What Are The Options For A Sit And Go Fan At Sky Poker?

As you’ll no doubt be aware, Sky Poker currently is offering all new customers a fantastic no deposit required bonus of £10 to trial the site before you deposit a penny of your own cash.

With this £10 worth of tournament tokens (handed to you as 2 x £2.20 tokens and 2 x £3.30 tokens) you are allowed to play in a selection of Multi Table Tournaments and Sit & Go games using the tokens to get a taste for the site.

Of course, Multi Table Tournaments are tempting because for a small entry fee, the potential remains for some large cash rewards, especially if you can finish in the top few paying places of a large competition. However, the chances of doing so are relatively small, especially as a novice player.

So, if you are going to enjoy a degree of profitability with your free £10 no deposit bonus on Sky Poker, or indeed any other cash you decide to subsequently use on the site, then Sit & Go games are a perfect place to hone your talents as a player, while giving you a much greater chance of earning while learning.

With that in mind, what are the options for you if you want to try out Sky Poker’s Sit & Go games in a bit more detail when you have joined the site fully? In this article, we are going to take a closer look at the different delights that await you as a Sit & Go player at Sky Poker.

What is a Sit & Go game? What does the term actually mean?

The term “Sit & Go” may seem a little confusing because if you play at a cash table, then you can theoretically sit down at any point at the table and also get up and go when you like. However, cash games are very different beasts to Sit & Go games, so we need to clarify what we mean by these games.

On Sky Poker (and on every other online poker site) Sit & Go refers to small tournament-type games where a small number of players compete against each other for the cash prizes available. Usually, Sit & Go games consist of just one table, but some may consist of two.

Each competitor on a Sit & Go table pays the same entry fee and after the registration fees are paid, the remaining Buy in is pooled from the players at the table with cash prizes paid to the winner (plus on occasion, the runner up and sometimes the 3^rd place player).

For example, if a Sit & Go event is a £3.30 buy in and seats six players. Then the total prize pool will be £18. Of which £12 may be paid to the winner and £6 to the runner up.

The term Sit & Go refers to the fact that these events are short in duration (as compared to a typical multi-table tournament or Cash game both of which tend to be considerably longer events for players). As such, a player sits, plays and can then go relatively quickly.

What Sit & Go games can I play at Sky Poker?

Assuming that you only want to play the more popular variant of poker Texas Hold’em (and not Omaha or Omaha Hi Lo Poker which are both also available at Sky Poker), then the types of Sit & Go games you can play on the site for a variety of buy in levels typically include:

• Double Your Money

Double Your Money games are a chance for you to double the Buy In you pay into the event (remember you still pay your registration fee). These are one table, six player events where all players pay the same buy in and the final three players at the table receive a payout that doubles their initial buy in.

For example, if you entered a £5.50 Double Your Money event, you would pay £5.50 to play, £0.50 of which is your registration fee paid to Sky. Your £5 buy in is then pooled with the five other £5 buy ins into a £30 pool. If you are one of the final three players at the table, then you receive £10 back. If you are eliminated before reaching the last three, you lose.

• Six Max

A Six Max tournament is a single table event with six players (as the name suggests). Unlike the Double Your Money event where the top three players receive equal prize money, in a Six Max event on Sky Poker, only the top two players receive a payout and the winner receives considerably more than the runner up.

For example, a £55 Six Max on Sky Poker sees you pay a £5 registration fee, and a £50 pot contribution (total pot is £300 with six players at the table). The winner of the tournament receives a prize of £195, with the player finishing second receiving £105. All other players receive nothing.

• Sky Head Hunter

These are relatively new events to Sky Poker’s Sit & Go offering and they are based on the popular Bounty Hunter Multi Table Tournaments that are run on Sky Poker frequently throughout the week. These are single table events where all players pay the same amount to join but there is no prize pool. Instead, the money is placed on each players head as a Bounty, which can be won when you knock that player out of the tournament.

When you knock a player out you receive 60% of the bounty added straight to your cash account on Sky Poker, with the remaining 40% added to your bounty on your head. The winner is the player who is remaining having taken the fifth and final bounty in the tournament at which point, the bounties they have earned are added to their cash account.

For example, if you played a £11 Sky Head Hunter Sit & Go, £1 is your registration fee and £10 is placed on your head as a Bounty. For every player you eliminate you would receive £6 added to your Sky Account balance from their bounty plus £4 added to your Bounty currently on your head. So if you eliminated the first player, your  Sky Poker balance would increase by £6 and your Bounty would increase from £10 to £14.

• Heads Up

If you prefer poker against just one player then Sky Poker offers a number of Heads Up games at varying stake levels where it is simply a battle between two players with the winner taking all the money and the loser receiving nothing.

• Russian Roulette

This is another two-player game where both players pay the stated entry fee and are placed “All In” automatically at the start of the first hand. The winner of that hand once the community card is revealed wins the pot and the loser receives nothing.

Why should I target Sit & Go games at Sky Poker, particularly as a new or novice player?

Sit & Go games are more convenient to play as they are shorter and can be enjoyed from a wide range of buy in levels, ensuring even micro stakes players, as well as higher rollers, can find a game to enjoy on Sky Poker.

Due to the smaller number of players, you are statistically more likely to win these types of games compared to larger Multi Player Tournaments, as such they offer players a greater chance of profitability, especially when learning the basics of the game.

Sky Poker offers a fantastic choice of Sit & Go games that are well worth digging in to and enjoying as part of your membership on the site. They can all be found under the Sit & Go tab on the app and website.