Any Winning Double or Nothing Players with Strategy Advice?

[Donkeyfish07]

Ya I agree..it's def harder to win if you get a table full of regs

[plutogon]

Very Solid Advice!

This might not be knew info to SnG veterans, but...I was analyzing my history of double or nothing SnG's while I was calculating win rates and etc, and I found I tend to lose ones that had 4+ same people in them every time.

Essentially, that means that I am not as good as the reg's at these SNG's and I should be more selective in choosing which ones to play.

For other people looking to improve their SnG's win percentage, I suggest they analyze the composition of players within the SNG's they win and the ones the lose and see if there is any correlation.

I only have a small sample size, but I believe for me it is valuable info, nonetheless. It may not be useful to everyone, but check it out guys.

[Adamw]

Very Solid Advice!

This might not be knew info to SnG veterans, but...I was analyzing my history of double or nothing SnG's while I was calculating win rates and etc, and I found I tend to lose ones that had 4+ same people in them every time.

Essentially, that means that I am not as good as the reg's at these SNG's and I should be more selective in choosing which ones to play.

For other people looking to improve their SnG's win percentage, I suggest they analyze the composition of players within the SNG's they win and the ones the lose and see if there is any correlation.

I only have a small sample size, but I believe for me it is valuable info, nonetheless. It may not be useful to everyone, but check it out guys.

I know for certain that on some sites, players who know each other will coordinate together in the double ups to win as a group. They might even talk on IM or Skype while playing, and they won't get involved in hands against each other. That, and/or skill level could account for part of the anomaly you are noticing when playing SNG veteran groups like that.

[plutogon]

I know for certain that on some sites, players who know each other will coordinate together in the double ups to win as a group. They might even talk on IM or Skype while playing, and they won't get involved in hands against each other. That, and/or skill level could account for part of the anomaly you are noticing when playing SNG veteran groups like that.

Oh Wow! That makes it even more scary. I did notice at two particular tables there were a set of regulars who frequently would fold against each other and not steal each others blinds, while attempting to steal other players blinds...I also noticed a strange occurance where one of the regulars called an All in of a slightly smaller stack with a better hand and got sucked out on. After losing that hand he was sitting in 6th and was bound to get out next. But low and behold, the chip leader pushes everyone out of the pot with a raise that is slightly smaller than the 6th players stack size, and then he folds the flop....DOESNT EVEN CHECK, JUST FOLDS...and he does this, given that the 6th place player had like 100 or so chips left.

[gundacker]

Most of the double or nothing tournaments I've played in involve me being the only one to play while everyone else blinds out.

[mikey4141]

yea I never liked the double ups! Id rather play mtts or sit no gos!

[poolsharkbps]

Its all about folding and hanging on as long as possible.

[mikey4141]

I never liked the double or nothin sit n gos! I always thought mtts would be much better!

[Adamw]

Interesting advice everyone!

@Jason ~when you say "regs", are you just referring to grinders you see in the SNGs frequently?

[jasonv12]

Interesting advice everyone!

@Jason ~when you say "regs", are you just referring to grinders you see in the SNGs frequently?

Yeah, well specifically the grinders you frequently see at double or nothings at a particular stake. Like a grinder at $2.00+ on Carbon is meatwadgod (I think it's okay if I mention his name on here?) He is consistently playing 50+ tables of double or nothings and wins tens of thousands of dollars just grinding them out.

If there is a player like him at a table, along with a bunch of other winning players (sharkscope or officialpokerrankings are great for scouting tables), I usually won't sit down, even if I still feel I have an edge, as there are greater edges elsewhere if I am patient for them.