[MadScientist]

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Oh, and one more thing as a side question:

Would anyone here mind explaining to me the difference between chipEV and $EV. Thank you.

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I don't understand how you can be a winner at the $200 and $500 SNGs.

Also, I'm not trying to insult you or anything. This preflop limp is ATROCIOUS (and wtf? "limp to hit two pair, not top pair?"), and you're also asking the difference between chip_EV and $EV? How are you winning at this level of SNGS? Weren't you 30-tabling the lower limits a while ago?

edit: again, not trying to start a flame war. just trying to figure out how a person limping JTo in MP early game and asking what's chip_EV is doing at the $525s.

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The pf limp is not attrocious if you have game.
Just because some hands are not in the starting hand charts from the books you've read, does not make them attrocious.

Implied odds are huge. On the flop, he had top two pair, which makes the odds of trips much smaller. I would only worry about fours. The guy had the case tens to bust him. It happens.

As for chip EV vs $EV. When you are heasds up, they are the same thing. When you have four people remaining, they are very different. Because you won't see any money if you get knocked out, you need a large edge to make money.
For example, getting all in with 44 vs ATo would be horrible here and actually costs you money under most conditions. If the blinds were huge, things would be diff.