pushing is easy and most at a $1000 SNG should know how to play the bubble, and 5-6 handed pretty well.

I dont play high stakes but I belive that extracting as many chips as possible early is a good thing, and if they only see 18% of the flops they are TIGHT and will allow you to take down alot of small pots early.

Buddy to your left should be folding alot to your pushes. IF he is folding LESS than he SHOULD be folding, then this is also a good option, since he sucks at short handed - high blinds games.

I guess it all "depends".


If everyone is good, goto the tight table.

If buddy to your left sucks, but will make it to the late stages of the game, use it to your advantage.