Double or Nothing
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There are small bankrolls, there are no bankrolls, and then there are nano-bankrolls. The nano-bankrolls might be the most difficult to deal with because you’re in a position where whatever you decide to play is a chance at ruin. But that shouldn’t keep you from taking a shot at building your bankroll. And if you [...]
Hold Em Online: Finding the Time to Play Can Hurt Your Bankroll Building Efforts
It’s a little after midnight after what has been another busy day. With all there is to do during an average day it can be difficult finding the time to play poker. And if you’re trying to build your poker bankroll playing Hold Em cash games, the variance and rake taken by online poker sites [...]
Practice Hand: Pocket Aces
Q: You are in a $5.20 DoN tournament with 6 players remaining and blinds at 150-300 and a 30 chip ante. You are in MP with 1400 chips. There are two other players with fewer chips than you: The SB with 1220 chips and the BB with 800 chips. You are dealt pocket aces. UTG [...]
Practice Hand: Late in the Tournament
Q: You are in a $5 DoN with 6 players remaining and blinds at 200/400. You are in the big blind with 1300 chips and are dealt pocket nines. Two players have fewer chips than you: the button has 560 chips and the small blind has 850 chips. UTG has 7800 chips and has raised [...]
Double or Nothing Sit & Go Strategy to Crush the Competition
The holiday season is nearing it’s end, but this last week of the year is always hectic for me. My birthday is in a few days and my sister’s birthday is a couple of days after that. Add to that my new brother-in-law’s birthday is the day between ours, and my sister is pregnant and [...]
Firing the Second Barrel, Double or Nothing Style
We’ve all been in the same situation. You sit and wait in a Double or Nothing SNG for a good starting hand, hoping for any type of love from the dealer. Finally, you get AKo and you get that little flutter in your stomach. “This is the hand,” you think. “I’m going to double up.” [...]
Thinking About Your Hand Preflop
For most players in Double or Nothing SNGs, playing tighter preflop is their primary strategy to win the tournaments. As I’ve mentioned many times, this is a good first step, but it is not enough to have consistent success at these tournaments. Your overall strategy must take into account various factors in order to be [...]
Double or Nothing SNGs: About Volume
Do you remember the WSOP broadcast that showed Hevad Khan multitabling over 20 sit & gos? It seemed like such a ridiculous amount to play at one time, and I know that I thought I’d never be able to play that many. SNGs require too much concentration for me when it gets down to 3 [...]
On Playing Tight
When new players discover Double or Nothing Sit & Go tournaments, their natural reaction is “if I don’t play many hands I’ll win every time.” This thought process quickly changes when they see that most of the other players are thinking the same thing. And this is where new players make the wrong strategy adjustments [...]
The Holidays and Bankroll Building
This is a bit of a repeat of what was said earlier, but man, the holidays are difficult. I had high aspirations to play a ton of double or nothing tournaments and just haven’t had the time to sit at the tables. So unfortunately I’m going to be calling off the challenge until at least [...]
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