How long can it last?

[bobby1]

Junior,

That is how I approach playing cash/tournaments. The problem I have is I play hours of limit cash and then fail to change my game to the needs of tournaments. When I play loads of tournaments I then start playing too loose in the cash games. I feel my cash and tournament games have suffered because I am mixing it up instaed of doing it the Reddog way.

Does anyone else struggle to adapt or got some advice?

[Splash]

Hours of limit cash??  Oh my!  How on earth do you do that?   

I recognise what you are saying about the switch between tournies and cash though,  i've suffered as well from that although getting better.   

Although this goes against some of Reds advice i tend to multitable 1 or 2 NL cash games and then kick off a big MTT at the same time,  I play fairly tight on the MTT for 2-3 hours (this sits ok with the cash approach)  then shut down the one or all of the cash game as the bubble approaches and move into agro mode....  once the MTT is finished I usally off to bed or maybe carry on in the same mode on a couple of 6 packs.

[ACE2M]

That was my approach exactly when i was thinking seeriously about going for the lifestyle. Everytime i was playing an mtt i would have the cash game open as well and just be an absolute rock for hours on end almost always turning a profit and fairly often a sizeable profit.

[bobby1]

To be honest Splash I do find it tedious, I do play some pot limit too as I think pot limit is a interesting. I tend to play the 10-20-50 rebuy events in my local casinos and have the same discipline as playing cash but find it tough to play 6 hour mutlis online as I start to get 'creative' instead of being patient.

[Splash]

lol I'm the worlds worst for creative play when playing one table..... thats the reason i tend to play 2 or 3 tables at once, i know other aspects of my game (notes on players etc) suffer for this though.

I think thats why i'll never be a good tournie player, especially at B&M... I need to work on being more patient, i get fed up and do something silly.. maybe i should get myself a ipod or something!

When I do mulit table and have the tournie running in the back ground its amazing the number of times i'll wake up 10 from the money with a decent stack just by not thinking about it too much. The trouble is I have developed a bad habit of being chip lead with 30 left and finishing in the high 10s or teens. 3 times in the past month twice in the sunday 30k and once in the 10 seat CPC give away!!!  Maybe I should keep the cash games running until the end??!