Look at these numbers

[Penguinfan]

Maybe you answerede your own question, maybe he isn't a good cash game player.

I'm not anywhere near the player he is, or you or Pshabi for that matter and we have been over my losing results in the past, but the only place I hae won on any kind of consistant basis is SNG's

A typical cash game for me goes like this (and I'm not joking)

Play tight and fold all but premium hands in position, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold,
Get dealt KK, flop has an Ace and it's three bets by the time it gets to me, fold.

Repeat the fold scenario from earlier, get dealt AA and cap pre flop as well as the flop of 3-5-7, still get bet into and suspect something has gone wrong, check and call to the showdown to see a set of 5's.

Repeat the fold and wait scenrio from earlier and get AK and pay three bets to see a raggedy flop and have to fold.

This is seriously the scenario, now keep in mind it's usually 1/2 or 2/4 so this is the nature of the beast, but I get killed in ring games each and every time I sit down.

In a SNG format I can let the morons kill each other when they get all their chips in pre-flop with A10 vs 33 vs Q9s and can usually start to pile up chips once we get to 5 or 6 handed.

This raises the obvious question "Why don't you play 6-max then?" Well, I don't know, it just doesn't seem to work out either (see above scenario).

Anyway, liek I said, maybe you answered your own question.

[max_barry]

just had a lil look at this post, and im thinking... wow!!!!!

love the profits man, are u a pro?

[johnp158]

Sounds like you're playing too tight. Have you read SSHE? Great resource for loose limit games.

[Talking Poker]

Agreed. You need to be picking up those blinds from time to time and if you are only play the top 10 hands, I think you're missing out. In theory, that will be a close to break even strategy, but you may want to explore opening up your game a bit.

[Penguinfan]

My point was it is possible to do well at tournaments and not cash games. I have heard, but never seen first hand or facts, that Phil Helmuth fits this category.

[Reel Deal]

I can't imagine there's anyway I could make more money playing SnGs than I do at $50 and $100 NL tables, there's just no way. At a cash table I can find and isolate horrible players and basically take them for everything they brought to the table. There are some real maniacs on those tables, all you need to do is be patient, play good cards and let them be the donkeys that they are.