I hate SitNGos (LC) (Crosspost)

[jcm4ccc]

I played SitNGos exclusively for about 6 months, and it really helped my short-handed game, FT game, and push/fold game. But I really hate them. I played 12 of them last night, and I finished OOTM in 11 of them. Big deal, I know. But at the end of it all, I was screaming at the computer and remembering all the bad feelings I used to feel. Which is interesting, because I suffer bad beats in MTTs much more often than I do in SnGs. But they don't upset me nearly as much. I think I figured out the reason why.

When I play an MTT, I expect to lose . It's not that I play to lose, or that I'm afraid of getting my chips all in the middle. It's just that, mathematically, no matter how well I play, I will probably lose. If I get all of my chips in the middle 4 or 5 or 6 times, and I am the favorite everytime, I am still probably going to lose. So I'm usually okay when the bad beats come. Not always, but usually.

With an SnG, I expect to win . I usually finish ITM around 45% of the time, but that's not good enough. Every game I play, I expect to win. The edge is so small (20% ROI = $10 profit on the $25 SnGs I was playing) that it takes many wins to make up for a bad run. But a win is not really earth-shattering. So the losses hurt worse, and the wins are not as good.

Nobody has to agree with me. It's just my personal experience. I know there is a logical flaw underneath it all, but feelings don't always correspond to logic.

Crossposted in Multi Table Tournaments.