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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Poker tournaments require a totally different set of skills...IMO. Tight cash-game players often get a rude awakening when they venture into tournaments. Dan Harrington is the EXCEPTION rather than the rule.
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One thing about large-field live tournaments that almost nobody seems to realize is that the variance involved is so large that it's unlikely that anyone has outrun it.
There are some mathematical truths about tournament play that players should learn before playing in them-- ICM and the like, as well as a bunch of pokerstove / equilator calculations about how wide ranges play against other hands-- but certainly if you are looking to make a consistent profit in poker, you probably need to play cash games (unless short field tournaments are frequent enough where you play, or you can play large field tournaments online) because at least you have a shot at attaining a decent sample size and establishing a real winrate. You'll never really know if your results in big-field live tournaments are due to running bad or good or your skill level.
