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Secrets of Sit n gos [Kindle Edition]

Phil Shaw (Author)
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You must read this before you play another sitngo.'Dave Woods, Editor, Poker Player Magazine'Essential reading for any serious sitngo player.'Rick Dacey, Dennis Publishing

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The ultimate guide to one of the most popular forms of poker.

Sit'n'go tournaments are single table events usually starting with nine or ten players and paying prizes for the top three finishers.

All online poker sites offer Sit'n'gos - a fun and profitable way to get started in poker without having to risk a lot of money or make many difficult decisions.

This book will teach you everything you need to know whether you are a beginner or an experienced poker player, including:

• how to go from being a novice to a winner using basic all-in or fold strategies
• how to apply more advanced Sit'n'go concepts such as ICM to become an expert player
• how to use computer programs effectively in making critical decisions
• how to play optimally when heads-up (one-on-one) with high blinds
• how to buiild a $200 bankroll to $100,000 in one year purely in Sit'n'go events

Phil Shaw will guide you through the early, middle and late stages of play, with clear explanations of the strategies required for success at each.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 3545 KB
  • Print Length: 240 pages
  • Publisher: D&B Publishing (15 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004GHN84I
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #186,251 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By A. Gray
Format:Paperback
This is definitely the best book I've read for single table tournaments. The information is given in a clear and concise way and explains every decision you have to face in a sit 'n' go and how to approach it.

I would recommend this book to any level of poker player, it dosen't waste time with things you should already know like hand selection and position, instead it shows you how to use ICM and how to play at different stages of the tournament (like on the bubble and when you're in the money).

But what this book does best of all is to make you think of sit 'n' gos as an entirely different form of poker, and highlights how you should be thinking and playing against the differing styles of your opponents.

I've been playing STTs for about 3 years on full tilt and this book has changed the way I play them. Calling an all-in on the bubble with big slick is sometimes the wrong thing to do for ICM reasons (crazy as it sounds, he's correct)!!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This book really tells you nothing you wont already know. It concentrates far too much on ICM and then, when you think you understand ICM, it tells you that ICM is not really worth thinking about until you are playing higher stakes games.
Then it dedicates abaout 100 pages to hand examples featuring ICM tactics. That to me is a waste. You can get ICM calculators that tell you all this for nothing.
My advice, unless you are a complete novice, dont waste your money.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Long Live the Sit'n'go! 8 Feb 2009
By dr stock - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
As a small stakes sit'n'go player who is successfully building a bankroll from a $60.00 deposit (increased 500% to $360.00 in 6 weeks and fewer than 500 sit'n'gos), I was glad to discover this excellent contribution to sit'n'go poker literature. If you are looking to build a bankroll through sit'n'go play then this book is a must read. Some of my favorite topics this book touches on are:

Reasons for playing sit'n'gos as opposed to MTT's and cash games

Maximum realistic ROI's for small, medium, and high stakes sit'n'go play

How to turn a $200.00 bankroll into $100,000.00 in a year using sit'n'gos and good bankroll management

ROI differences between turbo and standard sit'n'gos

What stack sizes are good and not so good for defending blinds

How to play various crucial bubble situations

Ranges for all in pushes and calls based on stack sizes, distance from making the money, and opponent playing styles

Many valuable hand examples with recommendations

One thing I noticed was that the author seems to have an attitude that favors making the money first and then afterward gambling in many situations but other authors I have read are very comfortable with risking elimination on the bubble to double up and have a greater shot at the first place lion's share of the money. I would much rather be a 40% ITM player if it meant more 1st place finishes than a 50% ITM player with only a rare 1st place finish.

Also, the ICM recommendations will probably work better for tougher competition but at the small stakes I play in with many loose callers, the results can be disastrous since all of the donkeys just don't give you much fold equity. I still find some situations in which the ICM recommendations are useful but I find that in my small stakes games when I am a short stack that shoving on a hand that rates to be the best preflop hand (as opposed to 9 10 s or k 8 ) gets plenty of loose calls and doubles me up quite often. The bottom line is that I don't have to steal too many blinds to build my stack but just shove on good hands and I get plenty of double ups. After almost 500 sit'n'gos my ROI is near 15% so obviously my fairly straightforward play with a slightly reduced all in pushing and calling range when small stacked is working well at these stakes.

To the author's credit, he is a successful sit'n'go player at all stakes and anyone who takes his/her sit'n'go game seriously will benefit from this book. I know I will be rereading it several times throughout my sit'n'go career.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good supplement 19 Feb 2009
By L. Hitchens - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read Sit N' Go Strategy at the beginning of the year and found it to be mathematically sound. The tone of Secrets of Sit n' Go was a little easier to read and had a lot to do with psychology. I wouldn't recommend reading Secrets without reading Strategy as well because the two compliment each other very well.

A couple of disappointments: lots of typos as the first review said which is kind of annoying because the typos would actually MAKE a difference and contradict the author's point. Second is that the reader is only getting about 130 pages of reading material the other 90 or so pages are quizzes. The quizzes part is pretty normal it's just easier to count the amount of material because the quizzes have their own section opposed to being integrated into each chapter.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Review of Secrets 28 Dec 2008
By L. L. George - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book can be great for learning strategy for sit'n'go's...however you wonder just how much to trust in the writings of the Author because this book is PACKED full of typo's and on at least one page there was conflicting information(page 204). Phil Shaw is suppose to be a writer and journalist.....this books writing reflects badly on his credibility as either of those and therefore makes me slighty cautious about his "poker advice" as well. However, if you can wade through the many errors, it offers some great information for playing all levels of sit'n'go's that you may chose to investigate further through other readings or practice.
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     These hands play well against all-in calling ranges (for example 8-7s still has almost 40% equity against A-K) and can be moved all-in with when you have 15 big blinds or less in the small blind, or when you have 10 or less big blinds in late position. &quote;
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