Tournament or cash game ?

Are you a tournament player or a cash game one?
If I could put it in to a perspective, it would be something like this.
Cash game is like art subject in school, and tournament like math class. Usually the mathematicly gifted students are not good in the art department and the other way round. There are exemptions of course. What do you think about people and how they play in both?
And how about you?

My game fits in tournaments, I'm a tournament poker player

I like tournaments more than cash games !!! for three and a half years that I have been playing on pokerstars I have only played a cash game several times and I didn’t really like it and it’s not even the case whether I won or lost I just don’t like playing cash games !!!

My bank roll management says: max buy-in = 0
Therefore I only play tournaments (freerolls), as there are no free cash games

I played before a cash game, now I play in tournaments.

Hi,
I play both, I like both. But cash games, in my opinion, strategy and skill (and patience) speak louder.

It was easier for me to play in a tournament than cash, I tried to play cash games many times, it was one disappointment.

I much rather play tournaments than cash game. I prefer to start on a level playing field when playing against people as opposed to everyone starting with uneven chip stacks.

I play only in tournaments. They are more interesting and exciting for me. In tournaments, the path and the goal is always to defeat all opponents and win the tournament. In a cash game there is no such thing.
Also in the tournament you make a certain amount of buy-in and you can not lose more than this amount. In cash games, it's harder for me to control my bankroll. Therefore, I prefer only tournaments and play only MTT..

I prefer to play MTT because it's easier to manage the variance in this style of play. The cash game is more technical and it is more difficult not to tilts when you suffer too much loss. I find that cash game players are much harder to beat and manage on a poker table. the advantage of the cash game is that when you're lucky and you master the game you can make big gains easier and faster than when playing on an MTT.

I prefer MTT tournaments. Cash games are complicated for me and usually bring me losses.

Datdude1 said:

I much rather play tournaments than cash game. I prefer to start on a level playing field when playing against people as opposed to everyone starting with uneven chip stacks.

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If that was your only reason why you play tournaments, why not play like you are half way in to a tournament knowing that this blinds level will never change? Just a thought, and probably a terrible one.

I have to play tournaments to build a bankroll, but I prefer cash games. There are too many variables in MTTs (especially large fields) for my taste, not too mention the variance. You have to be willing to play very aggressively to be able to accumulate enough chips to make the FT or even to cash, which will not happen most of the time. Plus, if you play cash you can begin and end a session whenever you want instead of being stuck playing all day or night.

You can be good at cash and tournaments, the only thing is that you have to study both to be good.

I like cash games. In cash games, the dispersion is less than in tournaments. Also an advantage in cash games is the ability to finish the game at any time.

I played both and i won and lost much in both types of games. You can win much faster money in cashgames but if you are a good tournament player i would prefer playing these games.

I definitely go for the tournaments, since it implies patience and big profits that boost your bank

I think I'm a tournament player. Cash tables don't attract me. As I tried to play on them and immediately lost $ 5.

Only good in cash games,suck at tourneys because no patience

I play both, I do not like to play is spin and go, it's like playing lottery.

Play both. I like cash the best though

I started by playing 2/5 live and thats what I have made by far the most money at, but the feeling of winning a 70 person tournament for $2,000, was better than winning $4,000 at a cash game. I like that tournaments you can show results, but for me cash games seem easier to consistently earn. At the moment I don't have the bank roll for 2/5, so I'm going to keep playing just tournaments until that changes.

Sharpie88PL said:

If that was your only reason why you play tournaments, why not play like you are half way in to a tournament knowing that this blinds level will never change? Just a thought, and probably a terrible one.

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I get what he's saying where the chip leader of a cash game has quite the advantage. Although when I started playing 2-5 I would always by in short $200 allowing me to bet PF and shove on the flop frequently. I would leave if I lost two buyins, but I averaged around $100 an hour profit. This strategy worked better in California than Connecticut, so the type of players your playing matters.

101% Tournaments, 4fun Cash