I'm a NL ring player, please help me get started with tourneys

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Read "Harrington on Holdem", particularly volume 2, which deals with shallow money issues which are different from cash games.

Do a search of this forum for posts by Greg (Fossilman) in the last 3 years. He hasn't posted much on strategy since May 2004.

You don't need a real deep bankroll if you are good. However, you are playing to make final table or top 3 finishes, which is your real source of winnings, so there is a lot of variance.

The main differences with cash play is that late in tournaments hands are mostly decided preflop and shallow money requires a number of adjustments.