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Cash Games Versus Tournament Play

From In The Money: Strategies for Winning Texas Hold'em Cash Games by Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari

Before we dig into specific cash-game strategy, let's take a minute to look at some of the fundamental differences between cash games and tournaments. With the tremendous popularity of the World Poker Tour, many new players are first introduced to Texas Hold 'Em via tournaments. They watch the latest WPT final table on Wednesday night and want to know how they can play that game. While the fundamentals of Texas Hold 'Em are universal, tournament strategy is greatly different from cash-game strategy. So if you are watching the final table of a major tournament, do not walk into your local cardroom and think you are going to beat the cash games by emulating what you saw on television.

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