sit and go mzone strategy

One more tip I've picked up. Your best hands early on in a sit and go are the hidden gems. The suited connectors and small to medium PP's. There so much easier to lay down when your behind and when you hit you get paid off.

I hate large pocket pairs when the blinds are low. They rarely make you a lot of money and when you are beaten you find it almost impossible to fold them and lose big.

Raise big with big hands early in the game at least 5*BB Is my guide and a lot more if you have multiple limpers. Be prepared to lay them down to a bad flop and action. In the first 3 round i tend to call all low-medium pp and SC's up to 3-4 times BB raises. I work out the implied odds first. this includes how many other people are in the pot already and use TI to figure out if there will be any more callers. The more callers in the pot the better the odds. (but the more chance you'll get beaten obviously) As the game moves on the reverse becomes true. Large PP become better value and smaller ones and SC become worthless.

Finally when your M approaches 5 (close to red mzone)you should look to push all with your full range of hands.

The other thing you should do which a lot of tight player don't is call when your in the SB with ATC. The more limpers the better, but IMHO the odds state that calling is mandatory with a couple of limpers already in the pot.

With 2 limpers your getting 7 to 1 on you bet if you call. Your only a 5 to 1 dog against aces with ATC.

Hope this helps.
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