My free sit and go video strategy series often is the source of great questions from those who have signed up. While viewers actually do learn from the videos they also send me questions or comments that make me think about my game even more. Hence, while my goal was helping them, they in turn are helping me as well.

A case in point is where the question arose as to why I play more 6 seated sit and go tournaments than I do 9 seated. In fact I don't play more, but for the purposes of my videos, they are quicker to sift through for hand analysis. However, it brings up a good point because there definitely differences between the two size tournaments. Enough to take note for sure.

The odds of you making the money in 6 and 9 seated tournaments are exactly the same, being 1 in 3, but by virtue of the speed of (less) player action, you will get to see more hands in a 6 seated sit and go tournament. This is good news if you are a tight aggressive ?rounder? type player, because being dealt more hands means the distribution of playable situations this is an advantage.

6 seated tournaments also attract more reckless and care-free players looking for some sort of quick fix. They want to see action and will often get it in the form of getting kicked out early, or doubling up, further exposing you to more hands, and subsequently - quality hands. Just as you expect to see early all-in, and out exits in 9 seated tournaments, there are too in 6 seated! Apparantly a short table isn't fast enough for a lot of players!

Here is another thing. The 9 seated tournaments attract more lions - the solid type of poker players that are difficult to gets chips from. They will hang around patiently until the blinds escalate quite larger than 6 seated. It is quite normal to be heads-up in a 6 seated tourney with the blinds at 50 and 100! In a heads-up situation in a 9 seated tourney you may find yourself facing blinds of 240 and 480 just to start!. Hence, I find that when 4 players are left in a 9 seated tourney, you are much more likely to be against good players who really know the true value of their hole cards in a late game scenario. Most hands will result in all-in face-offs, making it more of a bingo game to see who finishes first. These are just some things to consider.

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