Vollycat
Rock Star
Silver Level
I found myself hijacking another post so I thought I'd bring a new thread instead of stealing off another... Sorry if this has been addressed before.
It's being posed that tourny players may not have the skill needed to make it as a ring game winner. Or vice versa, for that matter.
Personally, I think ring is where the essence of poker is learned and it takes a better/more committed player to survive in the ring game 'life'. Many times a tournament player will 'roll the dice', and I think it's safe to say that to truly win a tourny, you will need to win a few races along the way. Where this may happen in ring, tournament play seems to lend itself to this 'luck factor' more readily. Ring players are willing to grind out 2BB/hour and be happy when they profit 12 BB's for a 4 hour session.
However, true tourny players are an animal in their own. There are several stradegies and theories behind tourny play that allow the best tourny players to rise and make a good living. They must be doing something beyond the average Joe yelling all-in.
So who is the better poker player, tournament or ring? Or are they just such different beasts that it's a fun conversation, but comparing them isn't quite possible?
It's being posed that tourny players may not have the skill needed to make it as a ring game winner. Or vice versa, for that matter.
Personally, I think ring is where the essence of poker is learned and it takes a better/more committed player to survive in the ring game 'life'. Many times a tournament player will 'roll the dice', and I think it's safe to say that to truly win a tourny, you will need to win a few races along the way. Where this may happen in ring, tournament play seems to lend itself to this 'luck factor' more readily. Ring players are willing to grind out 2BB/hour and be happy when they profit 12 BB's for a 4 hour session.
However, true tourny players are an animal in their own. There are several stradegies and theories behind tourny play that allow the best tourny players to rise and make a good living. They must be doing something beyond the average Joe yelling all-in.
So who is the better poker player, tournament or ring? Or are they just such different beasts that it's a fun conversation, but comparing them isn't quite possible?