The last couple days I notice that the same 3 people generally sit at the same sitNgo's. I don't think they every confronted each other until the end.

The 3 of them either push or don't play at all. Never limp, never raise. Just push or fold, even if they are currently ahead in chips. They see maybe 1 out of 15 to 20 flops outside of people limping into their SB or BB ...so I assume they are going in with very strong hands. All 3 are successful players,....at least according to poker database.

Makes it very hard to win in a SnG. In cash games, over time it's easy to win off them because they are too predictable...but in SnG's you don't have the luxury of 100-1000 hands to slowy win off of them.

Originally Posted by MJPerry

Don't play in those sit and goes then.

Thank you Capt'n obvious.

What I want to know is if it's a known cheating strategy.

yes probably, ive seen people do it on party sit n goes the same lot play to the bubble no comfrontational and then target you so your playing agaisnt 2 people it makes it so difficult to cash in.

I see a TON of the same regulars when I play SnG's, and I think everybody who plays SnG's on a regular basis use a general strategy of super-tight super-agressive (i.e. only move is all-in with any top 5 hand) until the bubble/ITM. It's a mathematically advantageous strategy (logic: if you are always all-in with the best hand, you will win more than lose).

A buddy of mine and I always play together in the $5 sng's together, but we never, ever protect each other. In fact lately, I have had his number. He has had KK against my AA early on 4 of the last 5 tourneys, mine has held three times. There are lots of people that seem to know each other in these, but I don't have a problem with it.

Originally Posted by azeldin

It's a mathematically advantageous strategy (logic: if you are always all-in with the best hand, you will win more than lose).

It's not a viable strategy in tournaments until the blinds get large. Nor can you assume you have the strongest hand. It comes down to relying on players folding, coin-flips, and hoping your strong hand doesn't come up against a monster (which eventually you will and lose all your chips). Overall it's a poor strategy until blinds are high. At the end when the blinds are large, there is solid strategy behind pushing or putting small stacks all in.

I always seem to be playing with the same people when I play sngs on stars. I guess its the fact that I am on the same time daily and usually stick to only one or 2 different sngs. I guess you could email support and ask them to look into it. But honestly I have played some sngs with the same people like 4 or 5 times in a night and I did not plan on it.