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Short Handed Sit n Go Strategies That Will Increase Your Winnings

The reason I love short handed sit n go, no limit poker games is three-fold. First, they are fast moving and an aggressive style of play. Second, they only take about forty-five minutes to play. Third, in my opinion they are the easiest games to win at, by far.

If you want to master the short-handed sit-n-go there are a few strategies that will help you win a lot more often than you are now. Let’s go over three short handed sng strategies.

Start Slowly

Unless you have a monster try staying out of the majority of hands in the beginning. Wait for at least one to two players to be put out. This will allow you to appear as a passive or tight player. And in a game full of aggressive players this is what you want. Because when it is time to get aggressive, later in the game, you’ll have the upper hand.

Never Limp-In

While mixing your game up is important in more traditional poker games you don’t need it as much at the beginning of a short-handed game. I used to mix it up a lot in my earlier days but I’ve experienced more success either raising or folding. Rarely do I achieve success when I limp-in in a short handed game. Now I choose my starting hands very carefully.

Typically I raise every three to five hands. Whether I’m in the blinds or not. Try raising with monsters, big pairs and A-K, A-Q. You may also try raising with any pocket pair and suited connectors 6-7 or higher. This has proven very successful for me.

Do your best to avoid hands like A-J or A-T. And definitely stay away from Ace – rag. I know a lot of players go for the low ended straight in a short-handed game but in my experience it pays off less than 15%. Not good odds when there’s an easier way.

When to Play Aggressive

Once you get a feel for the table and at least one or two people have been eliminated its time to increase your aggressiveness. Your stack should be in good enough shape and the blinds will still be low enough that you can begin your attack.

Now you don’t want to be aggressive just to be aggressive. However, when you are dealt the same hands you were at the beginning you need to increase your aggression and begin to push around the other players. Increase the amount of your raises. Since you were playing tight earlier your opponents won’t have a good read on you.

Finally, you can begin to play a little looser with your pre-flop play as people continue to get eliminated. However, you don’t want to get too silly. There’s nothing worse than getting eliminated from a winnable sit n go game because you got too aggressive with a weak hand. But if you follow these three sit n go strategies, test them and change them for your style of play I’m confident you’ll have great success.

Fortunes can be made playing short-handed sit-n-go games. Many of the secrets as well as a complete short-handed sng playing system can be found at http://www.texas-holdem-secrets-exposed.com

You can also watch me play 7 complete short-handed SNG games on live video at http://www.texas-holdem-videos.com. You can hear me in real time explain all of my decisions and strategies as I pummel my opponents in these short handed sit n gos.

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