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[QUOTE="Smokewood, post: 5361552, member: 275845"]
I'm not sure that I agree that cash games are more profitable, nor am I sure that they are less time consuming either.

Let's explore:
What's a good winrate for a game of $1/$2 live? 8BB an hour? ok That's $16 an hour, however that doesn't kick in until you are "in the long run". In other words you need to play tens of thousands of hands to get there. How long will that take?
On the other hand a first time player can win a $200 buy in tournament (same as the buy-in in most $1/$2 live games) and take home $6,000+

Now let's take about risk vs reward:
In a $1/$2 live game with a $200 max buy-in, I would take $500 with me (2.5 buy-ins) and I would be risking all of it. Sure, in the long run (in this example) I am a 8BB per hour winning player, however that doesn't mean I win every session. I wouldn't want to play more than 6 hours top, after that my A game is gone. So my expected win is 6 hours X $16 an hour = $96. Let's call it $100

With a $200 buy in tournament, your maximum risk is $200 (don't ever rebuy please). It will probably last longer than 6 hours, however tournaments don't require as much energy as cash games (Towards the end all decisions are preflop). So lets say it takes 10 hours, however the return is much higher if you finish in the top 3, it's higher if you finish 4 - 10, and it's acceptable even if you min cash.

I have sit in cash games for 5 hours plus and came out a little down, even, or a little up.

In the end, it may just be all the same - but different! - Bill and Ted
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