Salutations fellow pokerplayers,
I have been wondering since a lot of pokerlayers seems to talk about it a lot. There are big differences between cash game format and tournament format. In terms of strategy, what is the biggest difference between cash game and tournament?
Thank you fellow pokerplayers!
Well, first of all you're almost always at least 100BB deep on cash games. Secondly there's no moneyjump or anything related. so strategies shouldn't often vary during a cash game session (only if to adapt to a player for example). The last factor is that, at least in my opinion, you're way less dependent on luck in cash games and more in your skills. It's really rare to see all ins preflop in cash games and people almost always get to see the cards. Cash games are a great scape for players that want to avoid variance and tilting spots. If you're a winning player and play accordinly to your
bankroll, you shouldn't tilt too much on cash games, since bad beats don't usually represent a great lost, whereas on tournaments a bad spot on a final table might cost you thousands of dollars. I think cash games are a safe way to grind a bankroll if you're a good player and you will avoid some tilting, but tournaments are the essence of poker for me. With just some bucks and luck you can make a ton of money, long runs, winning flips.. all that adrenaline only comes in tournaments and it's my favourite part about poker. I do mix some cash games from time to time, because I fell I should improve my game on it. 9ring sit n go's are a great in between in my opinion, as they mix a bit from both worlds and pros usually try to make money on those. If what you want is solely making money and you're a good player you should probaly choose the option where luck is involved the least.