MTT: how often do you have to cash to be profitable?

[cardplayer52]

i would guess you need to cash about 7-10% of the time to make a profit. but your goal should be to win and not to cash(pending on the structure of coarse).

 

[Jarod1231]

According to OPR most pros cash 15-20% of the time

 

[Poker Orifice]

According to OPR most pros cash 15-20% of the time

Not sure how ya figure this?? Does it have a filter for stats. saying 'most pros'?
If you filters are set for strictly MTT's, I don't think you'll find many (if any) of the top online MTT players cashing at 20% ITM (i've run many of them and have found it rare to see any of the top guys cashing higher than 12% ITM (also if they've played some volume)).

Who are you considering as being 'most pros'?
You'll find many of the high buyin online MTT players playing in Fulltilt's $1K Monday.... I've never seen any of them cashing anywhere close to ITM 20% (I could list dozens who are making the highest MTT profits online... scrolling pretty much the entire lobby of the $1K you'll find many of them in there (ie. Believer82, Doc Sands, da_professional, NEONPILS, Julian Verse, TitanTom, USCPhildo, bballer88.... the list goes on,.. many of them with NetProfit in excess of 1/2 million on Fulltilt)

 

[jach24]

everyone want win.......

the truth is that you always want to win, and all we play for real money if we did not win does not look like a waste of time if not money, and that if it hurts, if you want to pay your game would be that at least gain a little more than you for that tournament pagasta .......... good day and good life.

 

[the lab man]

I'm on a mini heater for the last 120 days at Full Tilt micro MTTS averaging 23% overall ITM and 24% ITM in NLHE.

Overall 17% ROI and 64% ROI in NLHE and a small $98.00 profit

I got to quit playing the mixed tourney games and stick to NLHE

 

[PNJs_dad]

I agree with alot of the other posters. I think ROI is the best stat because the higher the ROI the more money you made when you did cash. From the start of the tourney you always play to win. Sometimes it's your day and sometimes not. The only time it's correct to play to money is when you are short-stacked and close to the bubble. Then cashing is top priority. Other than that PLAY TO WIN!!! You do that and you'll make money.