Sit and Go Tournaments

You want to feel the thrill of playing a tournament final table but you don't have the patience required? You feel you are not good enough or don't have time? Then Sit & Go tournaments are your best choice. I will also give you some basic hints on how to play these profitably, even though I haven't personally played a lot of these.

First thing you need to know is that these tournaments start whenever a certain number of people enroll (usually it is 1 table of 9 players). So you can play them whenever you want and they do not last long even if you survive all the way to the win. That's the reason they are preferred by many people over the multi-table tournaments. The payment structure is usually 50/30/20 which means 50% of the prize pool goes towards the winner, 30% goes for the 2nd place finisher, and 20% are left for the 3rd.

This game in these mini-tournaments is very similar to a final table of a big tournament. That is why a lot of people (including me) play them occasionally to practice their final table skills for the big tournaments. You start by playing cautiously and observing your opponents and pick up some reads on them. Then you start exploiting their weaknesses - by raising them often if they seem too tight, or waiting to hit a big hand and stack them off if they are too aggressive.

Sit and Go tournaments attract a lot of people because they offer a constant action, similar to one on a big tournament final table. Therefore you see a lot of weak players - either overaggressive or too tight, which if you can use well, you can make a big profit. I wish you good luck and I will see you at the Sit & Go tables!