Hey Shuem! There are no fixed rules, but the ICM (Independent Chip Model) says that it is better to late register a tournament because the chances of cashing are bigger. Also, it is a matter of volume: with late register you can play more games: if you are eliminated after 10 min played, you can load another tournament, different from playing for 2 hours, having the same initial stack and end up busting tragically. It is also great for REALLY SLOW tournaments (like the ones in ACR, for example) with a long late reg. period.
So should you start late registering? Not really. When should you early register?
So should you start late registering? Not really. When should you early register?
- Specially when you have a good skill advantage over the field: weak players tend to bust early in tournaments. If you are there, you can get their chips.
- When your deep stack and post-flop skills are good: many players have some idea of how to play short to mid-stacks, specially when they can start shoving. But post-flop play is something most beginners struggle with, and in the early stages you will have more opportunity to use your post-flop skills.
- The earlier you enter, the more you can observe your opponents and collect information that can be useful later. This is important in regular slow tournaments where you stay on the same table for a long time.
- In KO and PKO tournaments: bounties are a good part of the prizepool, and the earlier you register, the more chances you have to start getting bounties.
Quite an unusual thought. On the contrary, I believe that early registration is better than late. By registering early, you will have the opportunity to play more hands and your chances of increasing the stack increase. Although this is probably an individual issue that should depend on the player's game strategy. My strategy, with early registration, on the contrary, gives me advantages.Shuem said:
I don't pay attention to registration time, cause for me it doesn't matter if I come in the beginning I can check my hands more often because of small blinds, however when I come later I can only check by all-in cause BB are as big as my starting stack. In both cases I can be eliminated quickly, because most players play aggressive at start of every freeroll.
By the first level of the tournament, crazy satellites come into play, ready to give up their stack without a fight.You can derive a general rule for registering in tournaments: if your expectation in a tournament is near zero, it is better to register later. If the advantage over the field is high - as early as possible. This is because the value of the starting stack at the beginning of the tournament and at the end of the late registration are different.
There is no better or worse in this situation. It will depend on how you play at the beginning of the tournament and after late registration ends. You can sign up at the beginning and increase your chips but at the same time you can also run the risk of being eliminated.
It's only infuriating when you've been sitting in for an hour, haven't had a winning hand yet (even looking back at the hands), and someone sits in and multiplies his chips in two minutes with two premium pairs in his hand.
That's why I don't usually enter late registration tourneys, or if I do, I only enter in the last minutes.
That's why I don't usually enter late registration tourneys, or if I do, I only enter in the last minutes.
Always early. Why would you wanna miss all them easy gained chips from guys just throwing them around trying build huge stacks early with meh hands? Early in MTT's is when you get rid of all the pretenders(I want their chips before someone else gets them). Never understood why guys wanna make it harder on them shelves and depend more on getting luck shoving all-in.
I guess in a way it's easier for players to remember just shoving ranges and re-raising shove ranges over actually knowing how to play a deep stack.
You late register you may only see/play 4-5 hands and maybe only 1 hand if it's a suck-out it's over. Sounds like bingo honestly.
EDIT: I guess it also makes they stats look good. I mean most MTT's online if you late register you usually already finish top half of the field. Basically that's a participation trophy.
Cheers!!!
I guess in a way it's easier for players to remember just shoving ranges and re-raising shove ranges over actually knowing how to play a deep stack.
You late register you may only see/play 4-5 hands and maybe only 1 hand if it's a suck-out it's over. Sounds like bingo honestly.
EDIT: I guess it also makes they stats look good. I mean most MTT's online if you late register you usually already finish top half of the field. Basically that's a participation trophy.
Cheers!!!
There are arguments for both sides, so the best is to do the test and see which one best suits your type of game. If, on the one hand, you get less tired by joining later, when the action has already intensified, on the other, there is less margin to "work better" on the plays (BB's), it's relative, the results of your tests on both options will show you the way.