Tournament vs Cash

[john_entony]

I'm having a hard time feeling like I'm playing poker when I play tournaments vs when I play cash games. I know they are different beasts, but sometimes I find it so hard to apply any strategy to the tournaments because it's just an all-in fest. Because of that, I play fairly tight, but I still end up losing too many chips just trying to see a flop with a good hand (if it doesn't hit, I'm screwed).

Is this normal? Is it because I'm playing lower stakes?

It's not always like this. I've had fun and made a few final tables, but most of the time it seems to be how I described above.

Are there any good resources I should check out in regards to how to play tournaments vs cash games?

If you only play tournaments with good hands without any trickery, you are unlikely to achieve any success in poker. I try to analyze my hand stats during tournaments: if I see that I play very tight, I can find an advantage in it by playing a bigger range of hands and vice versa. You need to be more flexible in poker.

 

[stank12345]

I will play cash a lot of times because I don't have hours to spend playing poker although I like tournaments better

 

[EmptyHouse]

I prefer tournaments because that's where most weak players play.