Is Better to Late Register a Poker Tournament?

#1 September 14th, 2019, 2:33 AM

Is better to late register a poker tournament or register when the tournament starts?

#2 September 14th, 2019, 2:57 AM

Depends on your skill level, time available to play, patience, goal for the tourney( go deep & make some money or get in at the last minute get lucky & min cash), etc.

#3 September 14th, 2019, 4:11 AM

Maybe no one is playing a tournament for the min cash

Is Better to Late Register a Poker Tournament?

#4 September 14th, 2019, 4:45 AM

If it is a buy in that matters, I prefer to register early, gear up mentally, for the long haul. If it's a freebie, might as well register late, freebies are so large, number and time commitment, may as well be desperate from the beginning, shoving a lot to stay on upper rungs of the leaderboard.

#5 September 14th, 2019, 5:26 AM

I think not, because you lose many fish at the start of the tournament, who are willing to donate their chips.

#6 September 15th, 2019, 11:25 AM

I prefer to register before the start of the tournament, because at the beginning of the game there are more chances to increase your stack at the expense of other players.

#7 September 15th, 2019, 12:57 PM

I prefer to sign up early than late. I would rather build up my stack smartly and slowly compared to signing up and have to go all in early and often because I have no chips to start with and need to gamble. I also believe my building up the stack earlier and having it once the late registration players join up give me a better chance to go deep and possibly win the tournament.

#8 September 15th, 2019, 1:01 PM

I agree that in the very early stages you will have more opportunities to stack off some weak opponents , on the other hand something that happens often to me is after a decent amount of hands and after understand how my opponents play the poker room switch me table which really sucks.

I don't like ACR/BCP 3 hours late registration but I feel that 2 hours which most of the rooms have for a regular speed tournament is fine. The last minute players have only one option - open jam -.

Personally I like registering when the antes come to play because the crazy players have been eliminated and the real poker begins.

: When is it better to register for a poker tournament?
Register before the tournament starts		33.33%
Register when the late registration is about half over		16.67%
Register when there is 1 minute left in the late registration		50.00%
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