Penguin,
I am by no means an expert. However, I will share some points of my SNG strategy with you.
Generally, I play the 20 man SNGs because I like the payout for my money. It takes a really drunk night for me to not make it to the final table in these things.
1) Extra tight from the get go in the early rounds. Toss KJos in early position without blinking. While this doesn't seem like a "revolutionary" play to good players, most internet players cannot lay a doubled painted hand down preflop in EP.
2) With position, I almost always try to raise or reraise pre-flop with a hand that I want to play. I like to be the aggressor. Sure, I take down a lot of hands early for just a small pot with KK, but it sets up my play for the rest of the game. It's really a good thing when I get to showdown a winner with some of these hands so I can advertise that I'm not going to be fucking around with marginal hands. Sometimes I'll flash without automucking.
The exception is if I have a small wired pair or ace suited. Then I may just call to see for cheap.
3) Once I've showed down a couple of my raising hands and create an image, I like to get aggressive. I will make plays to steal the blinds almost every round from 2 or 3 off the button. I really don't like to steal from the button because people are just waiting for that. This gives me ammo for the late rounds. This is really effective following the first break because it seems the field tightens up when the blinds raise to these levels.
4) Usually, at this point, I've moved into the final 10 with a top 4 chip stack. Now, I just pick my spots. If I've got a hand, I'm gonna raise and try to get you out. I look for chances to pick up pots by raising preflop. But mostly, I'm gonna need to catch a few bigguns. Usually, I do, and am in the money.
Now, you know that this is very basic. Gotta use reads to feel your way around. Without sounding arrogant, I feel like I am a natural here. Even though your reads are limited in the online game, the gut has gotta help you out here and there.
PS. What's your party Id? Just to stay clear.
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