"Sit and Go Poker is Not Solved" - Interview with Collin Moshman
To celebrate the launch of 'Moshman Mondays' and his very popular live coaching seminar, we catch up with Sit and Go expert Collin Moshman to talk coaching, staking and hyper turbos.
After several years of quality coaching from Sit and Go guru 
CollinMoshman we have decided to dedicate a day to him. Moshman Mondays starts today and we will have a new Sit and Go video from him every week for the foreseeable future.
His regular live coaching session on Wednesdays is the most attended weekly Sit and Go seminar in the world and a huge hit with our community.
"Some very talented players attend the live coaching"
PokerStrategy.com: Tell us what our members can expect from your weekly live coaching session?
CollinMoshman: Well, there are three types of format; we either do hand history reviews, stick with theory, or live play where I actually load up tables and play while people watch.
When I do that I just about always take requests, so whether it's 180-man or 9-man, I do the format people most want to see. I'm happy to answer questions at any time.
PokerStrategy.com: How does the live interactive coaching format rate against the other more traditional forms of poker learning you have been involved with?
CollinMoshman: Its a great method, I think PokerStrategy.com has put it together very well, and the nice thing about it is this is very much a direct way to learn, so people can ask anything as soon as it comes up.
I'm very fortunate there are some very talented players who tune in to the coaching and have very educated comments that get me and the other participants to think.
PokerStrategy.com: Does the format also mean our community members learn from each other, as well as you?
CollinMoshman: It's very helpful, especially if someone has a question which is tough to articulate, or sometimes some people don't want to raise their hand and ask. If someone has a good question, a lot of the time other people have that question too.
The general level of the questions are quite high, I think that not only helps other participants, but I have definitely learned too, from questions that are asked and alternate lines proposed by the participants.
"Sit and Go poker is definitely not solved"
PokerStrategy.com: What do you get asked about the most during these live sessions?
CollinMoshman: One thing that comes up a lot now is post flop questions.
If you go back to the early days of Sit and Go it was pretty much assumed that everyone was going to play incredibly tight and shove late. So having the skills of a cash or MTT player were not particularly desired.
Now there are a lot of talented players who are loosening up early and I try and incorporate that into my coaching.
PokerStrategy.com: It sounds like despite what some may say, Sit and Go poker is not solved yet?
CollinMoshman: No no, it is definately not completely solved. Even aspects of shove/fold are not solved and there is an art form there.
The biggest thing now is that there are a lot of talented young guys who are not sitting back at all in the early blind levels. I stake someone who plays a 26/22 style and even in the early blind levels he is 4-betting light and making all kinds of plays when he thinks the timing is right to accumulate chips.
Even more common we see light 3-betting, so a reg opens in the cutoff and you 3-bet light, because although you don't want to play a big pot early, he doesn't either, and you have position and initiative, and we are seeing a lot more of that in today's game.
PokerStrategy.com: Would you say this change in style is because it is more necessary to exploit other regs?
CollinMoshman: There are a lot more regs. If your strategy is playing insanely tight, let everyone bust, and pick up third a lot of the time. In 2005 you would demolish with that strategy, whereas now you blind out a lot, so it is definitely a response to more regs.
"A lot of players don't realise what Supernova Elite really involves"
PokerStrategy.com: Are you finding there is a lot more interest these days for hyper turbos and MTTSNGs?
CollinMoshman: For MTTSNGs, those are a lot of higher value games in general. A lot of the 9-man turbos at $15+ fill up with lots of regs, the MTTSNGS at 45-man+ (A lot of the 18-mans are reggy too) tend to have a much better ratio of recreational players to regs.
A lot of guys playing mid to high stakes hypers, are Supernova Elite grinders.
PokerStrategy.com: What are your thoughts on the suggestion that hyper turbos are 'zero edge'?
CollinMoshman: When it comes to zero edge the question is; is it zero edge before or after the rake? If you are playing $500 six max hypers and you are entirely break even after paying the rake, the amount you earn in FPPs and bonuses as a Supernova Elite is crazy, so you are doing fantastically well.
A lot of players really want Supernova Elite but don't really realise quite what it involves. If you are playing a game that is totally break even, the swings are going to be brutal. There are going to be times where you really question whether you are a winner, so it is going to be tough not only in terms of number of hours, but psychologically too.
