Turbo fast micros - luck of the draw?

[ponyboy]

Been playing these quick turbo micro SNG's ($1) with some free money I recieved from bonus whoring, but the whole thing almost seems ridiculously variant which I don't like.

Blinds go up every 3 mins which gives you maybe two orbits until they are at 400/200 which basically makes it a big suckout fest unless you happen to land one really good hand of the few you see. Even then twice now I've been busted out 4th with the best hand going into the flop because you just have two people going all in once the blinds get so high.

Any way to play these early except for just limping everything and hoping for a big hand so you can double up right away? Proper play really doesn't apply.

Maybe I'll just cash out and go to PokerStars.

[bjsaust]

I think stars turbos are 5 min blind increases, so the blind structure (i.e., what they are at each level) must be steep also. What stacks do you start with and what are the blind levels as they go up?

[ponyboy]

2000 stacks, blinds start at 20/40 and then go up every 3 mins. By level 5 you're at 200/400 which is only 15 mins and they are 10 player so hands can take a while. Often one orbit will go up two levels meaning I might see 20 hands by the time it's level 5.

[taipan168]

That's a very fast structure, probably a little too fast for comfort. I guess the correct way to play these is to be sure that your push/fold game is good since you get there so quickly.

[Stackumz]

What site is this? That's extremely fast levels. Im not sure if there is any real strategy for these. I assume that most people are quite loose here so my suggestion would be to play extremely tight (mid to big PP's, AK) and push/fold until you get down to the bubble.