- Spin & Go's are possibly taking away the skill element of the game due to the quick format of the games and how little play there is during each game.
- Due to the high amount of rake that is charged, recreational players will actually lose their money at a high rate and won't be able to sustain the combination of rake and variance at these games. Which effectively makes these games unbeatable for not only recreational players, but everyone.
That last paragraph keep me away from spin n go for a long time and probably saved me money. But I dont agree with the first paragraph. You have to have good post flop skills, reading abilities, know your betting sizes and exploit your image. Its not just waiting for good hands and shove them when you got them, thats something anyone can do. So skills are a must if you want to thrive in spin n go. Whoever disagree can try playing a higher buyin spin n go, and he will see that he cant win that easy as in lower spin n go, cause skills come in play.
My strategy in spin n go is to play my opponents and play the board. Especially in the lowest buyins, the field is the softest, you have either the crazy donk that will risk all his stack on a pair or just ace high, so trapping and slow playing always works. Then you have the nit, that he calls only when he connects with the board and he will really telegraph you what he have. From time to time you may get a good regular, that plays good poker, mix beting sizes, and mix bluffs with nuts bets, so you have to exploit your image to win that pot that will make the difference.
My tips is betting every flop, nits will fold giving you easy chips, aggrofishes will call and try bad bluffs that you either can easily fold and lose a minimum if you dont have it or take his stack if you have something good.
The other tip is that most players are unbalanced, so everytime they raise preflop the have a good hand, so if you call with suited connectors that flops good you may raise them all day as long as you flop any card and the board doesnt contain figures.