Do you prefer cash games or tournies?

xXSmuggla · Mar 16, 2010

Cash games are more profitable and you can earn more rake points on most sites. Tourny's are more about the competition (And usually a way bigger payout). As far as rebuys go I hate em

lektrikguy · Mar 16, 2010

Wes747 said:
Cash Game > Freezeout > Rebuy. I effing hate rebuys. You should only get 1 stack of chips. If you lose them you're out.

+1. Rebuys suck. You can donk your chips off and then throw more money at the tourney and win. I play tourneys and cash games. When I don't have time or have been losing at tourneys I hit the cash table.

matt0216 · Mar 16, 2010

If I could play cash games and win the would be my favorite, but I've never had continued success playing in cash games. Right now I juts play low level SnG and Tournies. Maybe when I can build up a bigger bank roll I'll go back and practice my cash game,.

Elie_Yammine · Mar 16, 2010

That's an easy one...CASH! Although in real life I'd prefer the 2 table tourneys because there are the reading skills involved and I like competition, In online poker the win rate is much higher(and quicker) in cash games...
Rebuy tourneys is a joke!I don't believe in it!

swingro · Mar 16, 2010

Lazmansa said:
I only play micro cash, Slow and patient

Lazmansa

My man

I used to be unpatient at cash games thinking that i'll go frop 10 dollars to 1k in several days

) But poker is not like that. Sometimes i only make 1 dollar playing 4 hours at microstakes. Slowly but surely my bankroll is growing i i think yours too.

100 dollars in one mounth for a beginner at microstakes is the best . U have to be lucky to grow up faster.
I think good SG players can make more money at 2.4 $ SG that a player at microstakes. And also good turnament players can hit the jackpot once a mounth and don't have to rely on cash games.

I also think old players with experience make money playing tournaments. SG and cash , Holdem or Omaha. I saw players on full tilt playing 200$ or 500 buy-in tournaments, getting in the money once at 7-10 tournaments making in one day more than i make in a year.
Saw same players playing high stackes .

goborage · Mar 16, 2010

Cash - I don't want to sit for more than 2 hours generally.

ripclawph · Mar 16, 2010

i was a tournament player during the early stages of my poker life. when i was able to build a decent BR i tried playing cash game. it was good at start winning about 0.25bb/100hands.. but then there comes the inevitable variance and the huge downswing crippled me hard that i could not bare it. i stopped playing for a while and went back to sng's and tournies. now it will take a while i guess before i get back to playing cash games... lesson learned is if i lose 4bi in a game, STOP!

CheeseConey · Mar 16, 2010

I like tourneys, because there is a chance for a big payday. Also, I like how you you have a sense of how you did against the field of all other players. You more or less can keep score on how you did by where you finished. As well as, there is a clear goal of finishing first. You get a real sense of accomplishment when you finish first in a tournament that you don't get by playing cash games, even if you win a lot of money playing cash games.

Ubercroz · Mar 16, 2010

mygirlu said:
I preafer cash games than tournies because cash games instant and quick results......

yes and poker is about instant gratification

+1 cash games- because I cry when I lose and the poker gods live off of tears and failure

bobboss171 · Mar 16, 2010

Freezeout Tourney ...
is more interesting, we may use more technical and intelligence....and
i dont like rebuy , people give all in all time with bad or good cards without logic ....

blackmax · Mar 17, 2010

i like tourny's thats 1 and done..i really dislike rebuy's because they last to long.Cash games are ok but again its something about finishing FIRST!

ukaliks · Mar 17, 2010

Cash for me. I can make more playin cash, unless u win big in a MTT... Wait am I contradicting myself? Im confused now lol.

CasperJames · Mar 17, 2010

I stick mostly to cash games now. I played SnGs and MTTs probably 90% of the time my first couple years of playing online, but after moving to cash games I tend to get bored with tournaments now.

Pokerstudent · Mar 17, 2010

Tourney with no rebuys. Less swings.

5TR8 FLUSH · Mar 17, 2010

I prefer SNG's and tourney's with no rebuys because i'm alright in them. In cash games i'm not the greatest and unsuccessful because I always end up broke. I always start out alright but never know when to leave in cash table

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Kasanova King · Mar 18, 2010

Tourney's were at one time fun - when I did this strictly for enjoyment a long, long time ago. Now, MTT's - unless for a special event/cause - just bore the heck out of me - and I can't stand playing my butt off for 3 hours and then getting stacked with AA by some knucklehead with K9o. At least at a cash game, I'll be sure to get my money back from him - sooner or later, anyway. In a tournament, I'd never get that opportunity. SNG's are still a small part of my game but they are slowly fading out as well.

So, yes - cash games all the way for me - specifically 6 max online and 1/3 live.

2ofdakind · Mar 18, 2010

Without a doubt tourneys. I love the different stages, like the bubble play, then the play hovering around the final table. I live for that!

Epik High · Mar 18, 2010

Lafayette2 · Mar 18, 2010

I perfer tournies except for Rush. I don't normally like cash because sometimes you can sit for a while before you get a premium hand and you can lose all you've won in one hand.

NeverFold · Mar 18, 2010

Although i play cash games always , im excited about tournaments..............

Numbuh 0ne · Mar 18, 2010

I've turned into a cash game player, a 6max cash game player. I usually don't have the patience to sit around and wait for premiums so 6 max allows me to mix it up a bit more.

Monoxide · Mar 18, 2010

bobboss171 said:
Freezeout Tourney ...
is more interesting, we may use more technical and intelligence....and
i dont like rebuy , people give all in all time with bad or good cards without logic ....

I dont understand why people dont love playing with people that play bad cards and play good/bad cards without any logic, sounds like the best opponent in the world.

You honestly would rather play technical, intelligent players...? My god.

Anyway cash games are the best, tourneys are fun but they are the roulette of poker sooooo...be prepared to lose often for the 1 sick score.

StormRaven · Mar 18, 2010

This year I've really gotten into the rebuy mtt's for online so yes, I'm one of the odd ducks who voted that way.

Live play I definitely prefer cash games!

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