Cash or Tournament?

[matt674]

Its taken you 7 months and 15 days to realize that?!?!?!?!?!?!

but ICEHOCKEY?...It's not even a proper sport! and there's nothing to watch as you can't see the puck! and it's cold!

Not that cold in the stadium itself - must confess that poor monkey balance means i've never been on the ice itself. Its a lot easier to keep track of the puck watching a live game provided you havent got a 23 stone brute continually jumping up and down in front of you and once you get used to it on tv it isnt too hard there either

If you think ice hockey is obscure then i won't mention that i used to play crown green bowls at county level when i was a wee nipper monkey

[boldie]

Its taken you 7 months and 15 days to realize that?!?!?!?!?!?!

but ICEHOCKEY?...It's not even a proper sport! and there's nothing to watch as you can't see the puck! and it's cold!

Not that cold in the stadium itself - must confess that poor monkey balance means i've never been on the ice itself. Its a lot easier to keep track of the puck watching a live game provided you havent got a 23 stone brute continually jumping up and down in front of you and once you get used to it on tv it isnt too hard there either

If you think ice hockey is obscure then i won't mention that i used to play crown green bowls at county level when i was a wee nipper monkey

a monkey playing bowls...now that I'd wants to see!

[matt674]

lol, its been a few years (about 15 to be honest) but i think i still have my Tommy Taylor 2-10's in the attic somewhere. whether the back would take the strain nowadays i'm not sure though - i'm getting on a bit now!!

[TightPaulFolds]

Its taken you 7 months and 15 days to realize that?!?!?!?!?!?!

but ICEHOCKEY?...It's not even a proper sport! and there's nothing to watch as you can't see the puck! and it's cold!

Yeah, but there is fighting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZREwv1yf5U

As for tourn v cash, in big MTTs you can invest a lot of time for little or no result at times. You only normally invest a fixed amount of money, however. In cash games you can lose a LOT in a short period. Tournaments are normally far more friendly, it's more of a sport. Cash games can be quite dehumanising sometimes, someone out to take you for all you have and you the same.
I read a thread on a forum about big cash player losses, some are around 12-30 thousand US$ on their worst days. That's a lot of money. Doesn't even cost that to buy into the WSOP main event...

[BrumBilly]

Cash games for me. Much more enjoyable and more profitable.

[Longines]

Hmmm, good question.

Having only recently started playing live, I still really enjoy both disciplines but if I had to choose then the banter and pick-up--the-chair-with-no-hands situations delivered by cash hands probably shades it.

[matt674]

Hmmm, good question.

Having only recently started playing live, I still really enjoy both disciplines but if I had to choose then the banter and pick-up--the-chair-with-no-hands situations delivered by cash hands probably shades it.

You play poker with Wil McCarthy?!?!? COOL - can he really make things levitate?

[boldie]

Hmmm, good question.

Having only recently started playing live, I still really enjoy both disciplines but if I had to choose then the banter and pick-up--the-chair-with-no-hands situations delivered by cash hands probably shades it.

You play poker with Wil McCarthy?!?!? COOL - can he really make things levitate?

but shouldn't you be somewhere else earning diaper money?..back to work monkeyboy!

[matt674]

but shouldn't you be somewhere else earning diaper money?..back to work monkeyboy!

yes, but the boss left at lunchtime and wont be back til monday - provided everything is done when he returns (and me being a quick, super-efficient monkey it will be of course!) then i'm on flexitime

p.s. pot meet kettle 

[boldie]

but shouldn't you be somewhere else earning diaper money?..back to work monkeyboy!

yes, but the boss left at lunchtime and wont be back til monday - provided everything is done when he returns (and me being a quick, super-efficient monkey it will be of course!) then i'm on flexitime

p.s. pot meet kettle 

hehehee are you kidding me...I've played for 5 hours today and am fed up now...had a little nap and am now preparing for some evening games

[johnbhoy76]

I prefer tourneys to cash

I am much more prone to "tilt" in cash games

For example if I have $100 dollars and some clown busts me down to say $30. I get frustrated and start to chase the $70 dollars the end result is that I usually loose the remaining $30.

Now if the same thing happens to me in a tournament and I go from 10,000 to 3,000 chips on a bad beat then I know what I need to do. There is a logical strategy which involves no emotion. i.e what are the blinds?  what is my 'M' etc.... and then it is just a case of picking your spot in order to get back in the game.

In short I just play better in tournaments

[Chili]

There must be some pros who never ever sit in a cash game?  every interview and article I read about Pro players, they always say that they make their rent money,etc from playing cash games and a tournament is a bonus.  Surely there must be some that only play tournaments?   Do you have to be able to play cash games either online or Live to be a full time player?

I am full time, but i never play cash online!  After playing tournaments for years and then trying to learn the discipline of cash - I struggled.  I survive with out it BUT I do enjoy to play some live cash.  I will do it for fun rather than a necessity and get my ass kicked sometimes.

I think you gotta really work on what you are good at and minimise what you suck at, even if it is a laugh sometimes!!

[NoflopsHomer]

There must be some pros who never ever sit in a cash game?  every interview and article I read about Pro players, they always say that they make their rent money,etc from playing cash games and a tournament is a bonus.  Surely there must be some that only play tournaments?   Do you have to be able to play cash games either online or Live to be a full time player?

I am full time, but i never play cash online!  After playing tournaments for years and then trying to learn the discipline of cash - I struggled.  I survive with out it BUT I do enjoy to play some live cash.  I will do it for fun rather than a necessity and get my ass kicked sometimes.

I think you gotta really work on what you are good at and minimise what you suck at, even if it is a laugh sometimes!!

So more cash games in Stoke then?

[Chili]

There must be some pros who never ever sit in a cash game?  every interview and article I read about Pro players, they always say that they make their rent money,etc from playing cash games and a tournament is a bonus.  Surely there must be some that only play tournaments?   Do you have to be able to play cash games either online or Live to be a full time player?

I am full time, but i never play cash online!  After playing tournaments for years and then trying to learn the discipline of cash - I struggled.  I survive with out it BUT I do enjoy to play some live cash.  I will do it for fun rather than a necessity and get my ass kicked sometimes.

I think you gotta really work on what you are good at and minimise what you suck at, even if it is a laugh sometimes!!

So more cash games in Stoke then?

Now THAT was fun!  Students and drunk beginners - corking combination.

[Canuck]

Its taken you 7 months and 15 days to realize that?!?!?!?!?!?!

but ICEHOCKEY?...It's not even a proper sport! and there's nothing to watch as you can't see the puck! and it's cold!

You have just made an enemy for life