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The final installment in Rick Braddy’s Sit-and-Go Tournament Tutorial. He continues to fold his small blind, trying to set up a trap. I prefer more aggressive play heads-up and win 57% of the time, lifetime, in SNGs. By accumulating chips as best I can, it enables me to take more risks heads-up, when in most [...]

Continuing Rick Braddy’s series of videos with mostly-solid sit and go tournament strategy and tips. At this point, we’re in the money and Rick has a big stack and he’s trying to sit back and let the other players fight it out. I prefer to let my opponents dictate the action – if there’s a [...]

Rick Braddy is back with Part 5 of his Sit and Go tutorial. Here he is in the middle game, having tightened up a bit and taking time to evaluate the other players’ strategic positions in terms of relative chip stacks and range of likely hands being played. Watch this video for an understanding of how to play the short stack, and how some players wait too long before throwing those short stacks around.

Rick Braddy starts working on the middle game in this video, with about 6 players left. He’s the chip leader here, and he talks about his philosophy of gambling with a small portion of his chips, but still trying to stay patient and let the other players play while he analyzes their play.

Here is where I start to see some differences in the way I play and the way Rick plays. Rick is the chip leader, and begins playing some pretty marginal hands out of position. At this stage, I want to play very strategically

If you recall from Sit and Go Texas Holdem Tournament Poker Tutorial, Part 1, Rick Braddy was advising not to check-and-call, and continues with this advice at the start of Part 2. I’ve played many SNG poker tournaments with a raise-or-fold mindset, and it works extremely well.

Why?

Rick Braddy put this series of videos together to teach sit-and-go strategy. I have a lot of successful experience with Sit-and-Go tournaments, with buy-ins from $.50 all the way up to $500. I’ll be reviewing this series against my own experience and strategies.

This is a really interesting hand, and not just because Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot calls Tony G. a ‘fucking prick’ after G flops a 3-outer. Fish comes back to river with his own 3-outer and the best hand holds up, but the trash-talking is great and Vickie Coren has a helluva decision to make with AQ after an all-in and a call in front of her.

These points leagues can change the strategy at the table at any given moment based on each players position in the standings, and make a different dynamic than the standard NLHE tournament.

But, if you want REAL entertainment, the comments by each player at the end of the video are AWESOME!

The Bucklox videos posted at my original poker blog have been wildly popular. I’ll be highlighting them from time to time over here. These are brilliant! Bucklox plays this straight and appears to be the worst poker player ever, but as additional videos are posted you will begin to understand this is about humor, not strategy.

It’s easy to learn the ranking of hands. When you’re playing Texas Hold ‘em, it’s easy to learn the quality starting hands. But, when you’re ready to start making consistently good decisions and win consistently at poker, you need to understand the concept of Pot Odds. This video demonstrates the concept of Pot Odds while taking you through an entire hand.