Good to hear from you, and thanks for the comment. I think you’re absolutely right, what I’m dealing with is as much to do with the little differences between online and tournament play. The two are different because tournaments rarely offer the opportunity for deep stack poker, and for decisions over all three streets. What they lack in these respects is made up for by having to make a big number of crucial decisions pre-flop.

You hit on one of the most interesting issues in tournament poker, and that is chip conservation. The interesting thing is that different chips can be “worth” different amounts; typically, the last few chips are worth more, as they represent your tournament life. However, I still feel that most players put a little too much emphasis on survival, and that maybe this is for emotional rather than strategic reasons- i.e they want to stay in the tournament for a little longer. One of the interesting things I am seeing recently is people actually not taking the gambleof slow-playing a big hand, when the situation is perfect to do so. They often mutter something like “you hvae to protect your hand,” which is true, but I find that an obsession with this can stop people getting full value out of their big hands.

Hope things are going well mate, and speak again soon. I’m going down to London on Tuesday to play for a few days, which I’ll be updating on here.

See you at a final table soon!

From what i have been reading lately your adjustement is not so much from online to live poker but mainly from tournament to cash game. The difference between the 2 of them is massive as a good cash game player simply have to reach is pocket to rebuy if there is a need rather then taking a risk of putting yourself out of a tourney when there is no need in a tournament. I would have to say that the main difference between the 2 type of game is simply how to protect your chips in a tourney and manage to make the most of them along the way and also passing a lot more playable cash hand.

Let me know what you reckon as of course my comment is probably based simply on my experience and god know you have a lot more then me

Take care Stuart and hopefully one day we meet on a final table.
Dom