To be fair the patience element is one of the reasons I play cash rather than tournaments.
Nothing worse than sitting in a tournament for 6 – 8 hours then not cashing, or seeing that the prize pool is only a couple of hundred quid.i like the big tournaments like the goloath simply because the RTI is huge – 70k for 120 buy in is ridiculous.
I am much happier playing 2-5 or 5-10 cash games depending on bankroll and current performance. I find that keeping spreadsheet helps me to monitor where I am loosing and gaining the most then I focus on the more profitable games