The sit n go’s you play – The bigger the field, the more variance and dry spells you should be prepared for. So you’ll want a bigger bankroll for 180-man sit n go’s compared to 18 or 45-mans. The stakes you play – The larger the stakes you play the bigger the bankroll you’ll. All About Real Grinders: How to Play Poker for a Living. You can't play a winning poker and mastering the game without reading the best poker books brought to you by Online Poker Books. How to Make $1,000s Playing Low Stakes Sit ‘n Gos, Volume 2: Heads-Up. Traditional sit and gos are usually over in about an hour, sometimes less. So this is why I see sit and gos as more like cash games. They have a reasonable amount of flexibility in the time commitment unlike big multi-table tournaments which can take all day to complete. Rakeback Monsters Sit and gos (at least on Pokerstars) are rakeback.
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It’s always interesting to see how much poker pros really make. Luckily with the help of technology and sites like Sharkscope we can track how much the top earners are making, and unfortunately the biggest losers.
I’ve known Steve for about 4 years now through an online business; he owns the site Sharkscope. I can remember when he just started the site and thinking, man this idea/tool is going to blow up, and it surely did as it’s now the most widely used player analyzer by Sit n Go grinders.
We can look into player databases and see not only how much money they’ve won per year, but how many tables they play, their average return ratio per sit and go, and how they rank among other players.
As you can see the stakes can be pretty high with a norm of $1,000 or more per game. A large bankroll is required for the swings in order to get started into the high stakes world.
In general, the number of high earners have increased throughout the years with the help of higher stake Sit and Go’s, easier entry into games, and the ability to play 8 or more tables at once.
While the more tables you play, the less you’ll earn, it’s best to find a medium you’re comfortable with. For me anything more than 1 table at a time causes my head to spin. That’s why I write about the industry instead of actually play their games.
So with no further ado, here is what the best Sit n Go players earn each year.
Over the past couple of years, playing Sit and Go tournaments online (SnG) has become widely popular, and is even becoming more commonplace in live action as well (with casinos spreading them regularly). These quick events offer the same exciting tournament action as the much larger “MTTs” (multi-table tournaments), but require much less of a time investment to take home the top prizes. Nowadays, there are even hybrid SnG/MTTs by virtue of the 2, 3 and 5 table offerings and even the “Sit for a long time and Go” 180-player (or 20-table) events. Any of the variety of these quicker tournaments found under the “Sit & Go” tab on your favorite online poker site will be completed in much less time than even the smallest field, scheduled start time MTT, and that is one aspect that makes them very appealing.While a typical rebuy MTT can last anywhere from 7-10 (or more) hours to complete (depending on the number of entries), the normal duration of (i.e.) a two-table SnG is only about 90 minutes. That’s a huge difference for players who want to feel the thrill of saying “all in”, but have to wait until the kids are asleep and can’t sit down to play until Letterman is about to read the day’s “Top 10 List”. The buy-ins range from as little as $1 up to $2,000 (but be prepared to “Sit” for quite a while before the $2,000 game “Goes”), so there are options for every bankroll. (For the remainder of this discussion, we will be considering the one-table, 9-player scenario.)
Many online players make a nice living playing only Sit and Go events. There is a good reason more and more players are focusing on this variation of tournament poker over cash games and/or the larger MTTs: With a little patience (and the normal amount of luck any poker player expects during any given session), the chances of making a profit are quite good. In fact, it is quite possible to earn more profit on a given day playing only SnGs than you can in a limit cash game, with less bankroll volatility. Given that a few players receive prizes (the top three in our one-table example) makes bankroll swings even less of a worry. Before the cards are even in the air, you are technically starting with a 33% chance of making money. Pretty good odds provided some basic strategic concepts are followed.
Keep in mind that in a lower buy-in SnG (anything under $30), you will find a great number of players that are just getting their “tournament feet” wet. A lot of these beginning players pay homage to the Gus Hansen-ish, edited final table antics they have seen on TV. They are basically emulating the pros they see jamming pots with J6 offsuit, because they are taught that aggression is the key to winning in No Limit Hold’em. They play far too many hands because they see (again, in only the key showdowns on TV tables) that any two cards can win with “the big bluff”.
So, right out of the gate, they are usually playing far too loose (with very marginal holdings) and willing to enter into those “exciting TV all-in confrontations”. The simplest answer to this “monkey see, monkey do” aggression is patience. Allow these players (and there are often a few wannabe “bullies” at any low buy-in SnG table) to butt heads with one another and roar like lions. Very often, one or more such players will go all in within the first few hands of a SnG event and pound their chest after the table folds back to them and they show QT. That “success” leads them to do it again the next hand. Perhaps they will go all in 3 or 4 hands in a row!
There is absolutely no need to be the “hero” who puts an end to such madness even with hands you feel are sure to be favorites against his perceived genius. Why gamble in the early stages (first two or three levels of blinds) with your pocket sixes against this type of player’s all in move? He has already demonstrated his willingness to eventually make a huge mistake against you when you are a clear favorite! Be patient, wait for those opportunities and remember your sit and go strategy. It will prove much more effective to punish their fatal mistakes and just let the smaller ones fill their heads with delusions of grandeur.
Don’t be afraid to watch these same players getting very lucky occasionally – as long as it’s not against you! Let the other opponents make the “coin flip” all in calls at the beginning of the event. It’s okay to watch one or two players accumulate huge stacks while they continually take unsound chances acquiring them. You can just sit back under the radar and soon find yourself in the money, just by maintaining your average stack. That should be your first consideration throughout the event – getting paid!
Once you get there (the “bubble” has burst), it’s time to take a completely different approach! Cashing in a SnG is obviously the ultimate objective (otherwise you are just playing for “fun”, which will prove detrimental to your bankroll very quickly). However, once you are in the money, the prize structure usually dictates that you start to gamble a lot more than you would have ever considered in the early stages.