Pros expect to cash 10% of the time.
I think pros cash closer to 15-20% of the time. Depends on average field size tho...I think you should aim for at least 10%...but if you really are a very good tourney player you should probably know this already...
TD
As far as how often pros or other skilled players expect to cash...
As for myself, I "expect" to cash in every MTT that I play but with the occasional outplay or bad beat that gets dealt you can't actually judge a percentage of when you will definitely cash.
All you can do is play your very best game, every time you sit at an
MTT and hope for the best.
If you want to talk percentages or ratios all I can say is that in MTT's
I usually cash in 8 / 10 games in a given month when I play regularly
but recently I haven't played in many MTT's so I have no ratio right now.
I did however, play in a tournament with 5,000 entrants, last week, and
cashed in 14th place but that's the only MTT I've played all month so I can't really give a straight answer.
Is there any particular reason you prefer MTT's over SNG's?
As far as how often pros or other skilled players expect to cash...
As for myself, I "expect" to cash in every MTT that I play but with the occasional outplay or bad beat that gets dealt you can't actually judge a percentage of when you will definitely cash.
All you can do is play your very best game, every time you sit at an
MTT and hope for the best.
If you want to talk percentages or ratios all I can say is that in MTT's
I usually cash in 8 / 10 games in a given month when I play regularly
but recently I haven't played in many MTT's so I have no ratio right now.
I did however, play in a tournament with 5,000 entrants, last week, and
cashed in 14th place but that's the only MTT I've played all month so I can't really give a straight answer.
Is there any particular reason you prefer MTT's over SNG's?
I make most of my money from MTTs.
So far in 2010, I have entered 53 tournaments (public tournaments that is, not including small CC buyin games) and have achieved 4 Final Tables and 7 other cashes, which equals 20% ITM.
That is a small sample, however. Over the full year, I would expect 15-17% ITM.
Luke has the right idea, though. It`s Final Table places that make real money, not the smaller cashes, so that is the more important goal. I would suggest 5-6% FTs as a target.
The best MTT's are the ones who have the best FT%, not the best cash %. Elky cashes in only 13% of his MTT's, but his FT% is over 4%, and when he does FT he finishes top 3 over 40% of the time.
I think pros cash closer to 15-20% of the time. Depends on average field size tho...I think you should aim for at least 10%...but if you really are a very good tourney player you should probably know this already...
TD