Sit-and-Go Tournament Strategy

A Sit-and-Go is a poker tournament with few participants, 9-10 is most common, and the tournament begins as soon as all seats are filled. The blind structure in SNGs is usually quite steep, and consequently, you have to change gears quickly. Poker Junkie teaches you the best strategy in early, mid and late stages and how you maximize the profit in one-table tournaments.

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Sit & Go's: My Strategy, Part 2 - The Early Stages

The early stages of a sit and go are a wait and see game. You want to make sure that if you are involved in a hand that you win it. This is how in general I will play the following pocket hands before the flop, note this strategy varies dramatically depending on the type of game and type of players, but this is a GENERAL guide for the first 2 levels 9 handed.

Early Position:

Raise 3 units with= AA,KK,QQ,JJ,AK
Limp with= 99,1010,AJ,AQ

Middle Position:

Raise 3 units with= AA,KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK,AQ
Limp/Call with= 55,66,77,88,99,AJ

Late Position:

Raise 3 Units with=...

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