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[QUOTE="rw11687, post: 2387494, member: 89485"]
Its funny you created this thread, as I was thinking about tournament strategy/mindset last week. I am a cash game player and while I have had success in some tourneys, they are definitely not my specialty. Anyways, I was playing the Bovada $5k freeroll and really needed to cash to re-build my BR. So I really started thinking about my strategy for this particular tournament and how I wanted to approach it.

As I began thinking about it, I realized my downfall is usually getting over involved in a hand that I could have easily avoided, mostly due to a bad bluff or way to aggro. I am an avid golfer and I remember a saying the pros always use - "You cant win a tourney on Thursday, but you can lose one".

I realized that, at least for me, this was sound advice. There is no reason to get out of hand or get wild early in a tourney when there is a lot of play left. Just play solid and let the game come to you. Open up as the tourney grinds on and the table play allows for it. This may not be advice for all, but it has worked for me.

So, now to the comparison for cash games. Obviously the blinds dont go up, so you get to play your style throughout the session - blinds are not forcing you to make plays you would prefer not to. It is important to mix it up throughout the session, especially if the same players are at the table. I find that it is important (at least for me) to open my starting range in cash games.

More to come on this - but I gotta run to work.
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