Poker Concorde

SNG is an often used abbreviation for the term ‘Sit n Go’. This basically means one table of players either six or ten, and when all are seated, the tournament automatically begins. This type of tournament is popular with many players, partly due to the fact that there is no waiting around for a tournament start time, provided the site has a decent flow of player traffic.

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One of the advantages of SNG tournaments I feel, is the fact that they force the player to become accustomed to battling it out short handed. As players begin to fall at a table and the blinds begin to rise, this becomes perfect practice for the very different short handed type of play.

Aside from this, single table tournaments are usually less damaging to your bankroll than large scale MTT’s. The reason for this is that in an SNG you will cash a lot more often due to the small number of players that are involved, although you will not win as much money. In a multi table tournament you are aiming for one big win and will probably fall short of your target more often than in an SNG.

Usually I play MTT tournaments when I am playing online, but I certainly feel it is beneficial to poker skills development to take some time to play SNG tournaments too. Even if you only ever intend to play Multi Table Tournaments, you need to know how to switch you style of play if you make it to the last five players or so.