Learn More About Playing Poker Online: Cash Games Vs Tournaments

The game rules for both tournaments and cash games are almost the same but playing both of them with the same strategy is not very profitable. There are some differences in strategy so to be good at it you need to apply the strategy keeping in mind the situation in which you are playing. With poker there is way too much variety, too many different formats and there are some fundamental differences between online poker cash games and tournaments.

Poker Tournament when playing poker online

A cash game runs continually while a poker tournament starts at a fixed starting time. All players buy ticket to the event and each one start with the same number of chips at exactly the same time. The game for each individual continues until the person has lost all his chips. A fixed number of players who finish are then given the money starting from the winner and going backwards. On most occasions it is 10% of the total number of players at the beginning.  In tournaments when playing poker online it is not advisable to take large risks because there is no refilling and so the number of chips you start with is all you have. Tournaments require quite a large bank roll as opposed to cash games. The most important thing in a tournament is keeping your chips. Tournaments are often multi-table.

The tournament consists of three stages:

Early

Middle

Late

Since almost all the players get to play the early stage of poker, they tend to be well experienced with it.

Stack Sizes

The win in a poker tournament depends on two factors. Namely:

Your stack size compared to the average size of stack

Your stack in comparison to the blinds

In short, when playing poker online your win depends on the number of chips you have. Once you lose your chips, your tournament is pretty much over. Hence the number of chips needs to be kept safe cause there is no refilling unlike a cash game.

 Cash Games

It is one of the most popular forms of poker. In a cash game the number of chips of each player depends on the bank roll, hence richer players will undoubtedly have greater chip stack. Hence those with more chips can take greater risks in the game. Cash games when playing poker online are way less risky than the tournaments though the winning amount is often not that large. One of the most distinguishing factors between cash games and tournaments is that in tournaments the luck plays a very vital role, as for cash games luck is not that important. In a cash game the variations depend a lot on the way the player is playing, the aggressiveness of a player tends to affect his game too often. Cash role includes only one table. A player is a cash game is allowed to quit at any time he feels like and exchange the chips for money. Unlike tournaments, refilling of chips is allowed in cash games. The blinds stay the same, unlike in a tournament, where they increase.