Registering Late in Tourneys

[FrothyGoodness]

Do you view this as an advantage or disadvantage? Whether it be live or Online? I met a guy last night in a tourney at the casino that Swears by late registrations. Says he only lieks to come in less than 4 levels before the end of rebuys. He also Final Tabled with me so maybe it does work ha.

my opinion on the matter is I guess it would depend on the tourney itself. If it's a Turbo I think it'd be stupid to come in late , Same if It's a bounty hunter Think you are losing overall value coming in THAT late. Now , Online I've registered late in a few tourneys and ran pretty deep , Seems like you miss the donk jammers (if there were any) in that time. So Overall are you the type to be in early to a tourney or do you prefer to live on the edge ?

 

[Iryna Stryzheuskaya]

I prefer to play from the start of the tournament, but I like 1-2 levels of late registration if I am late for the beginning.

 

[an9312]

i like starting at the beginning, but i have entered late for a few tourneys and cashed in them so i need to check it out more...

 

[B1731898]

If it's important to me not to rebuy because of cost, and the stack size is decent with an add-on,...then I don't mind coming in late at all. Some tournaments where I'm not as concerned as much with the rebuys, I like to get in early enough to build a stack.

 

[MattRyder]

I think it depends on how good a player you are. The better you are, the more advantage you gain by playing from the very beginning. The weaker you are the more the more you potentially gain by not having to face a lot of tough decisions early on.

 

[kkonicke]

I also prefer starting on time. If I was 1-2 levels late, that isn't a huge deal depending on the structure...but my strong preference is to start on time. I also don't care for tournaments that have significant late registration. Most on ACR have 3-5 hours of late reg, which I find annoying. As a US player, not much I can do about it though.

 

[WiredKs]

In my experience the weaker players go bust early and its nice to pick some chips that way. The other side is that weaker players are just a likely to catch lucky as anyone else and sometimes you'll be the victim.

The field generally gets stronger as you go along and you going to have to play the tougher players at some point. But if you want to play against some of the weaker folks as well, play from the start. If you feel better skipping levels with the higher potential for harsh beats, register late.

 

[Inequitas]

I think it depends on how good a player you are. The better you are, the more advantage you gain by playing from the very beginning. The weaker you are the more the more you potentially gain by not having to face a lot of tough decisions early on.

I agree, If the player count at start is 3000+ it make little difference joining in late registration as you get seated with all those others that arrive with you... pretty much evenly matched chip wise...

If player count is under 100 early is best, not many more people will join and late registration not as long either but lots will rebuy
and you run the danger of arriving to one person dominating the table with massive stack and bigger blinds...

Stop when the fun stops or when the stacks against you

 

[MadMan999]

It's nice to register at late registration and make your stack 2-3 bigger by All-ins. But of course you could be eliminated because you have the short stack and you should play push/fold and you save your time going to the late registration. But if you have edge you should play from the beginning of tournament to make your stack large.

 

[Geoff445]

Interestingly enough, my biggest real money win was had with a last level late entry. I like to start from the beginning of a tournament, I try to apply more pressure "Hit the switch" synchronized with the end of late registration.

 

[Poker_Mike]

Do you view this as an advantage or disadvantage? Whether it be live or Online? I met a guy last night in a tourney at the casino that Swears by late registrations. Says he only lieks to come in less than 4 levels before the end of rebuys. He also Final Tabled with me so maybe it does work ha.

my opinion on the matter is I guess it would depend on the tourney itself. If it's a Turbo I think it'd be stupid to come in late , Same if It's a bounty hunter Think you are losing overall value coming in THAT late. Now , Online I've registered late in a few tourneys and ran pretty deep , Seems like you miss the donk jammers (if there were any) in that time. So Overall are you the type to be in early to a tourney or do you prefer to live on the edge ?

Overall it is a mistake to consistently enter tournaments very late.

You are usually coming in with approximately 10 BB.

How is that an advantage? You are automatically a short stack.

Good luck !

 

[COMIRRR]

I think it's a disadvantage to register late because you have the stack underneath. At first you find inexperienced players who easily lose chips, so I see an advantage.

 

[AJantwan]

When a tournament has already started before I get there, I open up the lobby and look to eyeball the median stack (obviously the average will be above the buy-in, assuming at least one person has busted out.) If the median is well above the buy-in, why would you buy-in? You're coming in at a disadvantage. But sometimes I'll see that the median is about the same as the buy-in. In that case, I'll still buy-in.

So...it depends. You need to look at the median stack size. It would never make sense to buy in below the median.

 

[ROYALROAD]

Late registration

When He's the player who has a confidence in the ability of the cash game, slower registration would be liked.

 

[Alekxandrovi3]

I fully agree with you. It depends on the type of tournament. And I think from the start of the stack. If the Gipper turbo tournament is best to register it before. If the tournament is a slow late check acceptable.

 

[brazilpescador]

Do you view this as an advantage or disadvantage? Whether it be live or Online? I met a guy last night in a tourney at the casino that Swears by late registrations. Says he only lieks to come in less than 4 levels before the end of rebuys. He also Final Tabled with me so maybe it does work ha.

my opinion on the matter is I guess it would depend on the tourney itself. If it's a Turbo I think it'd be stupid to come in late , Same if It's a bounty hunter Think you are losing overall value coming in THAT late. Now , Online I've registered late in a few tourneys and ran pretty deep , Seems like you miss the donk jammers (if there were any) in that time. So Overall are you the type to be in early to a tourney or do you prefer to live on the edge ?

I like to start from the first minute of the tournament !!!

 

[HungryLyan]

Many times I have entered tournaments of late registration and I just seem to like them. Majority of the time is due to playing sattelite games that enter me into main events like over an hour plus.

 

[nuttea]

Do you view this as an advantage or disadvantage? Whether it be live or Online? I met a guy last night in a tourney at the casino that Swears by late registrations. Says he only lieks to come in less than 4 levels before the end of rebuys. He also Final Tabled with me so maybe it does work ha.

my opinion on the matter is I guess it would depend on the tourney itself. If it's a Turbo I think it'd be stupid to come in late , Same if It's a bounty hunter Think you are losing overall value coming in THAT late. Now , Online I've registered late in a few tourneys and ran pretty deep , Seems like you miss the donk jammers (if there were any) in that time. So Overall are you the type to be in early to a tourney or do you prefer to live on the edge ?

coming a few hours later may well save a couple of extra points of your concentration (the volume of which, in theory, is limited, at least for some people) so that you can use them if you get to the final stages of the tournament. Sometimes such a decision can really help you win the tournament, since sweats do not play a special role in the early stages of the event. Also, purely from the point of view of perception, the day will become shorter for you, and you will save more concentration and energy in order to prepare for another tournament, if suddenly you also have some kind of event planned for tomorrow.
coming a few hours later may well save a couple of extra points of your concentration (the volume of which, in theory, is limited, at least for some people) so that you can use them if you get to the final stages of the tournament. Sometimes such a decision can really help you win the tournament, since sweats do not play a special role in the early stages of the event. Also, purely from the point of view of perception, the day will become shorter for you, and you will save more concentration and energy in order to prepare for another tournament, if suddenly you also have some kind of event planned for tomorrow.
But, in the end, we are all unique, and there is no definitively good or bad decision in this matter. But if you decide to enter the tournament on time, or after some time, first make sure that you are really focused on the game and that you have enough strength and energy to survive this long tournament day.

 

[Vallet]

I noticed one thing when I checked in early. Losing opponents came back and played hyper-aggressively. This allowed them to win even with bad cards.

 

[wlad20082009]

Sometimes late registration is more profitable . But it is not always possible to score an acceptable number of chips .

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Do you view this as an advantage or disadvantage? Whether it be live or Online? I met a guy last night in a tourney at the casino that Swears by late registrations. Says he only lieks to come in less than 4 levels before the end of rebuys. He also Final Tabled with me so maybe it does work ha.

my opinion on the matter is I guess it would depend on the tourney itself. If it's a Turbo I think it'd be stupid to come in late , Same if It's a bounty hunter Think you are losing overall value coming in THAT late. Now , Online I've registered late in a few tourneys and ran pretty deep , Seems like you miss the donk jammers (if there were any) in that time. So Overall are you the type to be in early to a tourney or do you prefer to live on the edge ?

You hit on the key elements which is the type of tournament and the structure. In the bounty tournaments where so much value comes from busting others and building a stack to take advantage of the bounties you want to be in there early building.

Same goes for soft fields with lots of satellite qualifiers, you want to be there to play deepstacked with those players and collect the 'dead money' before it's gone.

For tourneys with tons of late registration or where all players are pretty decent it can be worth waiting until antes, or until the average stack is 40bbs so that every pot you play is meaningful and you're effectively making more $$$ per hand than you would at the first level of an event.

This also goes for timing your sessions, late regging can allow you to play an event that won't keep you on your computer for an extra 6 hours because you skip the first 4. The last perk of late regging is that you do get to start closer to the money, and depending juuuuust how close you are, it can be a great opportunity to cash at a high frequency anytime you double up and then get to play the higher value portion of the tourney :fight:

All in all I think it's great to have the option, and it really comes down to planning your session, as well as your strengths. If you crush ICM, late reg can be an awesome strategy!

 

[kley126]

entering late is a disadvantage you will find the blinds a bit high for your stack it is advisable to enter from the beginning and more if it is a turbo and hyper tournament

 

[Roger1960]

I have all but stopped playing in tourneys lately. All of the sites seem to be doing these real late registrations, I don't like them at all.
I now only play sng's or cash tables.

 

[MMaki1981]

Don't prefer but not opposed

It really depends for me.

I won't intentionally wait for a certain point in late registration to finally register, but I will consider registering during late registration if I missed the initial registration period. However, I take a few things into consideration:

1. what the starting chips are vs. average stack
2. what the blinds are
3. how many people are in the tournament & ability for them to keep rebuying

I would agree with some that by going in at least a few levels late you are avoiding the majority of the bingo players.

 

[cj2327]

It's never an advantage to join late. If it were, you could get the same advantage by sitting out every hand up to that point. It might save you the frustration of dealing with the obnoxious shove-rebuy strategies (although you can definitely profit from those if you're willing to take some risks yourself), but it can't help you in terms of chips.