Why don't most people understand that the conventional notion of pot odds doesn't apply to freeze-out tournament play? The point is that in a tournament, you're dead if you lose all your chips, while you're always alive in cash. Following pot-odds rules in tournaments means significantly fewer final tables.Most people call the NFL post-season the "playoffs". But Bill Parcells always called it the "tournament", and I heard Tony Romo call it the "tournament" in an interview yesterday. My respect for Romo has risen from about a 5 to a 8 because of that.
It's good to recognize what a tournament really is -- regardless what others call it -- and in spite of the rules and jargon associated with it.
