Hi! Are you still chasing draws in a sit n go tournament? If so, that is a bad habit you should have stopped a long time ago.
I know, you look at your calculator and see that your pot odds are a whopping 7-to-1. You would be a fool not to see the flop with almost any two rag cards. So, you see the flop with your decent 7-8 suited hand.
And, an almost near-miracle happens.
You hit top-pair with your seven, have a board high card with your eight, and have straight and flush draws. You have tons of outs, plus you might even hold the winning hand.
You really do hold a good hand - it is a made hand that can improve. So, you play it hard, and all the way to the river.
Along the way though, you begin to feel that your sevens are beat.
But, you are pot committed, and cannot stop. You are mostly just hanging on, hopeful that your hand will improve.
At showdown, it turns out that you were beat in two places - pocket tens, and a set of sixes. You were behind all the time.
Your feelings were right, but you had ignored them. And, now you have 40% fewer chips than when you started. Great odds, but fewer chips.
Does this scenario sound familiar?
There are many other chasing and drawing scenarios, but they all usually have the same ending - fewer chips.
In a sit n go, fewer chips can mean disaster. And, that is the message in my article, Sit 'n' Go Hold'em Tournament Drawing Analogy, where I use the game of Russian Roulette as an anology for chasing a draw in a sit n go.
Check it out, it is a fun read.
Thanks and Good Luck!
R. Steve McCollum
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