Take Advantage of Weak Sit and Go’s
I met a guy at a local charity poker room outside smoking a cigarette. I asked him how many people would be in the tournament and he told me about the game. But what he told me is something I’ll have to take account for in my next trip. He told me that the poker players in the sit and are so weak that he doesn’t play the tournament anymore.
Firstly, the poker tournament had 40 players and only paid 5 places. Each sit and go has 10 players and pays 3. That is 30% payout in the sit and go, and 12.5% in the tournament. The blinds and starting stack are half that of the tournament. To me that is a good thing. You can play 2, 3, or maybe even 4 sit and go’s a night as opposed to one tournament. This guy confided in me that if you play tight and patient, you will cash. He also said that no one will fold top pair, so you will get paid off on any monster hand.
Sit and go’s also have a clearer strategy. There is an end in sight, and it makes a game plan much easier to execute. It’s like starting off at the final table with equal chip stacks. Though I made it to the final table of the tournament, I was one of the short stacks and had to gamble with a good ace for a 3.5x all-in raise. Unfortunately I was called by pocket jacks and I lost in 8th, before getting paid. Now I know, even though I will play this event again and again because the players are so terrible, the real equity is in the sit and go’s. It’s for less money, so I’m not personally risking as much, and it’s also probably viewed less seriously than the tournament, so the players are not concentrating as hard. I play sit and go’s all the time, but with weak opposition guaranteed, these are the sit and go’s to be playing.
