Pushes Early in Sitn Go's

schmiddog · #1 06-10-2005, 03:29 AM

Ive been fairly successful and placed in over 50% of pp's high stakes sit n go's, but ive found myself over and over again with the problem of how to best handle the shorthanded "all in fest" that inevitably ensues when the blinds get fairly large. sometimes, short-stacked i feel like calling someone's all in with K high might be a choice i have to make, given the fact there is very little time to make a move and double up. what exactly should be the strategy here if one is short stacked in the sit n go's? thoughts anyone?

freemoney · #2 06-10-2005, 03:30 AM

if you say you are ITM in standard 3 finishes get paid over 50% of the time no one is gonna read after that, its wrong.

Myst · #3 06-10-2005, 03:31 AM

Maybe hes the next coming of Stu Ungar?

freemoney · #4 06-10-2005, 03:33 AM

thats the beauty of sit n gos, it doesnt matter. stu ungar would not be able to get ITM in 50% of 109s at any meaningful sample, unless he went for all 3rds and then id say no more than a stretch of 250 or so on a burner and it would be close.

schmiddog · #5 06-10-2005, 03:34 AM

hmm, didnt mean to come off as arrogant or anything. ive done well, true, but i find myself confused as hell sometimes on whether to risk my whole stack with things like K10o etc. and have made some mistakes. so i was just wanting some advice, thats all

sahala · #6 06-10-2005, 03:38 AM

He's not saying you're arrogant, just doubts the validity of the 50% ITM.

freemoney · #7 06-10-2005, 03:38 AM

read the forum, in very FEW words you have made it very clear you have A LOT to learn, thats your best bet.

45suited · #8 06-10-2005, 09:40 AM

No offense to the OP, but a 50% ITM might be possible at the 11s (maybe by the top 0.1%), but judging from the way you phrased your question, I'm doubting that you are currently part of this elite group. (And to the players at the higher buy-ins, yes, I do know how ridiculous it sounds to speak of an "elite" group of 11s players. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] )If you use the search function (or just scroll through recent postings) you will find an almost unlimited number of bubble related questions.

Just out of curiosity, what is your sample size for this 50% ITM figure??? Again, I'm not trying to offend you, I'm just guessing that your sample size is very low...