7 tips to increase Double or Nothing ROI

Double or Nothing Poker Tournaments are the hottest new game at the major online poker rooms. They are a very profitable game right now because most players are not playing the proper strategy to win consistantly.

Below are 7 tips that are guaranteed to help you increase your ROI in the Double or Nothing tournaments.

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2. Get a stat program like SNGWiz, and learn how to use it.  The program is free to try for 30 days.  Everything that the program features is on the SNGWiz website.  In short, it will teach you the math behind the many difficult situations that come about during an SNG.  It is especially useful for the late stages of the game, helping you to make positive expected value decisions.  It is a must-have if you want to be a good double or nothing player.

3. Discuss questionable hands with your poker buddies.  If you don’t have any poker buddies, find some.  A good place to start is the Feltpoker Forums.  Poker players are always willing to help out with difficult hands.  If you have a question on a hand, chances are someone else does too.  Everybody learns from posted hands.  If you don’t have any hands that you need help with, try and help others.  You’d be surprised how much you will learn.

4. Play very tight early.  How tight?  Extremely tight.  Some players suggest playing only AA early on.   This may seem too tight, but it’s really not far off from optimal.  Try playing only AA and KK from any position, while playing only AK and QQ from later positions.  Your goal in the early stages is to not be eliminated.  The fish will eliminate themselves early.  Every hand played outside of the suggested ranges in this article is probably –EV for that player.  Let the other players make bad decisions while you sit back and watch the carnage.

5.  Pay very close attention to the two players to your left. These players will hopefully be your life force.  If you see them playing loose, avoid them at all costs.  You do not want to get called in a preflop all-in situation unless you have the nuts.  Even then, depending on stack sizes, it could be a bad thing.  The hope is that these players are playing very tight and think they can fold into the money.  They are probably not going to fold AA, KK, QQ, or AK.  But if you are getting low on chips, use these players to survive.

6.  Your stack size relative to the blinds and your opponents is usually more important than your cards.  Pay very close attention to stack sizes.  As the late stages of the tournament approach, stack sizes become very small relative to the blinds.  Some players will allow themselves to be swallowed up by the blinds.  If this is happening, DO NOT GET INVOLVED with any hands which could compromise your position.  If you have a larger stack, and can eliminate a shortstack by calling off a small amount of chips, then go ahead and call.  The point is to not let someone who is dead in the water get some free money by you making a mistake and getting eliminated.

7.  Don’t be afraid to push in late position against medium stacks later in the tournament. If you find yourself in a position where you will soon be blinded out, try to find a good spot to push against the stack that is least likely to call you.  The stack you are looking to steal from is someone who has enough chips that they think they can fold into the money, and not quite enough chips to take the risk of knocking you out.