Low $$ tourney vs higher.....

Can the low $$ tournaments be really used as a training ground??????

I've been playing a year or so and consider myself a student.....always will..... The low $$ tournaments seemed to be a good training ground BUT the low entries seem to attract a lot of people that play very loosely and recklessly........

I'm therefore beginning to question whether the low $$ sites are a good traing ground or just a test of patience..

Comments????

TIA

Poker is a test of patience. You have to be able to fold hand after hand waiting and looking for the right opportunity. Poker is a very boring past time, kind of like fishing, but the reward at the end can be spectacular.

I play the lowest tourn. and 1/3 or less survive per hour. Higher limits will be over half still there, so I know adjustments are def. necessary but can't speak from exp. myself.

I play MTTs from as low as $5 buyin and up to as high as $100.

There isn`t as much difference in the standard of play as you might expect. Having money is no guarantee of ability.

In any case, the bigger buyin games usually have satellites and many of the players in the $100 games actually only payed $10 to get there.

There are good and bad players at every level, it`s just that the proportion of good players is somewhat larger as you go up.

you know I use to think the same thing, but then again I found out the hard way that because your putting up more money doesn't really mean the players are all that much better, u get some of them that just havre won acouple of low buyin mtts and think they could do the same thing in a bigger buyin tourney but then again u also got some really well off ppl that could care less about the money, the good and the bad go together but the good are really well good, and the bad are just that bad

It can be a good training ground as well as a inexpensive way to build your bankroll. Also a way to train your self to keep your mind focused. However you can also learn bad habits. The variance is so big that it often goes into mindless maniac mode. That is that people want to double up quickly or go on to the next one so the "shove in" is the often used tactic. Two the blinds rise faster in a low $$$ tournament. You must take what you have learned to a more higher caliber structure. Deepstack and the blinds that change at least 10-12 minutes. To do that you have to pay more for entry.
The quality of play by some might still be the same but you yourself dont feel the need to always catch up.
Just because you are just a student (we all are) dont keep yourself from playing the bigger games. If your BR allows it. You will learn a lot more in playing them with slow and thoughtful reasoning. Best thing to do is get a mentor to suss out your HH from them and correct your play after.
If youre playing in one of those $1 and under games strategy goes out the window sometimes when youre faced with a table full of maniacs who have big stacks. Youre almost forced to play their game. Then your life is up to the poker gods.

Thanks for the comments.

I'll move up a bit and see what happens..... I play tightly so I might actually do better in a higher $$ tourney........ BUT, I also play too aggressively when I get a 'winnable'.....so, aggressively that I don't analyze the competition....... so, I might get my clock cleaned........