Playing beginneers short term sucks, for the reason you mentioned... in the long run tho, they will pay you....
That is why the low buy in SNG's are difficult sometimes.. alot of beginners are there, and they do tend to get lucky... but, SNG's are short term... you don't play the same people everytime.. so, unless your very patient and very disciplined, and get your fair share of the luck, you could end up broke, even if your the best player around... ( online ).
I try to wait for three people to bust out of an SNG before I start paying attention to position and such... not to mean I won't play premium hands before that.. but, usually once 3 people are gone, things have settled to a more respectable game...
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