If you ask a group of poker players about the relative merits of the sit&go you’ll to get as wide and vitriolic a range of responses as you would about limping with pocket Aces. On the one hand, there’s a strong argument to say that sit&gos are robotic and devoid of any of the subtleties of ‘real’ poker. On the other, there’s an equally viable argument that sit&gos offer a fierce gladiatorial arena where only the most aggressive players will reliably make money.

The overarching question that has begun reverberating around the online community is whether the explosion of sit&go material – in print and at online training sites – has made sit&gos a near edgeless pursuit where the only winners are the poker sites.

Either way, one thing we can all agree on is that the number of sit&go players is only going one way: up.