Do you prefer turbo, hyper, or regular speed MTTs and why?

anbu210 · Jun 10, 2026

Do you prefer turbo, hyper, or regular speed MTTs and why?

DaMooca · Jun 10, 2026

Turbo, because of the time. The best is Regular, the problem is that depending on the field, it takes too long.

GLAVI65 · Jun 10, 2026

anbu210 said:
¿Prefieres los torneos multimesa (MTT) a velocidad turbo, hipervelocidad o velocidad normal, y por qué?

Personally, I prefer normal speed MTT tournaments. Although turbo and hyperturbo are entertaining and allow you to play more tournaments in less time, I feel that at normal speed there is more room to make strategic decisions, observe rivals and make better use of the different stages of the tournament. In addition, skill often outweighs variation, making results more consistent in the long term. Anyway, when I'm short on time, turbos also seem like an excellent option.

Flyer35 · Jun 10, 2026

The faster the game the greater the luck to skill ratio. Hyper - you get lucky and land a hand in your shoving range (which is fairly wide) and you shove. Two or three other guys call your shove. The luckiest guy wins. Luck 95%, skill 5%.

I far prefer normal speed.

TeUnit · Jun 10, 2026

I like them all you get the deep stack play with reg format, and with turbos ICM becomes more of an issue, and Hypers is just an ICM test and most people who play them cant spell ICM.

fundiver199 · Jun 11, 2026

Depends on how much time I have. If I can only play for 3 hours, then obviously I prefer tournaments, that last no more than 3 hours.

theoxy · Jun 11, 2026

I like to play regular MTT , because i can play longer and without stress and waiting a good cards . Turbo is a lucky game .

Stringy · Jun 11, 2026

the faster the better for me as they are over quicker and quicker to get itm

Marshmalo1994 · Jun 11, 2026

I'm more attracted to hypers, in fact, there's where I have my biggest result, but I've been trying to play less hyper and more regular tournaments.
Although, if I have to plan a short session I look for more turbos

Goggelheimer · Jun 11, 2026

This is an easy answer, I prefer regular or much better slow structures.
Because this is real poker and not a gambling fest.
All those turbo, hyper, even bounty formats(much worse turbo and hyper) are the place where the luckfactor is much higher than real skill.

hardongear · Jun 11, 2026

10+ min blind levels for the win. Everything else is too much like bingo, takes too much luck and is basically just gambling. This why I play full-ring cash tables during the week and MTT's on weekends. Best poker schedule and structure for rec/hobby players who know how to play. It's lesser variance and more skill.

Cheers!!!

SergioV · Jun 11, 2026

In turbo and hyper tournaments, the blinds increase so quickly that luck plays a bigger role and there is less room for postflop play.
I still enjoy turbos sometimes because they're faster and more exciting, but if I had to choose one format for consistent results, it would be regular speed tournaments.

ne0npipe · Jun 11, 2026

I prefer regular MTTs. In turbos and especially hypers there are just way too many jams right off the bat, and the blinds increase so fast it feels pretty stupid, forcing you into bad shoves just to survive. I like having time to build a stack and actually play poker, not bingo.

KeyPatience · Jun 11, 2026

anbu210 said:
Do you prefer turbo, hyper, or regular speed MTTs and why?

I personally decide to enter any MTT having a perfect balamcey of Entry Fee (affordability) and total Prize Money (maximum)!
The rest of the things don’t matter to me then!

Mwaki · Jun 12, 2026

Any can do for me,I just love poker in whatever form it comes

fernandovr · Jun 15, 2026

I prefer regular tournaments because they allow for more thoughtful decision-making and there is less pressure caused by the accelerated structure. Turbos are good when I have less time available, but if I can choose, I prefer regular tournaments.

R.Melnyk77 · Jun 15, 2026

anbu210 said:
Do you prefer turbo, hyper, or regular speed MTTs and why?

I prefer regular MTT tournaments where the blinds increase every 10 minutes. There are usually fewer bingo players in such tournaments and therefore they are more promising for me.

SOLO22 · Jun 15, 2026

Hello, the truth is, I am more inclined to deep stack tournaments, there is already a little more room left to maneuver within their structure, I lean more towards them than turbos and hyperturbos, since those give you fewer options to make mistakes and they get you out quickly if you are not able to modify your form or play or adapt to the mode of becoming aggressive, stealing blinds, what do you have to implement in those speed tournaments

RonanPERNA · Jun 15, 2026

I like them all, but I prefer the regular ones.

leomarinho · Wednesday at 10:08 PM

anbu210 said:
Do you prefer turbo, hyper, or regular speed MTTs and why?

I prefer regular speed MTTs. They give me more time to make decisions, reduce the impact of variance, and allow skill to play a bigger role

ammje · 2026-06-23T09:51:00-0400

It depends on the time I have, for example on Saturdays and Sundays I like to play normal tournaments, I think you can play better, I prefer to play turbos if I don't want to spend many hours playing.
The worst place to play is ACR, their tournaments have 5 hours of late registration, plus two hours for itm, that's 7 hours you could be playing to get eliminated in a bubble. 😆🤌

bremp555 · 2026-06-23T09:56:19-0400

Regular speed for me. I feel like it gives more room to actually play poker instead of just managing stack depth and push/fold spots.

Turbo can be fun when time is limited and hyper has its place, but if I had to choose only one, regular MTTs reward patience, adaptation and postflop decisions a bit more. It feels like skill has more chances to show up over the long run.

Mazembe · 2026-06-23T12:07:48-0400

Hyper for sure. It's fast, I don't want to be stuck in a game for hours, drains the mind and body

Do you prefer turbo, hyper, or regular speed MTTs and why?

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