yeah, my cash game tore up my early MTT game before I realized what I was doing. First round... AJs? Hell yeah, pump in a 4xBB raise, it'll protect my big pairs later.... oh wait, I have no more chips.

oh, and DVO, to answer the question you asked of me, I think its psychological. On ESPN, how do the tournaments function? They have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Do cash games? not really, and most of these donks dont wanna be Joey Kanish. The fact that SNG's look like a final table is the only reason they're so easy to clean up on.