For most players in Double or Nothing SNGs, playing tighter preflop is their primary strategy to win the tournaments. As I’ve mentioned many times, this is a good first step, but it is not enough to have consistent success at these tournaments. Your overall strategy must take into account various factors in order to be successful. But playing tighter is an important first step.
Unfortunately, even when these players tighten up their preflop game they still don’t play as tight as they should. Or, they find a hand that they think is strong enough to play with but in reality is probably a huge underdog. For example: You’re middle position in the second level of a turbo Double or Nothing SNG with 1450 chips. All ten players remain and you are dealt AcQs. UTG raises to 100 and everyone folds to you. What do you do in this situation?
If you say call, what do you hope to flop?
If you say raise, what do you do if UTG goes all in?
I know all of these questions are difficult to answer because I’m not giving you any information on what type of player UTG is. What I’m trying to illustrate is that there are many hands like AQo that appear to be strong, but in reality are very vulnerable. At this early stage of the tournament, there is no need to take chances when there will be better situations for you to get your chips in the pot.
