HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT Sit 'n Go's ?

Selecting the "Best" Sit 'n Go's

How do you measure sit 'n go poker tournaments and determine which is the best? What makes one sit 'n go better than another. Well, that depends on what you are trying to achieve through playing sit 'n go tournaments. If your goal is to play with your buddies from your regular home game, playing at the same site during the same sit 'n go is the "best" for you. If you love to play the lottery, than picking sit 'n go’s that are long shot wins might be “best” for you. However, if your goal is to use skill and patience to make money playing poker online, there is one criteria that overrides everything else—a slow blind structure.

Slow Blind Structure
Sit 'n go poker is different than cash games in that the blinds increase on a scheduled basis. The amount and duration of the blind increase is referred to as the blind structure.

In the upcoming strategy lessons I will teach a tight and aggressive playing style. A tight style is one in which a player primarily selects premium pre-flop starting hands. However, barring the occasional rush, these premium starting hands do not come along that often. In order to have ample time to get the good premium starting hands you must select sit 'n go tournaments with a slow blind structure. Slow blind structures favor the skilled player while fast blind structures favor luck over skill. This does not mean that you cannot play sit 'n go’s with fast blind structures (Turbo events); however, these fast events require a different playing strategy than is outlined in these lessons.

High Volume
Another important consideration is the number of people playing at each site. If the site has a low volume of players, you might have to wait a considerable amount of time for a sit 'n go tournament to fill up and start. So you want to select a site with a high volume of players. This is particularly important when you move up to the higher buy-in levels where the player pool is much smaller. In addition, sites that accommodate players from the US typically have higher volume than those that do not.

The Verdict
Of the poker sites that accept US players, Full Tilt and Poker Stars have the best blind structure and the most volume. Full Tilt has a slightly slower blind structure than Poker Stars and is therefore considered the best structure for sit 'n go's. Poker Stars is currently the largest site and is considered the highest volume for sit 'n go's. You will do fine picking either or both sites.

Sign-up Bonuses
Both Full Tilt and Poker Stars offer sign-up bonuses. A sign-up bonus is an incentive offered by the site to encourage you to open an account with them. Typically the site will match your initial deposit up to a certain amount and release the matched amount in increments as you play on their site. Only sign up with sites offering a 100% bonus, otherwise you are leaving money on the table. If you do not have an account at Full Tilt or Poker Stars I have included links below will get you the sign-up bonus.






Full Tilt Poker:
Best Structure
for Sit 'n Go's


Poker Stars:
Highest Volume
for Sit 'n Go's

Once you have an account set up, you are ready to learn and apply the winning strategies for sit 'n go tournaments. During the next lesson we will discuss EV and M-Zone and why these two measurements are important to a winning sit 'n go tournament strategy.

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