You can't do it in a LIVE tourn. The dealer and floor people will get on you but online you're allowed that luxury because its only like a few seconds each time you're dealt a a hand so its not a big deal.
To do it online depends on the type of players in the tourn. Some tourns you can do it to make the money while in others you can't because folks aren't
gambling enough, are more skillful and just trying hard to make the money themselves.
You should know if stalling will actually get you into the money on a consistent basis just by watching a few of the tourns before actually playing them, paying attention to how fast folks leave and how long it takes to make the money. If they have no clue what they're doing, just gambling and people are dropping like flies and stalling might at least get you to the money then you have to weigh whether you want to go that route. You have to know when to actually do it also, it makes zero sense to try this when you're way out of the money and folks aren't leaving the tourn, lol.
There's a tradeoff which a lot of people don't understand and that's when you stall you're actually closing off your game and seeing a lot less
hands while the blinds climb. If you're more skillful than the table and can accept the risk of playing then you WANT TO SEE MORE HANDS but if you're like: "I'm shortstacked, sick of the donk plays, things aren't working out, just gimme my money and lets move on", then sure, stall away.
Another good point by Luvepoker is:
The one negative about this is your telling other players the money is important and they can steal your blinds at every chance they have expecting you to fold. Just a thought.
and that's something else you might have to consider because they might go after your blinds more if you show this behavior to them so you have to think about that as well.
I see it as its your time and your money (if you buy into a tourn) and if there aren't any rules explicitly saying not to do it then you shouldn't care what anyone else thinks about that. If you're playing the lower stakes, then a lot of them don't care what happens anyway, lol.
I mean in a freeroll where you pay nothing to enter and gain if you just min cash makes all the sense in the world. And if you know how to play then those donks should say "thank you" in the chat box with you being content with a min cash. But they don't have a clue, so. whatever, lol.
So do what you have to do that makes YOU feel comfortable, if your table mates can't see what you're doing in a tourn and can't wait a few seconds then don't worry about them. But on a side note, this is a definitely not the same situation as in a cash game where folks stall at playchip and the micolimits just to disrupt the table. Those folks are just like me, J E R K S!! lol
Do what you have to, collect YOUR TOURN MONEY!!! Like I said, think about the trade off, gl.
