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02-11-2024 , 09:18 AM

hitsy

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 635

Just sound boarding what’s going around my head.

Under the assumption MTT and SNG’s have a similar ROI (this could be my first mistake), Why is it worth sinking the time into MTT’s?

E.g. assuming bother circa 20% ROI.
I’d rather take 20% on $5, 4 times an hour in SNG.

Compared to hours of multi-tabling MTTs?

Feels lower variance in the SNG grind.

Or do min-cashs in MTTs lower variance?

Or are SNG’s much tougher than MTT’s? Even at $2 or $5 BI.

I’m hoping the answer is MTT are much much softer?

Thoughts?

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02-11-2024 , 07:38 PM

Jonestown

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 259

Seems like you would be more highly impacted by presence of bots/team play when playing SNG vs MTT.

I prefer SNG mainly due to time constraints.

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02-12-2024 , 03:28 AM

nath

the second coming of the second coming

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 68,692

MTTs have a higher ROI. SNGs are more consistent due to the smaller fields.

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02-12-2024 , 12:32 PM

3for3poker

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,506

If you can play honest SNGs, they are a great way to build a bankroll. Lower variance than MTT, and you get a lot of short handed practice for future MTT FTs.

As I understand it, a lot of the players who became big stars got their starts in SNGs.

It was also my favorite format back in the Party Poker days.

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02-12-2024 , 06:22 PM

Lionhat

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 300

You are greatly overestimating the ROI of SNGS. Good SNG ROI's are in the 3-6% range. A solid MTT grinder can win at 25% ROI.

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