[jackaaron]

It seems that Mason and Snyder are saying the same thing in different ways.

Is it possible that Mason is thinking in terms of live, larger buy in tournaments where players actually feel that they have a stake in the tournament, and Snyder is talking about smaller buy in tournaments online! with $200.00 or less buy ins? There's no denying how fast the tournaments are online, especially compared to live play. The speed of the tournament does actually cause you to play differently. For example, I realize that if I don't get a few premium hands in the first 20 minutes of a turbo MTT on Stars, I'll be in huge trouble vs. if I was playing a live event with 90 minute blinds starting at 25 25, and 10k chips.