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Every part of your post is seriously flawed. Sorry.
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how so?
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SNG's are not 'won on the bubble' any more than they are 'won at level 1'. They are won when you collect all of the other people's chips
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while this is true, your thinking is flawed. lets think about this in a risk/reward fashion. your reward is doubling up, your risk is getting busted. while it is true that you will double up many more times then you will bust, the reward of doubling up (or more likely winning a medium sized pot) is no where near worth the risk of busting. this is atributed to the fact that doubling up in no way shape or form guarantees your doubling up.
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this sure seems like a good time
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i disagree, here is why (taken from a hand that, ironically enough, was played while i was responding to this):
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed)
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Button (t835)
SB (t770)
BB (t800)
UTG (t1580)
UTG+1 (t935)
MP1 (t1000)
Hero (t775)
MP3 (t550)
CO (t755)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, MP1 calls t15, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t65</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, CO calls t65, <font color="#666666">
3 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t50, MP1 calls t50.
Flop: (t285) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t275</font>, CO folds, UTG+1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t550</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t710 (All-In)</font>, MP1 calls t160.
Turn: (t1705) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: (t1705) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t1705
MP1 has Kd Qs (straight, ace high).
Hero has Jh Jd (three of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: MP1 wins t1705.