umm cash games and it isn't close.
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
Cash games are more profitable... u just have to handle the swings.
I'm sorry, but that's an awful explanation and a bad example. First of all, if you make a profit of $400 at $.25/$.50 over the course of 5 hours, your winrate is about 80 PtBB/hour at 6-max. This is ridiculously beyond sustainable. The same goes for your tournament example.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