I just realized how much I enjoy playing MTT's. I played 5 today and cashed in two of them and won one of them (and busted out early in the other two). These were freerolls and micro-limit tournaments, but the feeling is a lot different than STT's.

I noticed the following things. Please help correct any misconceptions that I may have (being fairly new to poker also). On just a positive note, I almost went broke the other day playing STT's and cash games using poor BR management, so I played a couple freerolls which gave me enough to enter a $0.10 360 MTT on Poker Stars. Winning it gives me enough to play another one tomorrow!

Okay, here:
1. MTT's seem to involve more luck than STT. With so many players, you need a lot of hands go your way to possibly win.
2. Getting behind early is tougher to come back from as the tournament progresses. At one point, I had about 3000 in chips and the table chip leader had like 30,000. It took a couple lucky double ups.
3. You need to play a little tighter than you might in an STT, as people seem to be more likely to shove at almost any point.
4. It's harder to get reads on your opponents as you may be often changing tables, although it is still important to observe what you can.
5. Sometimes, you can come in and surprise people when you first arrive at a table. I got to a new table and was the chip leader. I got a marginal hand (J9s) hand after a couple folds, and raised big pf, and cbet to win a decent pot. I probably wouldn't have done that if I was at a table with the same people for a while.

I'll stop there. I'm guessing I'm a little naive about a couple things and I'm sure more skill is involved at higher stakes, but that was my view from playing the micros and freeroll MTT after spending most of my albeit young poker career at STT's.

Cheers!

these things are a little off. in MTTs i find myself generally playing looser than in an STT, trying to accumulate chips with speculative hands in position more often. I also find that it's easier to get reads on opponents in MTTs than STTs, as you are often at a table with the same players for a long time and can adjust and sometimes re-adjust to their tendencies.

otherwise your perceptions are pretty good. seeing how difficult it is to come back from being shortstacked should really impress upon you the value of accumulating chips early.

1: IMO does MTT not involve more Luck than STT. MTT is a longer process-
3: Usually in MTT do you start Tight and after continue with playing your Stack