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Earning A Living Playing Sit And Go Poker - Part 3
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Author: Marc Weinberg
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of online poker pros out there today, and all of them are following a dream that sounds a lot more glamorous in theory than it is in reality: to earn a good living playing online poker. I should know because I am one of them.
There are many ways to try and make money playing online poker: no limit cash games, limit hold'em ring games, multi-table guaranteed tournaments with huge prize money, and Sit&Go tournaments. My preference is for the latter, the Sit 'N Go tournament, because it provdes me with an excellent hourly rate of expected income, suits my style of poker play, and enables me to improve my game (by this I mean it is the cheapest way for me to play hundreds of hands a day and refine my game).
I also run The Poker Experiment on this website, where I coach a Novice and attempt to turn him into a Pro. It may sound like alchemy, but trust me it can be done, and the medium through which we're achieving great things is the Sit & Go Tournament. The Novice, who is no longer a novice by the way and is now regularly kicking ass at every level up to and including $50 SNG Tournaments (after only 5 months of playing the game), has learned everything he knows in a practical sense from these tournaments. I promise you that it is an excellent grounding for a complete poker education.
Limit poker teaches you awful habits. I know this because I started out that way. Limit poker teaches you that it is okay to chase, okay to call down with the worst hand, and okay to play loose out of position, The reason is that the punishment for these mistakes is limited. In no limit games the punishment can be great for any mistake. Unfortunately, when you start out you aren't ready to commit your entire bankroll to a single session of poker. But the Sit And Go tournament, with its artificial environment of a set number of chips for every player, enables you to play proper poker and only lose a set amount of money in the worst possible case.
Multi-Table poker tournaments with hundreds of players also teaches bad habits, because players are so aggressive and loose. It reminds me of a feeding frenzy at the lower limits and while these tournaments have to be played eventually at the highest level, it is best to approach them with an SNG mentality. What is that mentality?
In brief it is to grind out results by patient skillful play. The objective is to cash in regularly, and as a bonus to win once in a while. The key is to reach the payout structure, however, and as a poker pro you set yourself targets to earn every day in these tournaments. I am not too fussed if I come 3rd, 2nd, or 1st, but I care deeply about coming 4th-10th.
I urge you to have a look at our Poker Experiment for more details about my theories regarding Sit&Go tournaments, and how players who are new to poker can do a lot better by playing in them.
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