Regular HU vs The 3 player SNG's

ShaunyT

I was just wondering about the pros and conns of both.

The way I see it. The only pro of HU is you are heads up (I know, obviously durrrrrr) But this is a massive pro.
The conn is you have to beat the game plus rake.

The 3 way pro is the fact you can win 3600 times your buy in (varies dependent on site). Most of the time you find yourself involved in a dym with 3 players. BUT its a true double your money. Plus you can get into HU with a chip advantage. Quite regular you are involved in 3,4,10,20 times your buy in.
But the conn is the extra player, especially when you are playing a 3 way SNG and its only 2x you buy in.


I was just wondering if anybody is able to quantify the differences in the game types?? Or is the 3rd player too much of a variable to say "this game type is more profitable"


I have no idea how many 3 player SNG's i've played (across 3 other sites) I'm up on 2 and down on another, although my stats are skewed on one site because I won $300 on a $3 BI. So you dont actually even have to beat the game to be up (in theory).

Thoughts? Experiences?

goldnballz

Constantly spinning in double my buy-in frustrates me too much! The most i've ever played for is $50 (from $5). Can't see how they'd be beatable in the long run, good for a bit of fun though

TeddyBloat

The 3mans are not grinable in the regular sense. Even slight run bad in the big multipliers will kill you and the rake is massive.

You can bink but then again you can on slots.

People may play worse in 2x multipliers and fields are soft, so who knows. But the variance will be huge. Youd need a big bankroll or plenty of run good.

ShaunyT

In Response to Re: Regular HU vs The 3 player SNG's:

The 3mans are not grinable in the regular sense. Even slight run bad in the big multipliers will kill you and the rake is massive. You can bink but then again you can on slots. People may play worse in 2x multipliers and fields are soft, so who knows. But the variance will be huge. Youd need a big bankroll or plenty of run good.
Posted by TeddyBloat

I was trying to work it out. So worst case (and most frequent) is dym with 3 players. The rake is hidden in the 3rd players buy in so you "double your money" but have to beat 2 players rather than 1.

Can you put a % on this? Or am I thinking about it wrong??

TeddyBloat

You have to win say 36% say to beat rake. But that includes all tje , multipliers.  The effective rake of a 2x multiplier is huge. The effective rake in a 3000x one is tiny..

To beat the rake you have to hit your fair share of big multipliers and maintian your winrate in them.

There was a great post on the icmizer site ill try to find it.

TeddyBloat

http://www.icmpoker.com/en/blog/craft-winning-spin-and-go-pokerstars-tournament-strategy-icmizer/#November3RakeChange

ShaunyT

In Response to Re: Regular HU vs The 3 player SNG's:

http://www.icmpoker.com/en/blog/craft-winning-spin-and-go-pokerstars-tournament-strategy-icmizer/#November3RakeChange
Posted by TeddyBloat

Great link. Thank you.