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    Default Double or Nothing Strategy

    Hi all,
    Do you know some good strategy for DONs ?
    I tried tips from www.doubleornothingstrategy.com and i am doing pretty well.someone here to share strategy about DONs ?

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    Play super tight and while you're playing, figure out who the regular players are. They'll understand bubble play more and you can shove on their blinds like once an orbit later when the blinds get bigger (like 5bb stacks or something)

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    Maintaining your stack is the answer in the first few blind levels by doing so, this will give opponents the chance to bust each other, while maintaining the threat of a large raise during the middle stages.

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    DON- there was a ring game I used to play on PokerStars. 5.50 to enter a 10-handed SnG. Top 5 places pay $10. As long as you can survive to 5th place you double. However, I normally had to survive a coin flip to make the money cause the blinds got huge before bubble burst

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    I play them pretty agressive till the blinds get anoying and to draw some stack edge to hold on. Then only play with nice hands or when you got a solid read on someone to bluff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by garciajones View Post
    The nice thing about double or nothing is that since it is theoretically easier to make the money – since more people get paid and the payout structures are flat. Some point need to be consider in Double or nothing are:-


    1. Sit On Your Hands means play tight in your game.
    2. Snoop Around means investigate your opponent.
    3. Make preparation for middle and late stages. Because once you weed out the few loose players, the remaining players will likely be pretty tight.
    This is good advice. I checked OP's link and it did appear to help at all. I play these tight in the first couple of blinds and then when it gets to around the 50/100 spot I like to get a little more aggressive and reading my opponents in the early stages definitely helps, because then you will know who you might be able to steal blinds from or bluff in the later stages.

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