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padman400
Visionary
Bronze Level
Only really ever played cash games. But recently I have played quite few tourneys and boy they a lot easier than cash, but take so long.
Lots and lots of fish playing all in with rubbish. Just wish i had more time to play them
Lots and lots of fish playing all in with rubbish. Just wish i had more time to play them
gupiel0k69
Rock Star
Platinum Level
It also depends on the structure of the tournament. The deeper/slower the structure is the more room to play/apply strategy there is. Allin fests are usually a turbo tourneys. Deep-stacks require much more patience, observing and overall skill. Cash games are the purest form of poker for me, that's why probably they are the hardest one to beat i guess.
Sergei 9417
Visionary
Silver Level
Hellol! For the cache in a short time you can understand the tactics of the opponents, which you won’t do in the tournament, for this reason I would not argue that the cache is more difficult than the tournament, plus the duration of the continuous game, but this requires experience. I think each discipline has its own difficulties requiring some experience for a good game. Sincerely, Sergey
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Zirkzee
Rock Star
Silver Level
In tournaments you always have to adapt your strategy and align it with your stack size. I divide my strategy into 3 phases in tournaments. Phase 1: I still have over 25 big blinds. This stage of the tournament is most similar to a cash game. Play tight and aggressive. If I only have between 15 and 25 blinds, phase 2. I try to steal blinds when I'm in middle and late position and no one has raised in front of me. Still, I need reasonably good hands to steal blindls. It should be suited connectors, small pocket pairs or picture cards. With hands like AT+, KQ, JJ+ I do so-called stealraises. If someone has raised before me I go all in. Most of the time, your opponents don't raise with the best cards in this phase. Under 15 blinds I play push or fold. Of course, it always depends on the form of the tournament how quickly it becomes an all in or fold festival. I avoid these tournaments because luck plays a too big role. Of course, to win a tournament you always need a lot of luck.
wrzlbrnft
Legend
Platinum Level
I prefer Cash Games with max. 6 at the table, there is enough action and you can play a bit more loose. Sometimes I play only for a few minutes while waiting for the train, having a coffee break at work or even sitting on the toilet...If I feel umcomfortable with the opponents, I choose another table. Sometimes I stay long time at one table, see who comes and leaves and learn more about the villains.
The convienence to come and go whenever I want is a big advantage.
Of course I play also MTT's, this is more exciting but often also only a few minutes,
I have to work on my fold and shove strategy...
The convienence to come and go whenever I want is a big advantage.
Of course I play also MTT's, this is more exciting but often also only a few minutes,
I have to work on my fold and shove strategy...
danoscar
Legend
Bronze Level
Hello. I think Blackrain79 has got it right. My cash game has turned around and I am really enjoying the tactics. I love the CardsChat tournaments. I love the cash microstakes as well. I stay away ffrom sit-n-gos and other type Holdem arenas. I highly recommend Blackrain tactics. No more running out unless I do something really stupid.
Cheers!
Cheers!
MC_asp
Rock Star
Silver Level
My preference is playing tournaments because they are much more exciting for me than cash games. With you really have a good goal to play for, namely the bounties or prizes. In cash games it is also difficult for me to analyze opponents as you can leave the table after every hand.
PokerLibrarian
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I prefer tournaments at this early stage of my poker playing hobby. However, cash games certainly have their advantages, especially for someone like me that doesn't have as much free time to devote to poker as I would like!
Alizona
Visionary
Bronze Level
Tournaments are low risk for high reward. Small entry fee can result in huge payday. Biggest drawback is the extreme time involved, many long hours in a single day or even over multiple days. Obviously a very rare occurrence to win a big score via tournaments but it can and does happen for relatively low costs.
Cash games are high risk for low reward. You put your entire stack of chips at risk every hand you play and unlike tournaments, those are real money chips, not pretend. Yikes! For risking all that at once, your reward is capped to just doubling the size of your own stack (save for a very rare multiway pot). You play a few hours and if you walk away with twice as much as you began with, that's a big success but it won't happen every time. Rarely you'll make a big score, but it will only be a few multiples of your buy-in. Biggest plus about cash is you can join almost instantly and quit whenever you feel like quitting. There's no scheduling or planning involved like there is for tournament players. Play cash at your full convenience, a huge factor for most.
Cash is all about consistency over many many hands. Slow but steady accumulation wins the race. Tournaments are all about the slow drip of loss after loss after loss, many many hours of patient failures... all so one day everything goes right and you make a final table and win more than all the money you've paid to play tournaments for the past few months or even years... and you begin the whole waiting game process again, looking for those big days and big scores.
Cash games are high risk for low reward. You put your entire stack of chips at risk every hand you play and unlike tournaments, those are real money chips, not pretend. Yikes! For risking all that at once, your reward is capped to just doubling the size of your own stack (save for a very rare multiway pot). You play a few hours and if you walk away with twice as much as you began with, that's a big success but it won't happen every time. Rarely you'll make a big score, but it will only be a few multiples of your buy-in. Biggest plus about cash is you can join almost instantly and quit whenever you feel like quitting. There's no scheduling or planning involved like there is for tournament players. Play cash at your full convenience, a huge factor for most.
Cash is all about consistency over many many hands. Slow but steady accumulation wins the race. Tournaments are all about the slow drip of loss after loss after loss, many many hours of patient failures... all so one day everything goes right and you make a final table and win more than all the money you've paid to play tournaments for the past few months or even years... and you begin the whole waiting game process again, looking for those big days and big scores.
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nanida888
Rock Star
Silver Level
Tournaments are more difficult for me, so I like cash games, it seems a little easier to play there. Especially when you find yourself at the table with familiar nicknames, when you already know who is playing how. Although you can quickly drain your bankroll into the cash if you do not monitor the cash register, so it is more difficult to play there in my opinion.
