I mainly play cash games on UltimateBet, but I've been playing the $50 freerolls on Absolute just for fun. Well, in the last two weeks I've placed 5th in one and 1st in another. This has given me $13 free to play with.

My original thought was to use the money on Absolute to practice tournaments. Since Absolute has $0.50 SNG's, I figured I could start small and work my way up playing only tournaments. I've only played in a few of the SNG's, but my take so far is that they basically end up being pre-flop, all-in crap shoots. The good players don't commit too many chips until the blinds are insanely high and the only move you have is to go all-in. And if you miss once, you're out.

In cash games, you judge win rate by BB/hr, BB/100, or something like that. How do you judge tournaments? And what's expected? Are the SNG's worth playing as a means of increasing your bankroll? What kind of return can you expect over time?

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Maybe at those buyins they are all in festivals, but not at $50 or even $25. Tight and aggressive is, imo, the proper mode of play, similar to the final table of a MTT with level chip stacks.

There is a lot of disagreement about proper strategy near the money. I focus on getting in the money first, moving up later. Others will take extra risk if they think it will give them a much better shot at first.

The measure of success in Sngs is Return on Investment (ROI), how much do you profit divided by your buy ins. and an ROI of 25-40% is your target.

What Cop said!

Normally I only play the AA-88, AKs, AK,AQs,AQ early in a tourney, 77-22 for limping early in the game. Once blinds are at level 3 or 4 and 3 or 4 have been knocked out, I open the game up a little depending on the situation.

SnGs can be a real money maker!