[Voltron87]

1. Playing the 15K players in a 100K first prize SNG is a lot different than playing a 22 or 55 or 109 or whatever. Gigabet also knows more about his opponents than anyone else, half because he plays against more regular players (as opposed to low limits where there are thousands) and he looks up what his opponents muck, and generally plays tons of hands and pay a lot of attention his opponents. I doubt he had an episode of South Park running in the background during the Step 5 higher. Like I do when I play.

2. This is just the basic question, which is more important, playing some small edge pots early or never opening yourself up to big losses and getting to the bubble intact most of the time. When I play NL cash games I push tons of small edges. When I play SNGs I don't. This is the crux of the question: Are SNG players using a common 2+2 strategy missing points on their ROI by not pushing small edges early? Discuss.