Double your money sit n goes.

RickyVilla

Hi guys.

Looking to play the double your money sit n goes.

Any advice for playing these please?

Dudeskin8

Play tight early, limp with small-medium pocket pairs, raise with good hands KT+, A9+ QJ+ in good position. Also don't be afraid to fold when you miss flop but the odd continuation bet often works.

I have found from playing a lot that if you don't egt that lucky break in the first two levels back off and only play premium hands till blinds are 50/100, 75/150, from this point you just have to pick the right hand and push, no point raising and doing 25% of ur stack. My range is A5+, K8+, QJ+ and any pair, but if you play on low limit tables be prepared for the regular donk call with A2 that beats ur AK. lol

Also never go all in early unless ur 100% sure u hav nuts. And in terms of raising stick to 3*BB, any more will get same answer but lose more over time, 2*BB is not enough in my experiance.

Good Luck pal.

ZZCop

I disagree with the above post.

Play loose aggresive early on, others play tight so you will be able to pick up plenty of pots from them. 

When the blinds start to get big play tight (let others knock each other out) but limp with premium hands. Use plenty of bluffs as others will be playing too tight to fold, so going all in is a good tactic.

I dont think the standard of play differs depending on the buy-in, just the bankroll. Hope this helps

RichiSwift

your looking for an early double up, so play a lot of starting hands when blinds are low and use your skill to get as much chips as poss early on from playing big range of starting hands early on.
Good luck, 

daveydavey

The way I play these is TAG (Tight Aggressive). It doesn't really matter how many pots you play but personally I get involved at least once in three rounds in the early stages and up this too once in two when the blinds get higher.

What is important is that you win the pots you play. I mentioned playing pots every so often and barring premium holdings you will be better off doing so on the cut off/button...If you play a hand every three times round the table then look at the cut off and button as 6 possible hands and play maybe top 40% of your range in these 6 hands.

If you open with a raise and get called, always C bet 3/4 of the pot and if you get called  and have outs follow this up. ALOT of good players will call you on the flop and look to take it on the turn. In DYM i bet the flop and turn everytime and slowdown for the river. But generally speaking i've got the pot by then.

Hope it helps :S

daveydavey

P.S, another helpful tip is that when betting the turn a 1/5- 1/4  of the average stack of the remaining field is a good indication of where you are. You don't need to bet more than this for bluffs but betting less than this can bring along weak draws or players looking to take it away on the river.

EG:

Average stack: 2000
Turn Bet: 400 or 500

If you get called in this spot then leave it.

TWRAMYEP

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I disagree with the above post. Play loose aggresive early on, others play tight so you will be able to pick up plenty of pots from them.  When the blinds start to get big play tight (let others knock each other out) but limp with premium hands. Use plenty of bluffs as others will be playing too tight to fold, so going all in is a good tactic. I dont think the standard of play differs depending on the buy-in, just the bankroll. Hope this helps
Posted by ZZCop

Please follow this advise when sitting on my table.

Tikay10

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Hi guys. Looking to play the double your money sit n goes. Any advice for playing these please?
Posted by RickyVilla

Only ONE thing matters. Getting from 4th to 3rd.

With 4 left, concentrate, use Position well, & be selectively aggressive.

BigBluster

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Hi guys. Looking to play the double your money sit n goes. Any advice for playing these please?
Posted by RickyVilla

NEVER slowplay AA/KK/QQ pre-flop early on. Increase pre-flop raises to 6 or 7 big blinds, maybe even 8.
In the first few rounds, it seems that everyone is calling with 67s or 8To hoping to hit a monster, double up, then fold their way into the money. This is not a bad tactic at all by the way - the flop is fit or fold for them but can be much harder for your aces or kings to get away from. So don't let them trap you.

oynutter

imo ricky -the 5 min blind structure in these tourneys prohibit the playing of good poker--if you get lucky -you double up-if you dont-you dont--go mental-get 4000 chips and sit on them---better still--- dont bother--they are basically a shoot out that you will find extremely difficult to get a good return on--see you back in the deep stacks next week--lol

loonytoons

the best advice i can give you is to try and finish in the top three- good luck lol

Hale72

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imo ricky -the 5 min blind structure in these tourneys prohibit the playing of good poker--if you get lucky -you double up-if you dont-you dont--go mental-get 4000 chips and sit on them---better still--- dont bother--they are basically a shoot out that you will find extremely difficult to get a good return on--see you back in the deep stacks next week--lol
Posted by oynutter

Dont entirely agree, i virtually only play DYM'S and have seen a nice ROI thank you very much. Not huge but enough to have gone up 4 levels in 3 months. (using the 5% rule) Anything over £2.25 and skill levels do increase expedentially due to the buy in stake. £11.00 and over and your really with the big boys.

My advice is play every hand, bluff every pot especially early on, but fold if I raise!!!!!!

No seriously, play the lower buy ins first to get a feel of them. Anyone with an ounce of sense can cash in 70-75% of the micro ones. Play these really tight and very often you can find yourself cashing without much work. You'd be amazed what types of hands people at theis level go to war with. You can find an awful lot of people calling to the river with their ace high. Moving up the levels still play tight but be a bit more adventurous with your plays. You can still ignore the early level blinds unless you find that monster. Wait till mid sized blinds and go for the double up. Once on the cash bubble it can be a bit of a lottery as blinds mean push or fold are the only moves available.
I will keep a few bubble plays secret here as they tend to work for me and i have no wish to share them on the forum but on the whole i love every DYM i play.

BigBluster

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Moving up the levels still play tight but be a bit more adventurous with your plays. Posted by Hale72

Could you please clarify what you mean by this? Because I think this is the essence of playing SnGs.

dantb10

Sit tight, let the others fight it out (unless u have monster) when down to 4 become more aggressive in position and steal the blinds now they are worth stealing while others are hanging in trying to 'reach the money'.

BlackFish3

1st 2 levels of blinds play tight... premium hands, pocket pairs and suited connectors in a limped pot in position, fold anything else. level 3 onwards forget suited connectors and start ramping up the aggression by raising with aces and pairs in position. With about 12 big blinds you should be shoving a good ish hand in mid-late position and folding anything that isnt premium in early position. Try not to call an all in with anything but an absolute premium even with a low stack. When you get below 10BB then you should try and steal the blinds sometimes if you are last in chips by shoving in the SB if everyone has folded with any 2. With about 3BB left if you are in the BB and last in chips go all in with any 2 otherwise you will be blinded out. Try to keep pots smaller by betting just over half the pot post flop with a hand or if there is a good chance to bluff... rarely fire out more than one bullet though if you are bluffing, you dont want to go bust to someone slow playing a set when you have ace high. Hope this helps, let me know how you get on.