Sit and go Texas two card hold'em poker single table tournaments tips, tutorials and links to reputable online poker rooms

Sit and go Texas two card hold'em poker single table tournaments tips, instruction and links to quality poker rooms offering STTs

Take just one of them out and you've likely just earned enough to get into the money. So upon having won enough chips to survive a stretch of paying blinds and folding (if necessary)... you again be very patient. Play only the premium hands, AA, AK, KK, QQ (be ready to fold QQ if you see the flop produce an ace or king, which will happen often). NEVER allow yourself to fall in love with any hand too much. I don't care if you're holding AA, if you are sitting on a nice chip lead and there has already been a raise and re-raise, it is probably a wise move to go ahead and toss the aces unless one of the raisers is known to be a tight, smart player, then as long as that player isn't short stacked, they will likely fold if you go all in first, and since you've AA, a smart player in that position wouldn't call with anything less than AK, KK, or QQ. All of which give you acceptable risk odds. But get into a 3-way with two others holding suited connecters and you face a real possibility of losing.

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The exact opposite is true if you're short-stacked. If its late in the game and it doesn't look like the blinds will allow time for you to win a few hands to get back in the game, its IMHO (in my humble opinion) a good move to get all in when there IS a good chance of a 3-way; and you're holding hands that are like 10,j, or suited connecters of any kind, because its likely the other two in the pot are holding AK, AQ, KQ, etc. thus they each are holding onto the others outs. Leaving you a better chance at catching your outs. Plus for instance, 10,J has a slight advantage over AK, because of the straight factor being open ended for the 10,J.

What's most important if I didn't make it clear, is to be patient and wait for your premium shot. There have been many times where I waited until I was down to just short of having enough to make it thru two more blinds, before going all in with my remaining chips. Position is also important in this situation. If you're down to where you only have enough chips to survive two more rounds of blinds, instead of waiting for a premium hand, you then begin looking for opportunities where you can get all in with your chips against one opponent rather than facing multiple opponents. As mentioned, the only time this wouldn't apply is if you are short on time as well as chips: and have two opponents appearing as if they have hands that they are going to play and you know they likely both have an ace or king, or both, which cuts down their outs considerably and makes the risk acceptable since you've got to figure you're likely going to be setting on the sideline in a few minutes anyway.

I've even had occasions where I had about 2 1/2 times the starting amount; and then the poker room lost connection and by the time I was able to log back in; I'd taken second place and the game was over.

The same is true when you're short stacked and 4 people remain; if you can manage to get folded with even a few chips remaining, you have a good chance that one of the other players will lose an all in and thus you will automatically fall into the money without ever having to have won a hand. Of course this would not apply if you are the only short stack at the table. Don't be afraid to fold in those situations even if it means you'll be left with just a handful of chips for the next hand because if you don't have anything worth going all in with; then you probably have a better chance betting one of the other shortstacks will fall prey before you ever are forced to make a play.

I always play to get into the money first; and then once I have at least 3rd place guaranteed; I play to win the whole thing. Second place just doesn't pay enough extra to justify avoiding a head to head conflict that if won, might be just the stepping stone you needed to win the whole show.

One last bit of advice; if you're following the above strategy, you must not be afraid to fold a hand that doesn't work out when you see the flop. Don't be like some of those people who will keep on betting since they are first to bet; or since they bet or raised pre-flop. That is an excellent way to watch your chip pile dwindle down only to find out on the river that the opponent DOES have a hand, apparently a good one since they've now called your last bet and are raising considerably.

I ask you; to what gain is there now to call a bet that you know you won't win? So you're left with either folding or trying to bluff them out, thus risking your remaining chips; (and you'll likely get called unless your opponent is a well-known calling station who is known to fold on the river when no catch is made).

So cut your losses early and go back to being patient and waiting for "that hand".

Good luck and most of all; play at amounts which are affordable to lose, so that you can have fun while learning to be a better player thru the experience you are gaining every time you join in.

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