SnG Madness
February 24th, 2010A quick and easy way to build your bankroll quickly is to play in some online poker single table Sit N Gos. The benefits of these type of STTs are very evident. First, the max a table can hold is 10, and the usual amount of players is 9. Do the math real quick and see that usually the top 3 get paid out, you see you only have to place in the top 1/3 of the field to get paid.
If we couple the beneficial prize structure to the mechanical decisions that can makes playing a SnG easy, you will see that you can easily being to get multi table experience by playing multiple SnGs. Again, the benefits are many. First, you gain multitable experience, that is a safer way to do this than it would be to play in a NL ring game or Multi Table Tournament. Your risk is less, and you still get the hand experience. It also increases the rate at which your bankroll will grow. Once you master the SnG, you’ll notice that even if you’re not winning them all, you’re consistently placing in the money, and effectively increasing your bankroll.
Third is the time investment. A STT SnG is much less time consuming than a MTT. You can play about 10 SnGs in the time it takes you to get through half the player field in a large MTT. With time on your side now, you also have a convenient way to play tournament style poker at the speed of a ring game.
So let’s put it all together. Easy decision, fast games, less risk, ease of multitabling = SnG profit! Look out for them when you play poker online.