Winning in a poker tournament time and again requires lot of practice. Plough the poker memory area by digging it every now and then with new hands and by challenging it with every new hand against a totally different set of opponents quite frequently.

Sit-n-Go poker tournament abbreviated as SNG are those tourneys that are not played in a schedule.  These games usually start when the expected number of players has filled the online table; the systematic method to play poker in SNG  tournament is totally different from multi table tourneys.

• The poker tournament should be played in a different way when one is under the gun or in one of the buttons.

• Precisely, playing by the table image matters a lot. Pre-flop under the gun hands should be played with a lot of consideration.

• If the opponents are going to be aggressive, it might be necessary to raise the pre-flop with every pair that turns up.

• The hands that are A-suited can be played until it is A-8suited.  A-10 unsuited can be played similarly; 8-9suited can also be played.

• However K-Q and K-J that are off-suit should not be played from under the guns in no limit games.

While in a poker tournament if one chose to play nothing other than the best of the hands, then expectantly, the stacks are going to just simply melt down after every round at the table.  However, high stake betting like raise and re-raises can bring down 59% of the players who will either fold realizing the root cause of high stake betting; contradictorily a slow stake betting can keep most heads up through the flop.  The pot still grows. But this kind of heads up in a poker tournament can be a situation where the rest of the players are just doing something to survive and may have even lesser stacks to bet.  An all in can make most fold and that should be done in the turn after which the only heads up in most cases will be a true opponent, possibly who will have a better, better hand or just a faked better hand.

However, the above is just a partial hint of the many ideal plays; the derivative strategy that will be most suitable is going to be a lot more unique for each player in a particular situation.  The ideal suggested above can be used as a skeleton and the rest of the play should be modified per table image and the several other factors.