Meistro;307431 wrotePeople like to think there are these dramatic differences between tournaments and cash games, but there really aren't. EV is EV. The game is the same, the rules are essentially the same, the odds are the same the decisions are the same. You have to get all the chips to win.
that's a pretty simplistic view of tournament poker, there are tons of times when the highest cEV play is still buring heaps of money... it's been proven mathematically tons of times that playing for the win isn't optimal a lot of times in tournaments