Sit & Go Strategy - How To Win At SNGs

Sit & Go’s (SNGs) are a type of tournament that you buy yourself into. They can have as many as 10 players and the aim of the game is to finish in the top 3. As long as you are one of these 3 then you will leave with more money.

The prize money is typically split as follows: 50% of the buy-in for 1st, 30% for 2nd and 20% for 3rd. You can try gunning for 1st place every time but if your name isn’t Mike Caro then you might end up losing. Better to aim for survival rather than outright 1st place, at least in the early stages.

Typically you get quite a mixed crowd at SNG tourneys. Most of them are not very good, in fact I would say that you will find perhaps 3 good players maximum and sometimes zero! Frankly the top players would rather be elsewhere and might just play SNGs for fun.

In the early stages, just play really tight and let the loose players play themselves out of the tournament. Only play the premium hands and don’t bother with the marginal hands. This strategy will see you through to the last 5 when you should return to trying to play a normal tight-aggressive game.

Now you need to just hold steady and don’t do anything reckless. Seize your opportunities and use your logic and not your emotions.

Do all this and you should regularly rank in the top 3 of SNG tournaments and get to take home some nice prize money, at worst you’ll get a 200% return on your entry fee!