Hi,
is there any content out there about strategy/ranges in Spin & Go SNGs?
I'm especially talking about 3-handed play, as for two players remaining we can play just like in a normal HU SNG. As I see the ranges overall should be pretty similar to those in HU Hypers, but I am not sure because I've almost never been playing anything else than HU Hypers.
Best regards
I suspect this may need some ICMizer work and I haven't seen anything about it just yet.
The reason I came to respond however was just to bring your attention to Masuronike's (high stakes HUSNG reg) blog - he explains in great detail why spin & go's are not a profitable game without winning the lottery at the start of the game which is of course beyond control:
http://tiltbook.com/masuronike/blog/pokerstars-will-be-launching-first-c...
Of course if you are playing these for fun then fire away - it is not mine or anyone else's business what games people do or don't play, however I thought this information might be useful just in case you were seeking to play these long-term to consistently profit.
Good luck!
Thank you for your answer and the link. I read the blog post from masuronike and aggree in most of his parts. As a Hyper HU Player of course I wish Stars would not have introduced these Spin & Gos, but now there they are. Just thought about their profitability because those games are very soft at the moment (just played 3 of them by now to try them out, some other guys already played more).
And virtually vice versa we have the situation on HU Hypers, where the action on $30+ is steadily decreasing and we already have to deal with 20+ waitlists on $15-Games at the moment. I don't really see Spin & Gos as an alternative because of the insane variance and I am not even sure whether they are - despite of their fishyness- that easy beatable, at least not without massive swings I think.
Just thought maybe somebody is having kind of a "bigger" samplesize (maybe on FTP) or there is a strategy you can look at. Anyway still seeing them as some kind of gamble in between times, actually not that what we want to play on Pokerstars for.
Current dominant strategy is:
- Spin big multiples
- Run good
- Win matches
- Berate your opponents
And if your opponents offer you a deal, NEVER SURRENDER!
http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/first-knight/never-surrender
there are people who win 14 wsop bracelets by doing that. i have to try that too...
I know a good breakeven strategy for this: Don't play them! (and maybe, if there will be no action, the recreational players will realize too, that these tourneys sucks)