Are Cash Gamers Really Better Than Tournament Players?

Tournaments have been called 'the poker equivalent of playing the lottery' (@Alec Torelli) and a few years ago, the world's best online MTT player, @Chris Moorman shared his opinion that 'the best cash game players are better than tournament players'.

The best cash game players are better than tournament players – they are better at playing postflop. Even in an event like the WCOOP main event they have an edge. That’s a tournament but it plays like a cash game because it’s very deep stacked. Even if you’ve had a lot of success in tournaments you’re still going to be in a coffin if Phil Galfond is put on your left!

Now London-based and visiting poker players have an excellent opportunity to see for themselves if these views are valid as the

Cash Game Festival kicks off today!

The first London edition will be hosted by the legendary @Aspers Casino - Westfield Stratford City and cash gamers will be spoiled for choice in terms of variety of games and stakes (see our posts about Sviten Special and Six Plus Hold'em).

For added thrill of competition, the organizers propose an original format today and tomorrow: a Cash Game Tournament. And if you’re wondering what it might be, it’s basically a normal Cash Game but it runs over a limited set of time (2 hours) and with a small sidepot put aside to the eventual tournament winner. There will also be some nice added prizes from Cash Game Festival’s partner companies NordicBet, Guts.com, 888poker and OlyBet to the tournament winners.

The game starts at 18:00 sharp on March 30 and March 31 so players are advised to register at the casino well in advance both days.

More info here.

We look forward to welcoming the cash gamers who will be joining our community from Aspers during the Festival and will be watching the action on the London Cash Game Festival page and on Twitch!

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