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ph_il
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Silver Level
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Thank you, Miley Cyrus, for my new late registration theme song.
PershingSt
Visionary
Silver Level
I believe in always registering before antes kick in or I think you are losing a significant amount of EV . I think that you can register any time pre ante and have a good amount of EV in the tournament still as a good player . However the later you register the better chance of some bad players busting before you have any chance at getting their stacks. One of the biggest edges in mtt poker is the fact you play deep stacked with bad players early on and are able to acquire much needed chips for later in the game .
vic88888
Legend
Silver Level
I tried the late registration but it seems there is added pressure, possibly bc more often than not, the chip leader will call most of the raises. Although, I find as the game continues, more register than get eliminated, assuming one gets to the end of late registration stage.
jscales
Enthusiast
Silver Level
The ever dreadful "it Depends" answer
I know it is never really helpful to say it depends as an answer to a question but in this case it truly does depend. If you typically play super tight then you need to play from the beginning. A late reg style needs to be a little more willing to get stacks in, as there will be others at your table that have big stacks and are willing to put those stacks at risk... after all that is how they got them. However, picking your spots in the early stages of a tournament can slowly build your stack.
All of that said, and this is where the "it depends" part comes in, if you are comfortable finding the spot you are comfortable with and playing for stacks then late reg is definitely less time consuming. You can play for hours in the early stages and it will be a lot of folding.
I know it is never really helpful to say it depends as an answer to a question but in this case it truly does depend. If you typically play super tight then you need to play from the beginning. A late reg style needs to be a little more willing to get stacks in, as there will be others at your table that have big stacks and are willing to put those stacks at risk... after all that is how they got them. However, picking your spots in the early stages of a tournament can slowly build your stack.
All of that said, and this is where the "it depends" part comes in, if you are comfortable finding the spot you are comfortable with and playing for stacks then late reg is definitely less time consuming. You can play for hours in the early stages and it will be a lot of folding.
Roman Romanov
Visionary
Silver Level
In late registration has both pluses and minuses. On the plus side I carry what you need to play a more and more intense, as the stack compared to the opponent has relatively small, and should gain chips. Well about saving time, I did not say.
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seghill
Rock Star
Silver Level
I play from the beginning - hey that's what we are here for.
Late entry players certainly avoid the pitfalls of idiot all in players but then can't take advantage of them either. They know they come in at a disadvantage but have to have faith in their playing ability to make ground from midfield. These players have to be noted and watched because they will be expected to up the bids the first chance they have with anything reasonable
Late entry players certainly avoid the pitfalls of idiot all in players but then can't take advantage of them either. They know they come in at a disadvantage but have to have faith in their playing ability to make ground from midfield. These players have to be noted and watched because they will be expected to up the bids the first chance they have with anything reasonable
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Gump877
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I usually look at how far away from the money I am and how much I need to get into the money. It can be pretty profitable strategy for skilled players in some of the re-entry tourneys. That's one the main reasons I don't like some of the re-entrys, Just because the sleeze balls that come in at the last minute and time bank it, being really disrespectful to the rest of players, to try and squeeze in the money. Used to be a big problem on Merge but I stoped playing there, not such a problem on other sites because they have a steeper pay out structure's then merge was using.
edc1
Visionary
Silver Level
i myself am not a fan of late regging -i like to regg befor start of game-i think your missing some easy chip ups if your dealt a great hand,and by regging early i might get to see the pots cheaper if im set mining-i think late regging only adds pressure to chip up right away
Raccoony
Visionary
Silver Level
I really don't know how to approach playing in tournaments that offer 2 or 3 hours of late registration.I was just playing in one of the freerolls in the Freebuy Series at Winning Poker Network and the software literally moved me from table to table at least 4 times in the first 12 minutes of the tournament and after that I got eliminated.
rrickir
Visionary
Platinum Level
sometimes on bcp or acr,,, in small buy in like 5 or 3 dolar,,, i will late reg last sec for fun late at nite lol..........u get one dble up and u almost to the moeny already,,,, has happend to me before
but if u really serious bout the game, is defo better to reg earlier,,,,
but if u really serious bout the game, is defo better to reg earlier,,,,