning is also not tobe afraid of loosing. Sometimes u just have to make a stand.
------------ A book that helped me is "Sitn go strategy" by Colin Moshman. Not that it makes me a champ but it has helped me not loosing my money as fast as before
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trick is to not lose all your chips before they payouts start. That's how they decide who wins and who loses..
Haha.
Nah, I play ultra-tight (with decent blind levels anyway) until there's <7 players, then I open up my range and by the last 3-4 people I generally play fairly LAG
Also, if I'm not short-stacked, I'll play pretty aggressive on the bubble, exploit those people folding into the money, just like an MTT bubble.
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One can play some hands with potential early on, if the flop can be seen cheaply, and hopefully stack someone who can't lay down his top pair/over pair.
Play tight if blinds get a bit bigger, or there are allways raises preflop. Loosen up later when the blinds get really big, so one has to steal them from time to time.
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You have to play tight, especially in begginning, but start to steal blinds starting from Lvl 3. Dont do it too often and vary the position from where you steal blinds (button to hi-jack), and take care when you're trying to steal blinds from people with little money, they will quite often push all in. But the most important thing is to survive.
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in my opinion best thing to do is playing very tight , just call when you are ready to call a raise also because if you just call and a opponent makes a raise and you fold than it's a waste of the chips you have put in already , no system is 100 % sure but with playing tight and being patience you will make better odds in the long run .
I will see flops cheap in early stages if possible, but generally play very little - you are better to observe the others and get as much of a feel for peoples styles. The tips you are going to get are going to be very similar so i am just going to give one piece of advice that has worked for me - Create a set of rules for yourself and live and die by them, by this i mean one of my rules for instance would be to fold AJ in early position in the early and middle stages of a SNG. I never get upset or pissed off if i lose - as long as i have followed my own rules. If i break one and lose then i get angry. I guess its knowing that as long as you couldnt have played any better, or in your own mind you have made the best decision, its cool. The hard part is making your set of rules - ones that will be profitable. That will come from experience. All the best!!!!
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what don mean i search for some definition and nothing so if you or someone could say what a don sit n go and thank you for all the tips hope that my game will go well
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Posted by mattel: I will see flops cheap in early stages if possible, but generally play very little - you are better to observe the others and get as much of a feel for peoples styles. The tips you are going to get are going to be very similar so i am just going to give one piece of advice that has worked for me - Create a set of rules for yourself and live and die by them, by this i mean one of my rules for instance would be to fold AJ in early position in the early and middle stages of a SNG. I never get upset or pissed off if i lose - as long as i have followed my own rules. If i break one and lose then i get angry. I guess its knowing that as long as you couldnt have played any better, or in your own mind you have made the best decision, its cool. The hard part is making your set of rules - ones that will be profitable. That will come from experience. All the best!!!!
Having a set of rules like that seems a little redundant for poker. I mean, sometimes it's all about your opponents and a rule that worked in one game, is not necessarily going to hold up in another vs a whole different group of people. IMO
Posted by leroi21: what don mean i search for some definition and nothing so if you or someone could say what a don sit n go and thank you for all the tips hope that my game will go well
don means Double or nothing, which means that the top 5 players in a 10-player game gets 2*buyin back. If you play to make money that's a decent approach but if you play to have some fun too it's the most boring game in the world IMO GL whatever you do
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tight is the best way to play to make the cash... If you can sit tight then you will norm be blinded out in around 4th / 5th (with out playing a single hand) ofcourse thats not written but i find it easy enougth to get that far with out playing a hand. But then you have the issue of being short stacked and still not made the cash so not playing a hand is a no brainer. But if you can get a double up then you'll run much longer, making sure you dont give chips away is a great way to stay in the hunt for a cash. Chip leakege is the killer for me as i tend to like to see the flops if i have a strong drawing hand like Axs or connected cards, but that gets very expensive later on in the games. Basic stratergy..... tight aggressive. Try and get to the last 4 or 5 with out playing to many hands and then you can start to steal some blinds just to tick you over... as you have played very tight (others will have noticed) then you can just pick your spot and (with the cards) you'll make it. Dont however get to the final 4 and try to knock others out with weak cards ie 55 / JQ , that sort of thing... if you are unsure your in good shape just dump dump dump..... dont feed anyone else.
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I agree that at begining you need be very tight, play only AA or KK, the other fold. When blinds are +50/100 you need begin steal blinds and dont forget protect yours. If you are BB and all folds and only small blind raise after he thinks more then 3-4 sec and you have Kx or Ax go all in, in 80-90% he will fold.
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Posted by dorinba: I agree that at begining you need be very tight, play only AA or KK, the other fold. When blinds are +50/100 you need begin steal blinds and dont forget protect yours. If you are BB and all folds and only small blind raise after he thinks more then 3-4 sec and you have Kx or Ax go all in, in 80-90% he will fold.
lol ffs m8 i think only playing As and Ks is a bit bloody extreme! i mean ffs ive went for games and not got As or Ks, i played a tourny last night for 8 hours and got Ks once and i went out with them i do agree sit tight for a nice hand or if a few are in the pot and u have a pocket pair of suited conectors im for sure in there too, its a great chace to get a triple up and when u do that ur in a great position to go on to win
i mean ffs ive went for games and not got As or Ks, i played a tourny last night for 8 hours and got Ks once and i went out with them 
