Poker strategies - moving from cash to tournaments

[kad222]

How do you adjust your strategy when transitioning from cash games to tournaments?

 

[dannystanks]

Study stack size strategies. In the cash game you can constantly play from a deep stack with blinds that don’t change. In the tournaments you have to prepare to play now where time is an enemy.
Also study ICM.

 

[dompoker]

I don't think there's a strategy, there are just lucky days and some unlucky days.

 

[pentazepam]

Train at coinflips

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[eberetta1]

Easier to make moneys in tournaments as most do not want to waste their time so they look for a qyick double up in first 15 minutes. So if you be oatient the first 15 minutes , the odds improve for you to get in the money.

 

[dreamer13]

If you sit down at the table for fun, you don't need any strategy. Millions around the world play poker for fun. They don't set a goal to make money. Amateurs act on intuition, not within the strict framework of discipline. Beginning professionals need to delve deeper into the concepts.A universal win-win strategy is a poker player's dream, but it does not exist. None of the styles are used in their pure form; the techniques need to be combined. For example, in most situations, a player carefully waits for strong hands, but at the right moment will not disdain to call the bet. Entering a multi-pot by calling with a low pocket pair is an example of a departure from a tight strategy.

 

[kaynbergo]

I play in micro-tournaments where most players have the same strategy, or rather they just don't, so I just play with a map.

 

[Poker Orifice]

How do you adjust your strategy when transitioning from cash games to tournaments?

A lot of tournament play will be played on effective stacks of 20-to-40bb's. It's important to learn how to play on stacks of this size.
In cash game play we are making plays based on cEV where as in tournament play we're concentrating on ICM.

 

[Igor Popadyk]

in tournaments you don’t choose the table and players, and in a cash game you can always buy more