The sit and go no limit Texas holdem poker tournament is a fun and easy way to get the experience of tournament poker without an unreasonable investment of time and/or money. Playing a sit and go is easy. Winning one is usually a little more complicated. Sit and gos can be found in most major poker rooms, two of the sites with the highest player volumes being Party Poker and Poker Stars. For players new to sit and gos, there are a number of common mistakes to avoid.
 

Getting aggressive too early

Many players sit down at a sit and go and think they need to double up right away to have a chance. The fact is, at the beginning of a sit and go, you usually have a good deal of chips relative to the blinds, so there’s no hurry. In addition, even an early double up will give you a relatively small percentage of the chips in play, so it’s usually not worth the risk. Play a tight, selectively aggressive game early and give your opponents chances to make mistakes

Getting aggressive too late

On the other hand, you don’t want to wait until you are down to only a few chips to make your move and start to play poker. If you’ve only got five or ten rounds of blinds left in you, it’s time to pick a hand and go with it. You don’t want to create a situation where everyone will call you when you move in just to knock you out because you don’t have enough chips to threaten them, and you don’t want to be in a spot where even if you double up, you’ll still be the short stack.

Rushing heads up

If you get to a Texas Hold em heads-up situation, you’re going to have to play a lot of hands. What you don’t have to do is move your chips in at the first opportunity. Heads-up is a lot of pressure, but if you chip away at your opponent, they are likely to get anxious and make a mistake. There are times when you do have to put all your chips at risk in heads-up, but take a minute and make sure it’s the right time

Playing over your head

If you’ve got a $100 bankroll, you shouldn’t be playing a $100 sit and go, or even a $50 sit and go. There’s a lot of variance in sit and go poker tournaments, and even the best players can get unlucky. You should have a large enough bankroll that you can play 5, 10, even 20 tournaments without cashing and still have money to play with (although if it’s as high as 20 you probably should be looking for leaks in your game). If you don’t have enough to play more than a few tournaments, you should be playing a lower stakes poker game.