1. Introduction

The importance of the postflop play in SNGs is generally underestimated. The general opinion of many players seems to be that there is not much space for postflop action. A common strategy that is therefore often encountered in low buy-in SNGs is the so-called Kill-Phil-Strategy. It advises playing push or fold in every stage of an SNG, which means either going all-in preflop or folding. This article aims to reveal how such a strategy leaves many potentially profitable situations unexploited.

There are several different positions in which you can find yourself postflop:

• Preflop aggressor
  

  You raised preflop and one or more players called.

• Caller
  

  You called an opponent's raise.

• Limper
  

  You called and there was no pre-flop raiser.

• Free play in the big blind
  

  You are in the big blind and there was no raise before you, so you checked and saw a free flop.

In addition to the aforementioned points the postflop play is affected by the following factors:

• The texture of the flop
• The number of opponents
• Your position
• The chip stacks at the table
• The images of the players

Depending on your preflop play these factors can be of different importance, which will be explained more explicitly in this article.