Online Poker Forum - SNG Structure

Driv3Thru · Full House Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 202

Do these 6 minute levels/50 blinds seem very messed up to you?

I personally hate it. I would play a lot more if they either had 10 minute levels or even had a 10/20 level to start it out.

There's not enough time to choose your spots or get good hands. And half the time when you're heads up or final 3, no one has more than 20 blinds.
I'm a winning player in sng's so I guess I play them fairly correct, but it really sucks how if you lose one large hand after a few levels, youre basically in shove/fold mode.

I really wish they'd work it out. Seems like the standard sng should be considered turbo.

I guess there's always pokerstars.

Rhys Parslow · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject:

this structure suits me im also a winning sng player but i guess i kinda specialise in turbo

mgodd · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject:

6 minute levels are plenty imo. The 10 minute blind STTs on Stars take foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Azonicbh · Pair Joined: 02 Aug 2009 Posts: 44

I just don't think there is enough demand for 10 min lvls ... The regular sit n goes already take longer to fill up compared to tubos or super turbos ...

Having played on a few sites , I think full tilt has one of the best structures if not the best.

Driv3Thru · Full House Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 202

Bunch of action junkies.

templar rage · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:43 am Post subject:

I think it has to do with the fact that SNGs are meant to have minimal time commitment. 10 minute blinds would almost double the average time of a SNG, which defeats the purpose of minimal time commitment. I personally think 6 minutes is perfect, since there is still enough of an early game to play semi-deep, which I like.

I guess if you play a tighter game, I see where the inability to wait for good hands is annoying. It is weird to be shoving stuff that I would only be playing in a cash game as a late position steal attempt. That's why I prefer cash games, because I'm not forced to play trash for my stack.

Driv3Thru · Full House Joined: 26 Nov 2008 Posts: 202

junkbutton · Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject:

I played turbo 6 max SNGs exclusively for quite a while... probably close to a year. Recently I've switched to 9 player regular SNG's. I've had great success with them and find that there's a ton of play. Maybe play some turbos for a while and when you come back you won't feel so rushed.

ThePhoenix78 · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

I haven't played on Stars in a while, but from what I remember, they have 10 minute intervals, but the value of the blinds goes up more steeply...something like 10-20, 15-30, 25-50, 50-100. Whereas on FTP, the intervals are shorter, but the values don't go up as steeply: 15-30, 20-40, 25-50, 30-60, 40-80, etc. I prefer that actually. But in all, I'm sure the difference isn't as pronounced as you think...after about 40 minutes on either site, if you haven't picked up many chips from what you started with, you might need to gamble.

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