10 person sit and go's

[Tilter]

SNGS are great as you can home your shorthanded game/final table game so you know what to do under certain situations.

[Defendant]

I agree with the general notion of playing tight early, but there is one big downside to this.

Assuming Party, its so much cheaper to play suited connectors or low pairs early...it only costs you 15 in an unraised pot. You know, those hit or miss kind of hands: flop it and win a huge pot, or miss the flop and fold cheaply. You know youre gonna get paid off, so might as well play those hands while theyre cheap.

Thus, my strategy usually is to play tight AFTER the flop, not so much before the flop (still shouldnt call any raises with those hands though).

Defendant

[GeoffM]

You can make the final four of these sit-n-gos simply by playing extremely tight, and hypothetically folding every single hand, regardless what it is.

Luck does not become a huge factor until it is down to 4 players, that is when they become tougher. None the less, in order to make money, you have to make the final four. Just play extremely tight, play only the big 10 hands, and you'll do just fine. If you are playing the lower limits like me you should be able to cash about 80-90% of the time.