Sunday, January 25, 2009

Heads up Sit and Go No limit holdem endgame strategy - SAGE

If you want to improve your ROI in Heads Up No limit Holdem tournaments you must learn Jam or Fold tables. If you want to learn more about this strategy you can find a chapter in Bill Chen's book "The Mathematics of Poker", but if you are not really math person it's enough to print Jam or Fold tables and keep them near your computer.
SAGE (sit and go endgame) strategy works very well in Turbo Sit and Go heads up games and I would say that is exential if you play Super Turbu Sit'nGo's on iPoker network (blind increase every minute).
In order to use SAGE properly, the following conditions must exist:
  1. You are in a heads-up, no-limit hold'em situation.
  2. The ratio of the smallest stack size at the table divided by the current big blind is less than ten (10).

No Limit Holdem Jam or Fold tables

Pusher (only if ratio is less than 10 big blinds)

A K Q J T 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
A JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM
K JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM
Q JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM
J JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM 8.5
T JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM 7.7 6.5
9 JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM 6.9 4.9 3.7
8 JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM 2.7 2.5
7 JAM JAM JAM 8.5 9.0 JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM 2.5 2.1
6 JAM JAM 9.6 6.5 5.7 5.2 7.0 JAM JAM JAM JAM * 2.0
5 JAM JAM 8.9 6.0 4.1 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.4 JAM JAM ** 2.0
4 JAM JAM 7.9 5.4 3.8 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.1 JAM *** 1.8
3 JAM JAM 7.5 5.0 3.4 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.6 JAM 1.7
2 JAM JAM 7.0 4.6 2.9 2.2 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 JAM

Suited
Offsuit
Pockets
* 63s: 7.1-5.1, 2.3
** 53s: 12.9-3.8, 2.4
*** 43s: 10.0-4.9, 2.2

Caller (only if ratio is less than 10 big blinds)

A K Q J T 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
A CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL
K CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL
Q CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL 9.9 8.9 8.4 7.8 7.2
J CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL 8.8 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.8 5.6
T CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL 9.3 7.4 6.3 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.5
9 CALL CALL CALL 9.5 8.4 CALL 8.2 7.0 5.8 5.0 4.3 4.1 3.9
8 CALL CALL 9.7 7.6 6.6 6.0 CALL 6.5 5.6 4.8 4.1 3.6 3.5
7 CALL CALL 8.0 6.4 5.5 5.0 4.7 CALL 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.6 3.3
6 CALL CALL 7.3 5.4 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.0 CALL 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.3
5 CALL CALL 6.8 5.1 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 CALL 4.6 4.0 3.6
4 CALL 9.1 6.2 4.7 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.5 CALL 3.8 3.4
3 CALL 8.7 5.9 4.5 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.0 CALL 3.3
2 CALL 8.1 5.6 4.2 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 CALL
 
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