There are many tournament types in traditional as well as online poker . These types vary in a selection of categories, such as game limits, players allowed at the table and prize structure. One such poker tournament type is an S-n-G tournament.

Enjoying incredible popularity, S-n-G's are single table tournaments typically staged by online and traditional card rooms. S-n-G's do not have a scheduled start time and are launched whenever there are enough players seated at the table. This requirement typically stands at ten people. Different poker rooms usually have different S-n-G buy-ins.

In this article, we would like to present tournament strategy that is best to be used in tournaments that do not have a winner-take-all prize structure. If you happen to be playing such a tournament, you should probably go for a much more aggressive play-style than the one we describe here.

At the initial betting rounds of an S-n-G tournament, you should invest every possible effort to see the flop. Even when you happen to hold something useless like 3c, 3h, you should stay in the game to see what the flop will eventually bring. Obviously, when holding a strong hand like Ks, Qc, raise without even thinking twice. It's your moment, seize the day! However, if you see that your opponents frequently raise the pot, it is perhaps wiser to consider a tighter preflop play.

Remember that at the lower buy-in tournaments there are going to be a lot of players with very little poker skill. These players will be eliminated rather quickly, if not at the very first round. Their cash will, however, stay for the winners to share.

Once you reach the middle stages of the tournament, you should make your goal stealing the blinds as much as possible. If you happen to be the first to enter the pot, you should almost always raise. A normal raise in such circumstances is 3 to 4 Big Blinds.

You should be more interested in entering the pot if none of your opponents has already called or raised it. This is largely because, if any tournament participant has already entered the pot, you should expect them to hold a strong hand. Therefore, stealing the blinds becomes much more difficult, and chances are that your hand will be raised. Under these circumstances, you need to be careful about the hand you are willing to stay in the tournament with.

Later in the tournament you are likely to find yourself in one of the following three situations: A. Having a short stack. Check out the option of going all-in when holding an Ace and a high card preflop. If seated in late position, consider going all-in only when holding a pair of 10's or higher. At this point, it is your primary goal to survive the tournament and finish at least third (provided that the third place winner gets some share of the pot).

B. You have a medium stack. Try to enlarge you chip stack slowly without drawing much attention. Do not become involved in a confrontation with your opponents unless you are sure you can gain something from it. Try to win the tournament. C. You have a large stack. If you happen to possess one of the larger chip stacks at the table, use your power to eliminate your opponents. Be moderately aggressive. Make it your goal to win the S-n-G tournament.

Good Luck!