Training wheels

One of the really great things about sit and go 8-game is the fact that most tournaments last a nice long time. Another great thing is the variety; it's almost impossible to get bored. The only drawback I can find is that the tables take a while to fill up. That never happens with sit and go no limit hold'em :-)

One of the reasons sit and go 8-game tournaments last so long is that 5 of the 8 games come equipped with training wheels, in the form of limit betting. There's only so much damage which you can inflict on yourself, or have inflicted on you by others, with these training wheels in place. The three games without training wheels, however, can decimate your stack in a New York minute :-)

The three 8-game games without training wheels are limit deuce, no limit hold'em, and pot limit Omaha. Wait a minute, you might be saying to yourself. Don't the limit betting on deuce and the pot limit betting on Omaha qualify as training wheels? In a word, no. The reason why is that even with limits in place, the pots in these games can get seriously big in a hurry. In both, you really don't know where you stand until the very end, so you're forced to call any bets your opponents make if you want to find out how good your hand might be.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   8-Game   9000  1000       6   140     1    35100

delta: $25,100
Sit and go 8-game balance: $205,110
balance: $9,869,364