Late or early registration ?

#1 8th June 2016, 5:15 PM

Hello guys.
What do you prefer more, later or earlier registrations ? I think registration on last levels is a bad idea. Sometimes I like to try my hand at late registration , but at a cheaper tournaments.

#2 8th June 2016, 6:15 PM

well I like early registration becose if you wait to long the blinds will be high

#3 8th June 2016, 6:46 PM

In general I like to early register, the only problem I find my self sometimes in is that after 2 hours and 20 minutes when the late registration ends I am not that focussed any more. If I am not foccused I start to make stupid desicions that losing my buy in because of that.

Often I register between half a hour and 1 hour. It is not that much difference because your start stacks are big enough and I get not that fast distracted.

If you have a perfect focus for a long time I recommend to play from the start

#4 9th June 2016, 3:32 PM

I prefer to start the tournament early.
I know that there si a lot of idiots whos will shove and play stupid but i like to see how is everyone playing.
It helps me to go further.

#5 9th June 2016, 7:16 PM

early reg so you can catch the lower blinds but late reg s also good becasue the goldfish are usually gone but im gonna say earlie because with a good strat and being a good player you benifit much bore by this

#6 9th June 2016, 7:33 PM

early reg @ bounty builder. knockout
late reg @ rebuy

indifference in other tourn

#7 9th June 2016, 7:48 PM

I've done both and had luck (good and bad) with both. However, I think that the longer you give yourself (i.e., early registration) the better chance you have to build up a nice sized stack without feeling the need to risk it all on one hand.

I like being able to choose to play a risky hand knowing that if I mess it up (or if the Poker Gods have it in for me), I still have enough of a stack to play another couple of big hands. I hate playing a great hand but then getting called by too many lesser (and potentially lucky) hands just because I'm short.

Oh ... I just noticed the previous comment about rebuys. I tend not to play rebuy tournaments because too many players treat them like (expensive) freerolls.

#8 9th June 2016, 7:50 PM

I like to be early, still a lot of fish swimming around.
I like a fast & easy startup stack.

when I register late and start with half/third of the average stack it's a bit more troublesome to climb up.

Greetz.
D V.

#9 9th June 2016, 7:53 PM

Late. Some of the fishes usually are already dropped out, resulting in a better game quality. But you are a little below the average chip stack, but, to my mind, it's better to have a lower chip stack and play with more serious players rather than bad ones.

#10 9th June 2016, 8:07 PM

It depends,how blinds rising.If blind raise rly fast then you sholud go early,but if game go rly slow you can go late register.

#11 9th June 2016, 9:04 PM

I would recommend a early registration. Here are the reasons:
1. It is a much more easier to be stacked up by fish in early blinds.
2. You have better read of your opponents in late stages
3. With small blinds, you can afford to play more speculative hands

#12 9th June 2016, 10:36 PM

Sometimes I like to wait till 50 100 or even 100-200. Seems i play loose in low levels and get many bad beats. Though it goes without saying more hands+better chances. Just have to play tighter when regestering early.

#13 9th June 2016, 11:01 PM

personaly, i prefer late reg, especialy on slow tourneys

#14 9th June 2016, 11:44 PM

Always early because it gives you a better chance of building a decent stack. If you late reg the blinds usually grow huge and you pretty much can't play normally and are forced into folding hands you would otherwise play just because the blinds are so high. You're pretty much forced into a shove/fold strategy by then and that's no good at all

#15 10th June 2016, 5:24 PM

only early, i hate tournament where are late registration especially 60-90 min, you eliminate oponent and there comes more and more

#16 10th June 2016, 5:56 PM

Generally late for me... Not ACR late lol.

#17 10th June 2016, 6:07 PM

I like coming in late, especially if the late registration is 1 to 2 hours.

#18 10th June 2016, 7:46 PM

Originally Posted by smallfrie

Generally late for me... Not ACR late lol.

LOL. I just started on ACR and their late reg is insane, but not too bad.

Im playing the OD games and .10 $100 GTD MTTs, so I just late reg when I have about 15 BBs and play out the rest of the late reg period.

Some of their re-buy games look like they have a decent late reg schedule with the re-buy + add-on being available, especially the megastack games. So, I'll be looking into playing those as well.

But yea, insane late reg time.

#19 11th June 2016, 4:41 AM

Early registering , to play more hands waiting strong hands.

#20 11th June 2016, 5:02 AM

Of course registering early is the correct way of playing poker. The later you register the more all-ins and coin flips you need to do.
Some tournament though have really high guaranteed and sort of make sense.

#21 11th June 2016, 5:13 AM

Late registration, especially if the stack is more than 500 big blinds...that game is so boring at the beginning. But if the stack is less than 50 big blinds (hyper turbo), you must play from beginning, and you must play very well))) ideal time for registration is, if the stack is 100-150 big blinds

#22 11th June 2016, 1:30 PM

I can see that opinions are divided, but i think that LR win with ER. Well, it's good that we're changing the styles of play and registration

#23 11th June 2016, 1:36 PM

Depends on the format and how many tables you are playing at the time. Early reg is probably better because you can get more hands.

#24 11th June 2016, 6:08 PM

It depends, I usually do not prefer the late registration but some times if the blinds are not too high I go for it

#25 11th June 2016, 7:02 PM

Very many fishes on start. So you can have easy farming but you can have easy lose

#26 12th June 2016, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by SuzdalDEcor

Very many fishes on start. So you can have easy farming but you can have easy lose

Exactly. You should gamble less with when you start in an ideal world but because there are lots of fishes you will endup calling more all-ins. Although all of my experience is for micro stakes. I do now know how medium buy-in tournaments work.

#27 14th June 2016, 8:17 PM

as for the fish I agree, it is necessary to catch while the opponent is not caught!)

#28 14th June 2016, 8:27 PM

Depends on the starting chips for me. Normally, I would go for early registration but for deepstack tourneys, I'd go for mid registration.

#29 14th June 2016, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by Poom12

Depends on the starting chips for me. Normally, I would go for early registration but for deepstack tourneys, I'd go for mid registration.

Ye, The size of the starting stack is also important in decide when to register

#30 16th June 2016, 12:42 PM

early check is better because you are on equal terms with your opponent, instead the record TRadio opponents already have a lot of chips. greeting

#31 16th June 2016, 7:40 PM

Early it's better because till the end of the late reg. you can make much chips and blinds won't be so big for you.

#32 16th June 2016, 7:45 PM

it all depends on you, me personally, i like late reg, so many times I've signed up in the last 5 mins and got well into the money, i guess for me i don't like the early no ante small blind plays. and all the fishes doing their thing like crazy. but if i play a high stakes tourney i prefer early to get to know my opponents better as its less fishy

#33 16th June 2016, 8:19 PM

In general obviously early registration is going to be better for you almost every single time. the more time the more blinds the more chips the more skill will prevail. However, there is something to be said for very late registration, when i play a really low stake tournament its easy to register at the last moment, wait about 3 mins, and ive made the money, which is a nice way to make a dollar or 2, but then you are just playing w luck basically because you are so small stacked compared to the other players. If you want to try a later registration with your bankroll i believe you should implement a system. If you use 4% of your BR in MTTs, then you should only use at most 3% at mid registration and 1-2% in very late registration, this way you account for the variance and the luck aspect of the game with your Bankroll and it should work out ok that way. Good luck in future event.