Having coming from cash and being newish to the tourney environment, over the last month it strikes me that some tournies are much much better value than others.

For instance whats the point in playing turbos when we see half the amount of cards that occur in better blind structured tournies? Surely to inflict an edge you need to see as many cards as possible. In cash this was great obv, but it doesnt seem so in these games. 

Are you looking for a strict payout criteria to fill such as first place being 20x the BI?

It's possible i'm just being naive, and it just comes down to preference, or maybe even just filling up a quota of tables to play. In any case I'd love to here how you guys go about picking and choosing.