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Zirkzee
Rock Star
Silver Level
No, because late-comers don't have much time to accumulate chips. You usually have to play all-in or fold early because the blinds have already risen. If you are still there at the beginning, the blinds are often small and the stacks of chips larger. You can play patiently, wait for good cards and slowly accumulate chips.
demesquita
Rock Star
Silver Level
I try to start at the beginning as much as possible unless somehow I lost track of the starting time of a tournament I want to play. What is the point on joininig a tournament if your starting stack is already half the average, and the blind sizes will probably drain you dry in about 10 orbits?
Shumkoolie
Legend
Silver Level
I like the early games as that's where fish are still in the game
Unless you're playing in super high rollers online, you're going to run into players who play badly at all stages of a tournament and there's always going to be time to accumulate chips from them. However, when there are more of these types of players, the variance may be higher as well, as they will tend to play sub-optimally and are willing to do things like go broke with just 1 pair.
So, while you have opportunities to accumulate chips, you also have to understand that you are potentially playing in more volatile spots.
Your strategy will differ depending on how late you actually register. If you are registering VERY late where you might have 10 big blinds, then push/fold strategy is your only option. But in a lot of instances, even if you register late, you will have plenty of chips to start, relative to the blind levels. That means you don't have to panic and feel like you have to catch up.
The one tournament you should never late register is a Progressive Knockout as you lose out on equity that you can never get back.
Datdude1
Visionary
Bronze Level
In my experience, late buy-in's after a long registration period tends to put the player at a disadvantage. I say that because you are coming in with the same starting chipstack but you are facing blinds that are bigger and players with more chips than you.
el_soma77
Visionary
Silver Level
I think that yes, there is a lot of advantage, it is difficult for a player to stay in a tournament without buying back, because he does not have a good bank, I think that in this aspect there is a lot of advantage, also in the add-on if you do not have to do it there is also advantage...
poker is like the sea, you should not go into such deep waters...
poker is like the sea, you should not go into such deep waters...
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alge0815
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Advantage or Disadvantage
I think it is better to join a tournament earlier to see a lot of hands for a little amount of chips. So you can choose wich hands you wanna play. Otherwise when you enter a tournament just in time before closing the entering you have not many opportunities to take a look to the flop. Probably you have to decide for one hand and this is then your only chance to stay in the tournament. Perhaps the strategy of entering late will work sometimes and come into the money but then it is hard to get price ranges up.
I think it is better to join a tournament earlier to see a lot of hands for a little amount of chips. So you can choose wich hands you wanna play. Otherwise when you enter a tournament just in time before closing the entering you have not many opportunities to take a look to the flop. Probably you have to decide for one hand and this is then your only chance to stay in the tournament. Perhaps the strategy of entering late will work sometimes and come into the money but then it is hard to get price ranges up.
VictorOd
Legend
Loyaler
I think play from the start gives you an advantage. Small blinds, you can play a lot of hands, gain stack. And the field is weaker in the beginning. There are more strong players in the end of late registration periods.
Late reg is ok only for freerolls when you don't mind to gamble and push your leftover chips soon.
Late reg is ok only for freerolls when you don't mind to gamble and push your leftover chips soon.
Amanda A
Legend
Bronze Level
I love to late the micros when most players have already been eliminated. The good news is you've already beat all those players and you haven't started yet! The bad news is you need a double or tripple up. But hey, it's a micro and that's what rebuys are for.
RENEY444
Visionary
Platinum Level
on ACR/BCP
sometimes they have 3 or 4 hour late registration for the 2 , 3 , 4 buck MTT . i cant see spending 5 to 6 hours trying to win 5 to 10 bucks , so i like to enter really really late . often so many people have already busted that the bubble is close . youre stuck with a tiny stack , and its usually shove or fold at that point , but at least youve got a good chance to cash .
sometimes they have 3 or 4 hour late registration for the 2 , 3 , 4 buck MTT . i cant see spending 5 to 6 hours trying to win 5 to 10 bucks , so i like to enter really really late . often so many people have already busted that the bubble is close . youre stuck with a tiny stack , and its usually shove or fold at that point , but at least youve got a good chance to cash .
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RUNRRUNRTO
Rock Star
Silver Level
I’m not a fan of 2-3 hour long late registration and would advise against joining if you are going to have less than 15 blinds. It will only place you at a higher variance level. I personally like to build up my chip stack and see many flops rather than to gamble preflop.
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samuri
Visionary
Platinum Level
Late
I do not come in late because with the blinds so high you might only have 4 hands to play the cards that's dealtand many time i could sit for 10 hands before i even get a face card. so what your doing is flipping a coin to double or triple up.
I do not come in late because with the blinds so high you might only have 4 hands to play the cards that's dealt
and many time i could sit for 10 hands before i even get a face card. so what your doing is flipping a coin to double or triple up.
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samuri
Visionary
Platinum Level
Late
I do not come in late because with the blinds so high you might only have 4 hands to play the cards that's dealtand many time I could sit for 10 hands before i even get a face card. so what your doing is flipping a coin to double or triple up.
I do not come in late because with the blinds so high you might only have 4 hands to play the cards that's dealt
and many time I could sit for 10 hands before i even get a face card. so what your doing is flipping a coin to double or triple up.
Adi8877
Visionary
Silver Level
in the late regs, I always watch the blind levels, even i see there are few players in given sites and tourneys, where it can be a bit worthy, whose make the late regs in the last minute, cheat the time till the money, i do not see the point, as they do not reach it always, even after, they relegate fast...
I just watched a guy like this few days ago, he registered in 8 tourneys, what i played too, in the last minute, he relegated 3 times before money, and the rest he relegated pretty fast after reached the money, so what is the point? You won't get good cards, even if you got, some high stack easily have the odds to take it down with almost any cards. You must go allin at least 1-2 times to reach the money, no point at all....
I just watched a guy like this few days ago, he registered in 8 tourneys, what i played too, in the last minute, he relegated 3 times before money, and the rest he relegated pretty fast after reached the money, so what is the point? You won't get good cards, even if you got, some high stack easily have the odds to take it down with almost any cards. You must go allin at least 1-2 times to reach the money, no point at all....
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mortimccarthy
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I think there are two ways of looking at a late buy-in , One advantage is you probably have avoided the early bingo playing all-in activity that happens constantly therefore a chance to play more realistic poker but you really are looking to double up straight away because you're probably well below the average stack