Tournaments or cash tables?

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I personally perform better in tournaments, that's why I prefer them. Besides, they allow me to compete for money through freerolls, meaning, without any risk. I believe that in cash games, you have to be careful with your weaknesses. If you have something 'exploitable,' perhaps the table will notice and try to target it.
What I mean is, if you don't have a solid game, perhaps in the tournament you can get away with questionable plays because you're changing tables all the time, but if you're playing for hours with the same people, it's not that easy.
 
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They are both very fun, I play more cash games due to a matter of available time
 
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This Thread is 12 years old. I am very sure OP decided by now what game is best for him and does not need any low key advice any more 🙂
 
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Been doing tournaments in AC lately. Thinking about taking a break from them & going to cash games.
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Do you prefer tournaments or cash games & why?
Tournaments, of course. Well, because I play every tournament according to my strategy, and every tournament has its own goal. And that's to win! I have nothing against cash games, but tournament poker suits me better. :cool:
 
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i prefer cash because i can come in and out and not have to worry about missing out on being itm by 1 or two places
 
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KO tournaments has big number of fishes
 
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Went broke many times playing 6 PLUS Hold'em with a short deck . It would be better to bet everything on Zero:ROFLMAO:
 
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I start in tournaments more because I have not mastered the cash strategy so much.
 
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I have always liked to participate in poker tournaments more, probably because there is a competitive element there - many participants start the game, but only one wins.
 
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Been doing tournaments in AC lately. Thinking about taking a break from them & going to cash games.
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Do you prefer tournaments or cash games & why?
I prefer freerolls :)
I tend to play tournaments more than cash games because tournaments don't seem to require the same level of skill as cash games. For me, cash games are quite difficult and therefore I play them very rarely.
 
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I prefer tourneys - MTT and freerolls , maybe sometimes some sit n go , but never cash games ( HATE CASH GAMES ) :D
 
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Hello, Everyone! Well, what do I can say about this question?!. If to say honestly, I more prefer to play the different tournaments,
especially in the nockout tournaments!
 
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I think MTTs generally play more shallow ie less BBs, and you have to understand ICM. With cash you do not have to worry about ICM, but you need to understand deep stack play much better.

MTTs are generally more about pre-flop, and Cash is generally more about post-flop.
 
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Definitely prefer tournaments.
 
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I play all kinds, but I really prefer live tournaments
 
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I personally prefer tournaments because the winnings are bigger and because I'm not involving my own money in the stack.
 
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I like tournaments more now, before I liked cash, but now you are playing more tournaments, I love this, I hope I can continue having that adrenaline from the game.
 
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attracts more tournaments due to sporting interest; it takes a long time to look for weak players in the cache
 
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Cash was the way to earn money online before.

In today's games with better players and different types of "assistance," it's pretty even at the higher and middle stakes between MTTs and cash.

At the absolute lowest stakes I still think you can earn money faster in cash games - but more importantly, you can earn the money with much less variance.

When it comes to what is more fun and entertaining: probably some wild knockout variant MTTs. Or some mixed game MTT or SnG. But they are also the most tilting if you go out just before the money.
 
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Both formats offer unique forms of entertainment: tournaments for their suspense and climactic moments, and cash games for their strategic depth and social play. The choice between the two ultimately depends on what kind of poker experience a player finds most fulfilling and fun.
 
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I love playing tournaments and enjoying them and play almost 95% of tournaments all the time, but when I don't have much time I go to play cash games so that I can get out of them right away and go about my business, but playing tournaments is always cool and there are big prizes, which gives tournaments an advantage and more people play there
 
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Tournament of course i'm not enough patient to play cash game so i loose ofteb my bankroll there
 
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I prefer tournaments, I play cash when I don't have much time.
 
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My preferences:
1.Sit & Go (SnG) tournaments in the DoN version
2.Cash games
3. MTT tournaments, preferably in the Freezeout format
 
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I usually play MTT online, the main reason I prefer them is risk vs reward . For a relatively low sum the prize pool is usually very good.
 
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