ANOTHER ANNOYING NEWBIE QUESTION??

[darryl2172]

I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY PLAY IN TOURNYS IS ALOT BETTER, THAN MY ACTUAL CASH PLAY. WHAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR THIS? ARE SOME PLAYERS JUST BETTER TOURNY PLAYERS?

[Inthacup]

Your opponents are definitely worse in tourneys than in ring games. You'll get paid off almost every time you hit a hand in a tourney. The most successful single table tournament players are the ones that can correctly adjust from the full table to playing short-handed.

[drewjustdrew]

It is definitely true that some people are better at tournaments than cash, and vice-versa. One explanation for your success can be the short term luck factor. In a tournament, you can play some hands that, in the long run, would hurt you in a cash game. You happen to win them in one tournament and you get a big payday. You win them in a cash game, and your win is not big enough for the odds you were facing to play the hand.

Another consideration is that in a tournament, chip totals are more important than perfect play (in a vacuum). If you have a lot of chips, some otherwise horrible plays are now acceptable based on tournament situations.

It is said that good cash players have a good chance of becoming good tournament players, but good tournament players may, or may not, become good cash players.