Do you think playing cash games helps your tournament game???

[grndizzle]

I was just curious to hear your thoughts on this. I have been playing nothing but .25/.50 NL on Absolute's bad beat jackpot tables for about the last month. So I decided to play a 2$ tournament on Cake poker with some freeroll winnings and took 3rd out of 170 people. I wasn't expecting to do that well not playing a MTT or even a sit n go in about a month. So I was just wondering whether or not you think playing cash games helps your tournament play?

[WiseGuy007]

Grndizzle,

I think an advantage may come from a reading your opponents perspective. I have had similar results after having gone long stretches of playing strictly cash games. I just felt I picked up on my opponents tendacies a bit quicker and faired better as a result.

[frob23]

In that you need to adjust your play based on the stack sizes and how your opponents are playing, cash can help your tournament game. Of course, if you don't adjust properly and continue to play like there are 100xBB+ stacks behind everyone... then you'll suffer when you play tournaments.

But you probably don't do that.

[BUILDMO]

I personally think just the opposite.
I have played mtt's and sng's strickly for a while.
Recently just started playing cash games, and have found that the discipline required for the long haul, does in fact help the cash game play.

In cash games you tend to play a little loose, and make calls you normally wouldn't in mtt's.

Either way, if you have the discipline, you will win in both types of games.

[Krahsami]

You play the hand you gain more experience playing poker. It's when you don't play the hand that will never help.
Your going to have to deal with differnet stategy of playing but playing never ever hurt your game.

[infinii]

Yes and no.

Yes because cash games are more geared towards post flop play which you've probably become better at.

For mtts, the area of concern is stack sizes in relation to bb. You simply can't splash around in pots like you do in cash games because you cannot reload/top up your stack. ICM is also important. Then in mid/late stages of tourneys, postflop play is basically non-existent as you rarely see stacks larger than 30bb so it becomes a shove fest.

[jowito]

cause with limit to no limit everything changes just like tourny vs money one is an art the other a science

[big_rob187]

in this world you have to be rich to get rich

[scoobyj]

I tend to play a bit loose on cash games depending on the play at the table. But with large multi-tables you need to be able to adapt and vary your play if you want to make the final table.

[LyndaNova]

I don't think playing cash tables necessarily makes one a better player in tournaments.

Actively playing and 'practicing' so to speak definitely help though.

[Arielstorm]

I play different on the ring games compared to tournament games.

[atnmsdaddy]

i think it does because you are alittle tighter than with play chips therefore you call less crazy odds

[msjoker999]

yes it is very helpful if you have the money to join these freeroll event that require buy-in it really doesnt matter to me

[Vito_Nuccio]

Yes and no.

Yes because cash games are more geared towards post flop play which you've probably become better at.

For mtts, the area of concern is stack sizes in relation to bb. You simply can't splash around in pots like you do in cash games because you cannot reload/top up your stack. ICM is also important. Then in mid/late stages of tourneys, postflop play is basically non-existent as you rarely see stacks larger than 30bb so it becomes a shove fest.

I agree with infinii

Two different monsters here each requiring a different approach. It will help your overall poker skills by playing different types of games. But one must realize the differences between them. Study each game, play them and adjust in each type accordingly.

Good Luck.