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I like to have as much time as possible with deeper stacks because that's where I have the biggest edge, so my hourly rate is higher in those tourneys.

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I very, very much doubt that this is true.


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Although you have every reason to doubt, my personal experience supports that it is possible to lose at Party and win at the deepstack SNG's.

I think the reason we win at party is partly because the fish do not see that the blinds are huge and the stacks are small and we start out the tournament almost desperately short stacked.

All the literature that a player can find, except for here, Favors a tighter playing style. A playing style that you can not afford at party.

When I started keeping records I found that I was making my online money (not much of it) at UB SNG's. So I played more of them and had a positive ROI.

I tried party but I could not win.

I was more or less able to figure out how to beat UB on my own, or by reading standard poker books. It was not until I found this forum that I was able to beat the Party format.

A party SNG is like a UB SNG on speed, and coke. It goes 4 times as fast. If the original poster reads the FAQ and the aleo-magus guide and posts some hands he will come to favor the party format. Until then he will be frustrated.

I hated them till I learned to beat them.