Ring game v MTT`s - a massive difference in skill

Hi all, hope you are well.

I have just started playing ring games and I have noticed a massive difference in skill between ring game players and MTT players.

I was sitting at a table, bored, so I thought I would check out the stats of the people at the table who were, shall I say `loose` players. They seemed to be calling down with very little.

It turned out that when I checked out these same people on OPR their stats were horrible - ROI`s of -50% and worse.

It might be me, but is it down to the fact that these guys don`t make `technically` good moves because if they get beat they just top up, while in a MTT u lose your chips u r out?

I`m not saying one person is more skillfull than another BTW.

What u can`t do is check out someones ring game results when u r playing them in a MTT - I don`t think

They are completely different games, with largely the same rules.

No reason why a Ring player should have good MTT stats and vice versa unless they've put in serious time at both.

Irexes said:

They are completely different games, with largely the same rules.

No reason why a Ring player should have good MTT stats and vice versa unless they've put in serious time at both.

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I wish I had put it that way

The big problem with playing MTT`s is the bonus of FPP is almost none existant so if u want to build them up u must play ring games - unless I`m missing something (I`m playing for FPP`s on Stars)

Ive noticed this too especially on the low and micro tables. Alot of ring game players tend to make huge bets with the low pairs or undercards or even just an ace. Ive quit playing ring game holdem because I get disgusted when it comes down to the river and people show high card A with a 7 kicker and when the hand after folding mid pair on the flop. Some would say there just out playing you but when youve got two and three people in a hand that are doing it thats just stupid.

Deadly Silent said:

Ive quit playing ring game holdem because I get disgusted when it comes down to the river and people show high card A with a 7 kicker and when the hand after folding mid pair on the flop. Some would say there just out playing you but when youve got two and three people in a hand that are doing it thats just stupid.

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Wouldn't you rather play against players who push tons of chips into a multiway pot with ace high though? Take advantage of it, their purpose in life is to give us their chips.

Irexes said:

They are completely different games, with largely the same rules.

No reason why a Ring player should have good MTT stats and vice versa unless they've put in serious time at both.

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This, just looking at cc alone, there are very few people who are consistent tourny and cash winners, (rex, tb, fp etc etc) since they are 2 completely different games. In the same way someone who kills sng's may be a losing ring game or mtt player

I have always been a much stronger mtt and sng player rather than a live no limit player.
I never like walking into a table with 30X the bb and have a few other people at table with 200X the bb.
In a tourney everyone starts equal.
when it comes to limit now that is another story.
I would rather play a limit ring game just because of the time limit that is involved in limit mtt.