| This is a discussion on Whats more profitable IYO, cash games or tournaments? within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; I'd say cash games are more enjoyable and I like them better, but I'd say tournament is probably more profitable. What do you guys think?... |
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| Whats more profitable IYO, cash games or tournaments? I'd say cash games are more enjoyable and I like them better, but I'd say tournament is probably more profitable. What do you guys think? |
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| tourneys are profitable in the long run because of the set buyin limits, and the payout itself, but cash is very good for a quick income, I mean look at it like this, if u sit down with $100 at a .25/50cent level, u can make your money into $500 if not more, but how long do you have to stay there, if your there for about 5 hours, then $100 per hour is what your making, but in a tourney, lets say the buyin is about $20 and first place is about 8k, you'll be there for about 8hours, but in the end if u win, u'll have made 8k, meaning that your time is worth about 1k, you choose which one sounds better |
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| re: Whats more profitable IYO, cash games or tournaments? poker i like sngs and tournies, jus cuz it makes me more controlled and harder to tilt and lose more money, if u sitting at cash game u can jus keep pissing away ur money but in a tourney or sng u jus piss away chips representing ur set buy-in, unless u tilt to the point wher u keep buying into sngs or tournies until u r out of money, imo |
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Why don't we look at a concrete example? Let's assume a bankroll of $2000. Our player plays $50 MTTs as well as $.50/$1 NL cash games. Let's give him a good winrate of 6 PtBB/100 for cash games and 90% ROI for multi-table tournaments. Let's say he sees 100 hands/hour at the cash tables, and his average tournament lasts 2 1/2 hours. Cash game profit per hour: $12 Tournament profit per hour: $18 My numbers should be fairly close to what a good player can achieve. Even though it looks like a win for tournaments, there are huge drawbacks. For one thing, the amount of tournaments you can play at the same time is fairly limited. A cash player can 8-table even mid to high stakes. A tournament player can't because there are not enough games going. Also, multi-table tournaments are incredibly swingy. It will take you ages to come anywhere close to your long-term ROI. You may play 30 tournaments in a row without cashing etc. |
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