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Sit & Go, 6 player vs. 9/10 player

Sit & Go, 6 player vs. 9/10 player

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Warren

9:05 pm December 6, 2011

Lately I've been playing some 6-player. The top 2 spots finish in the money. 9 or 10 player has the top 3 spots finish in the money. So based on that information alone, which is better?

For 6-player, 1/3 win (2 out of 6). Ditto for 9-player (3 out of 9). It seems that 10 player is a loser (30%) compared to the other 2. Unfortunately, most of the Sit & Go I run into are 10 player.

And what of double or nothings? They are a standard 10-player in which 5 players double up but I have seen 6-player that double up the top 3 (not 2) players.

Other considerations seem to be that the stronger players will go to 6-player events because they get more hands in less time. Also the tight play of Sit&Go's seems to be better rewarded in 9 handed, as one gets to wait longer for hands, whereas in 6-player one might be pressured to get looser sooner.

Any thoughts?

Mike Caro

10:31 pm December 6, 2011

Hi, Warren –

All of those structures require tighter-than-usual play until you reach heads-up. Of course, in the five-players-double-up variation, there will be no heads-up (if I understand it right). That one requires even tighter play.

The above wouldn't hold true if most opponents realize this and are playing extra tight, too. Then you can probably bluff successfully.

Straight Flushes,
Mike Caro

Warren

5:32 am December 8, 2011

Thank you, Mr. Caro! BTW- You wrote a book on Baccarrat, did you not? How might I purchase a copy of that book?

Mike Caro

9:44 am December 8, 2011

I did research on baccarat, but not a book. My conclusion was that it was beatable if you counted cards and waited until the very rare times when cards remaining suggested a preponderance of ties. There were other revelations, too. But, in practice, it wasn't worth the effort.

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