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If you want a hung-up tree to drop vertically, to free up, a clean break is good, if you are dealing with a tree where you want it to slab out, then leaving that top strap does give a situational benefit.

Alternately, cut down from the top, and when it starts to close, start reaming the cut. You can have a heavy saw with a long bar, and simply pull back and forth, without lifting it, to let the top-bind close at the top of the log, and keep cutting out the bottom. You can be in a "down and out"...