Product Description

"Secrets of Sit'n'gos" is 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 serious poker websites and casinos 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; and, 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. Phil Shaw is a hi-stakes poker player who has played all levels of Sit'n'go tournaments successfully, including high stakes games with a buy-in of $5,000. He's a regular contributor to "Inside Poker" and "Poker Player" magazines and is an instructor in Sit'n'go play and mixed games for CardRunners.com.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38621 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
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

About the Author
Phil Shaw is a hi-stakes poker player who has played all levels of Sit'n'go tournaments successfully, including high stakes games with a buy-in of $5,000. He's a regular contributor to Inside Poker and Poker Player magazines and is an instructor in Sit'n'go play and mixed games for CardRunners.com

Customer Reviews

The way forward to sit 'n' go success
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)!!

Secrets? What secrets?
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.