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Message: [QUOTE="BillyTheBull, post: 754502, member: 13677"] No, I don't think so . . . the biggest difference between cash games and tournaments is not how you play the game, but how the blinds influence the action at the table. In tournaments there are only so many chips to go around (even in a rebuy, the rebuys end at some point), and the ever-increasing blinds put constant pressure on everyone to get as many of those chips as possible before the blinds catch up. In a cash game, however, rebuys are unlimited and the blinds never go up, so the "blind pressure" component of tournament play is non-existent. So, while there are times when you HAVE to gamble in tournaments just to stay alive, you never have that same problem in a cash game -- you can always get up and leave and take whatever you have left, or you can always buy more chips. The way I see it, this eliminates many of the AIPF situations you might be happy to get into during a tournament, but should avoid in cash games; I see people get in trouble that way quite a bit, maybe that's where you're losing some of your money, too? Of course, in cash games a lot also depends on what limits you play, the depth of your stack (and everyone else's), and the overall feel of the table. Depending on those circumstances, a tight style or a loose style or something in-between might all work; also, the longer you play with the same players at the same table, the more you'll need to vary your style to keep from getting predictable. As jewboy said, start by analyzing some of your HHs to try and identify mistakes; using a program like PokerTracker might also be useful to spot trends or leaks in your game, but you'd have to have at least a few thousand hands in the database to come up with anything meaningful there, and it sounds like you might not have that much live play yet. Hope this helps a little . . . post some HHs here and we'll try to help you analyze them, ok?! [/QUOTE]

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