Now that we've looked at bankroll control, let's start studying the SST (Sit and go Single Table). How does it work? The Single Table Sit n Go only starts when all 9 seats are occupied. I recommend starting with 9 players to get the full experience of the early, middle and late game.
POSITION: It is extremely important to know how to behave in certain positions at the table, to know how to increase your raise range in final positions (Closer to EP = + Tight, Closer to LP = + Loose). Table positions are seen as follows:
They are defined as:
UTG: Under the Gun - Is the first to act after the cards have been dealt
MP: Middle positions
MP3 It is also known as Hijack
CO: Cut off - this is the position before the button, named after the fact that this position cuts the deck after it has been shuffled by the dealer.
BTNButton or Dealer - is the last to receive a card and the last to act during the development of the hand.
SB: Small blind - pays half a blind before receiving the cards
BB: Big Blind - pays 1 blind before receiving the cards
Early Game:
We have 1500 chips to work with and a 10/20 blind
Initially, the best strategy is to select the starting hands you're going to play very well, without putting yourself in difficult situations with some marginal hands. This style of starting play is known as "tight" or "hard".
A common mistake for beginners is to enter the game with hands that are easily dominated in EP or MP, such as JQ, KT, KJ. In the early game WE have to have dominant hands in order to have an advantage over weaker players. We'll play AK, AQ, QQ, etc.
Middle game:
There should now be between 5 and 7 players left and it's time to start squeezing our opponents a bit more. Let's increase our pre-flop raise 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 should you do now? Keep your chips up to the limit to reach the prize pool? DON'T!
It's time to use the information you've obtained about each player. We're going to raise a lot more on passive players and steal their blinds, we're going to apply RESTEAL on the more aggressive players who are trying to put pressure on us. The important thing is to know how to use your stack aggressively and intelligently.
We're already in the prize pool with 3 players left, now let's go for 1st place:
CL (Chip leader): We have most of the chips, let's put pressure on the 2nd position, which is usually tighter waiting for the 3rd position to fall before, to guarantee a bigger prize pool before risking a hand against you.
2nd Position: We'll resteal with more marginal hands on top of CL. Hands with good equity of course, we don't want to fall out of the SNG just yet. We'll put pressure on 3rd position by raising with marginal hands and going all in with hands with good equity.
3rd Position: Let's try doubling up by calling all ins and giving all ins with good equity hands against the shove range.
HU or Heads UP: 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 in 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're in position, and you can't let him hit the flop cheaply. There are specific situations when limping is good, but not all the time.
As for the BB, we'll re-raise with very good or very bad hands, and leave speculative hands that can hit the flop well, such as TJ, 79s, TQ... to call the raise.
VolumeIf you're just 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 too many tables that it's getting in the way of your performance.
Cheers guys, I'll see you in the next article, I hope you have good results 🙂
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