Now that we have seen bankroll control, let's start studying SST (Sit and go Single Table). How does it work? A 1-table Sit n Go only starts when all 9 seats are occupied. I recommend starting with 9 players to get a full experience of the game. early, middle and late game.
POSITION: It is extremely important to know how to behave in certain positions at the table, knowing how to increase your raising range in late positions (Closer to EP = + Tight, Closer to LP = + Loose). The positions at the table are seen as follows:
They are defined as:
UTG: Under the Gun – First to act after the cards are dealt
MP: Middle positions
MP3 It is also known as Hijack
CO: Cut off – is the position before the button, it has this name because of the custom of this position to cut the deck after it has been shuffled by the dealer
BTN: Button or Dealer – is the last to receive a card and the last to act during the development of the hand.
SB: Small blind – pay half a blind before receiving cards
BB: Big Blind – pays 1 blind before receiving cards
Early Game:
We have 1500 chips to work with, and a 10/20 blind
Initially, the best strategy to use is to carefully select the starting hands you will play, without putting yourself in difficult situations with some marginal hands. This style of starting play is known as “tight” or “hard”.
A common mistake among beginners is to enter the game with easily dominated hands in EP or MP, such as JQ, KT, KJ. In the early game WE have to have dominant hands to be able to have an advantage over weaker players. We will play AK, AQ, QQ, etc.
Middle game:
Now there should be between 5 and 7 players left and it's time to start putting pressure on our opponents a little more. Let's increase our preflop raising range and pay attention to which players are more aggressive and which are more passive.
Bubble and Late Game:
You're in the money bubble, what do you do now? Keep your chips up to the limit to be able to reach the prize? NO!
It's time to use the information you've gathered about each player. We're going to raise a lot more on passive players and steal their blinds, and we're going to resteal on the more aggressive players who are trying to pressure us. The important thing is to know how to use your stack aggressively and intelligently.
We are already in the awards with 3 players left, now we are going to go for 1st place:
CL(Chip leader): We have the majority of the chips, we will put pressure on 2nd position, which is usually tighter waiting for 3rd position to fall first, to guarantee a bigger prize before risking a hand against you.
2nd Position: We will resteal with more marginal hands on top of the CL. Hands that have good equity of course, we don't want to fall out of the SNG yet. We will pressure the 3rd position by raising with marginal hands and going all in with hands with good equity.
3rd Position: Let's try to double up by calling all ins and pushing all ins with good equity hands against the shoving range.
HU or Heads UP: There are only 2 players left. Let's raise from the Button with a huge range and put pressure on the opponent. A very common mistake I see among beginners is to limp from the button and let the BB see the flop for free. Don't do this, you need to inflate the pot while you are in position, and you can't let him hit the flop cheaply. There are specific situations in which limping will be good, but it's not every time.
From the BB, we will re-raise with very good or very bad hands, and leave speculative hands that can hit the flop well for calling the raise, such as TJ, 79s, TQ…
Volume: If you are starting out in SST, I recommend that you play 1 or 2 tables. As you get the hang of it, you can add more tables as you like. Just don't play so many tables that it will hinder your performance.
Hugs to all, see you in the next article, I hope you get good results 🙂
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