Originally Posted by FngKestrel

Logik: I find that in the short run, luck plays a larger factor than skill. Suppose you have a slight mathematical edge on someone in a given situation. You'd want that situtation to come up as often as possible. Depending on the behavior of your opponent, sometimes you'll come up ahead and sometimes you'll be behind, but in the long run, that mathematical edge will be what ultimately keeps you ahead. That's how casinos stay in business.

In a tournament, with the blinds rising constantly, you're not given a chance to take advantage of that mathematical edge. If you run into a player that makes a loose call to your overbet even though you've taken away his pot odds, that's the kind of person that you want at a ring game because you know that given a similar situation, you can probably count on them to call you again. On the chance that he gets lucky and makes his hand, you know that the next time that situation comes up, when he doesn't make his hand, you'll have made your money back. With your adjustment of the pot odds and his loose calls, you can guarantee that the mathematical edge is in your favor. In a ring game, you can afford to wait out for that next situation. In a tourney, that first play may make you short stacked or take you out of the game completely.