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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1036897, member: 23910"] Unfortunately, that story is a fairly common one for low buy-in live tournaments. Poor tournament structures are common: once you've paid your entry fee to the casino ($5, in this case) they've made all the money they're going to make off you until you leave the tournament. So they want it over as quickly as possible so you'll move back to the cash tables or the floor games or drinking or whatever else and start paying them money again. They encourage faster bust outs by having short blinds and fairly low starting stacks It's unlikely the blinds were actually five minutes (that's two hands in a live game, if you're lucky), but even if they were 15 or 20 minutes the game will still play much like an online turbo. Sucks, but for the above reasons it's unlikely to change so you've either gotta adjust your game or stay away from those tournaments. Getting shafted on the deal for fourth place was just nasty. Depending on whether or not the casino sanctions deals (I've got no idea if the Rio does or not, FWIW) there's probably not a lot you can do about it other than learn from it and remember the experience for next time. Sorry to hear it though, it really sucks. To answer the broader question, I do most of my playing online for the convenience. I learned playing live though (and I deal live games), and I enjoy playing live just that little bit more. You do have to be very selective about what live games are worth turning up to: while there are some exceptions, most live tournaments with low buy ins will be engineered to be over in three or four hours max and will have horrible structures. Often you'll be better off sticking to the cash game tables, where you'll have a lot more freedom to play your own game in your own time. Play there can be just as bad (if not worse) than in the tournaments too. [/QUOTE]

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