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PS. How could you say you "probably do not have the stategkic knowledge to extract the most out of your big hands and lose the least when you're behind".. Isn't that bit of an assumption? On what is this assumption based on if you wouldn't mind me asking?

[/ QUOTE ]Probably he figures if you knew how to extract the most and lose the least then you wouldn't be asking this question in the first place.

My opinion from reading these forums for a while is that the tight early approach to SNG is not meant to maximize profit in individual SNGs, but rather to maximize profits while multi-tabling SNGs. Most people cannot handle lots of post-flop play while they are playing 4-12 tables. But, they can handle the tight-followed-by-pushbot approach over multiple tables because there is a lot less decision making required. And, this approach played reasonably well is good enough to turn a profit. Also, the potential profits are greater from playing multiple SNGs less than optimally than from playing a single SNG optimally.

In short: if you had to play one SNG at a time, the tight-early-pushbot-later approach would not be best (if you can play well post-flop). But, as you add tables playing well post-flop becomes more difficult because of the time factor.

As far as the pot odds stuff goes, just figure out what your tournament equity would be from calling and from folding. You should be able to make general rules from this to handle different situations at the table.