Quote Originally Posted by zengrifter View Post
The love is mutual, mon ami ... but why does martingale work in tourneys then?
In a tournament, the Martingale increases your odds of making up a fixed deficit because you have to lose a fixed number of hands in order to fail. If you do fail, you will have busted out, but in a tournament, that's the same as falling short by a single chip.

Summary: Improved odds of success for no risk.