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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 7173207, member: 397965"] You can try the different format to find the one, which suit you best. However there are some formats, which are more suitable for both learning and bankroll building than others. So for me the choise should be between: 1. Regular cash games 2. Single table SnGs 3. Small field (<300) MTTs including On Demand SnGs The main choise is between cash games and tournaments, and personally I think, cash games are best for learning the fundamentals of the game. The reason for that is, you only need to focus on playing a hand well and not on other things like payjumps. You also play with deeper stacks on average and get more experience with turn and river play. You learn things like folding top pair, which is boring but sometimes the correct play. For those reasons I personally think, its best to begin with cash games and only consider moving to tournaments, when you can beat at least 10NL. But if you enjoy tournaments more, its ok to go that route instead. Its also fine to combine 2. and 3. and for instance play small field MTTs during the weekend but SnGs on working days. Single table SnGs tend to have more extreme ICM than MTTs, but its still a tournament at the end of the day. I would advice you to avoid: [B]Fast fold (Zoom style) cash games[/B] These games tend to be tougher than regular cash tables, you can not table select, and its much more difficult to identify, what bad players do wrong, and exploit their mistakes. There is also no dynamics, where maybe someone gets tilted, because you always raise them, and at some point they snap and donk off their stack. In short many important elements of the game are missing from these tables. [B]Any kind of hyper turbo games including Spin n Gos[/B] These games tend to be to much of a shove fest, and the lack of deeper stacked play is bad for learning. You can play them later but should not begin there. [B]Heads-up[/B] The problem with this format is, thats its to much specialised, and you will tend to always be paired with some "shark" waiting for you. As a tournament player you need to get experience with heads-up, but you should not specialise in it, at least not in the beginning. If you play 6-18 man SnGs, there will be enough heads-up play in those already. [B]Large field (>300) MTTs[/B] The problem here is variance, which require a big bankroll, and you also dont get enough final table experience. It can be ok to play a few of these in the weekend for variation, but your main focus should be on other game types. [/QUOTE]

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