SNGs are more of a robotic-style of play (although most in lower buy-ins don't play them well at all). If you watch a higher buy-in sng, you'll see an entirely different game from what you'd see on say a $5 & under sng (check out some of the $300 & up sngs,.. might give you some great insight into the strategy for playing in sngs). In a nutshell, stay real tight in early going, don't bother risking many chips over small blinds but as blinds increase so will your aggression need to also (and by this time, almost half the field will be out anyways). In middle stages, it only takes a hand or two to swing you into the lead.
I play sngs occassionally but when doing so, my main incentive is to be getting more practise for final table play in an mtt. Sometimes I'll set some time aside to strictly play sngs and will usually multi-table them. They're just a bit too robotic for me and am not into the huge swings in later stages where you can end up going out in a flash.
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