I always try to register 5 minutes before the end of registration for the tournament, during the registration period there is a very high dispersion, after registration the players try to play correctly.
it depends if it is hyper turbos tournaments: I sign up at the beginning of the tournament, now turbos tournaments: I sign up between 10 to 15 minutes because the tournament is already in an aggressive phase, Regular tournaments: I enter between 1 hour to 1: 30 hrs of tournament why. but blinds are time consuming and so that means that I start the tournament.
This sounds like a good strategy, thank you.
This is super interesting, I hope more people vote to have a bigger data pool, as I am playing hyper micro stakes atm, I've seen people how reg just before it closes and as long as they double up once they're in the money.
I haven't tried it personally, but I might if this shows me it's a thing haha
I try to wait until late registration but have at least 20 bb left. That allows me a few rounds before I need to shove with less than stellar hands. Always found this worked best for me as hate to play for two hours and people are still registering. The only exception would be a smaller tournament, especially if it’s a KO. Then I don’t want to late register and not be able to bust anyone and have everyone looking at me as an easy bust compared to their stack and a re willing to gamble with crappy hands.
Ok, so I voted for youuuu!
Went with very first hand because that's probably what I do more than anything else...
Play a lot of PKO's these days and I think missing the early stages of these is a mistake.
Straight MTT's late reg is only really a compromise with BB's but in PKO's you've already missed a good chunk of the prize pool when max late regging.
Generally speaking, more mistakes are made in the early stages (of any tournament) so if you want to capitalise on bad play, be in your seat for hand 1.
Regards.
I would always choose to join at the start with 100bb as this gives you the most freedom to make a few plays and catch those playing incorrectly which can on most occasions lead to bagging up extra chips.
For those that join as late as possible, and it's up to personal choice, I find they are more inclined to what to shove either pre-flop or on the flop trying to steal the pot or double up in a race. I steer clear of these unless I have the odds to call.....which does sometimes still end up with losing the pot but doesn't hurt as much if you've managed to build in the early stages.
Everyone has their preferences, and is any one way right or wrong????
Difficult for me to vote 'on average' because I'll late reg with 15-20bb just as readily as reg for hand no. 1...
I'm equally happy doing either because it's pretty much simply a trade-off of saved time/BB's you start with...
I like late reg sniping and I like playing from the start.
Not very helpful for your poll, sorry!