For players who like the sudden death flavor of the final table at a major Texas holdem poker tournament are queuing up to take part in online “Sit and Go†games. And sit and go is exactly as it sounds. Players pay an entry fee as well as table fee to play against a minimum of six and up to ten players. The one left sitting at the end takes all, and the losers get to go, mostly empty handed. The winner get half the entrance fee, runner up a quarter, third place takes twenty percent and the fourth place get five percent, which should amount to half their entry fee.
Statistics show that these Texas holdem pokers sit and go games rarely last longer than between 70 to 100 hands, and some of the more aggressive, ambitious or stupid players drop out after the 20-30. Whilst there is a level of skill involved in winning these tables, it rarely begins to show itself till the last half of the game, when all the less experienced players have been knocked out. The percentage players will be concerned for most of the game in surviving and increasing there chip stack, for when the bigger blind best begin to kick in. Towards the culmination of the game, when there are five or four players left, and they begin to sniff the prize money, no matter how little it is, players will begin to exercise a little more caution.
The real thrills and spills begin at Texas holdem poker sit and go games when the players are down to the last three, where the prize money is guaranteed and only a turn of a card of two divides between break even and profit.
To sum up Texas holdem poker sit and go is for players who don’t have the time and the patience to take part in even medium entry online tournaments, These games are relatively short, and generally reach a dramatic finish within and hour to am hour and a half at the most. So if its action your after, next time you log into your favorite Texas holdem poker room, take a look at the sit and go tables, and book yourself a spot.