THE TRUTH BEHIND LATE REGISTRATION IN POKER TOURNAMENTS

Learn more about our partner vip-grinders.com/ and how to get access to the best rakeback deals and $10,000 in exclusive freerolls: www.vip-grinders.com/go/poker-bounty

I prefer to be there when the tournament starts, because all the bad players are still in the tournament. Like me. :)

I remember when you had only 30 min late reg and they would blind your stack out

In my local tournaments when the tournament starts the only ones there are the out of city regs. If you start then you will start at a tougher table. If you start 30 minutes later you end up in tables with the local recreational players that are much softer.

No late registration after the first trimester. That will solve all the issues.

Well, you get to see more cards when you start the tournament with the blinds being so small so that will automatically give you an edge to build your stack without losing your stack. The only disadvantage is mental fatigue. Late regs will have to wait for a hand and push all-in in hope to double up. But like this video say, you don't risk playing all day for nothing. If you gamble and double up, you're in great position to push into the money.

What I find annoying is you build a stack of say a hundred bb and then you end up on a table full of ten bb stacks and end up in a shit situation. When I’ve registered late usually I’ve noticed you can just double up and maybe steal a few pots and it’s not long before you’re in the money and does feel an bit wrong because there’s a lot less skill involved. You sit down short and shove with the first playable hand or situation and if you are lucky you win and are well in for a chance of a cash. If you register early and tou have to play well for a lot longer

Poker bounty and finding equilibrium are for sure the best poker channels on YT. great information!!

If you´re a good poker player then you would definitely want to play as much time as possible, because you as the better player will get more value the more time you commit into playing. And if you´re confident in your poker skills, then why wouldn´t you play for as much time as possible? Nothing wrong with late registration in my opinion, but it surely does decrease your chance of winning because you will see less hands and therefor see less possible value spots.

Sometimes blinds are so slow and stacks are so deep that missing the first few hours hardly changes anything. It’s almost set up for only coolers and awful play

There is An advantage to buyin deep stackt or at 12.5bb or less, u got all tools deep and no open folds buying in around 10bb

4:52 Ed sheeran with the "joker and the queen" on the "river" ...

If you are a good player at all forms of stack depths late registration will not increase your ROI %, but it may increase your hourly rate in some circumstances.

I think late regging is +EV, but only if a small number of people do it. If everyone starts late regging, then any EV edge you get is erased.

Cool tip that I never thought of before. Do you have any other videos with simple tips like this to get an edge?

I used to almost always late reg because I was good at short stack play.

I hate rebuy tourneys even though it’s a bigger prize pool

They have to get rid of these crazy late reg after the first break every tournament registration should be over

Late reg is only a good idea for smaller tournaments imo. It gives you a higher chance to cash. Larger tournaments it's not that important unless you know you don't have the mental stamina for the long days of playing and sitting one or 2 days out will leave you mentally fresh to play the last few days. However, I've late reg several times and was blinded out due to having no good cards at all and blasting a desperate all in at the end to lose to bigger stacks. If you register early you have more chances to get good cards and make plays. Even early regs sometimes get crap cards and get blinded out so imagine on day 2 or 3 you're the small stack getting bullied by many larger stacks? Math doesn't add up. So in my opinion if it's a long tournament don't get involved unless you can play it till the end. A perfect example is Zhang or other players who lose the lead or make stupid mistakes due to mental fatigue and trying to get it over with compared to making different plays if they were well rested and more alert on the table. 🤷‍♂️

I would rather start early and build my chip stack up early.