From easiest to hardest I’d say:
- Online MTTs
- Live Cash
- Live MTTs
- Online Cash
I rank them as such because online MTTs while luck factor and sheer size makes it hard to cash, these often attract the softest of rec players hoping to turn a few bucks into a big score. You can quite literally in most of these play basic TAG and add in some push/fold charts as it progresses.
Then live cash is pretty easy at least at lower stakes. Esp in
casinos. Lots of rec players just having a gamble and a tight strategy can work well even a nit strategy I’ve seen do decent.
Next up Live MTTs are harder because they are going to cost more which means sometimes more serious tough players and unlike online you can’t put in volume for Live MTTs. Also have to contend with live reads and much longer levels and even days for a single one to play out.
Finally the hardest is online cash especially for areas where there’s no regulated sites. Only really interested or dedicated players jump through the hoops to get money on the site to grind and with HUDs and so much info out there you’ll often find players like us here working on our game and stats.
I imagine SNGs fall somewhere in between online MTTs and live cash and HU games fall closer online cash in terms of difficulty.