Re: I think Mason is relying on too narrow a definition of M
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I think Mason is relying on too narrow a definition of M in this discussion.
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Mason is failing to acknowledge that the M for any given stack size changes not only with increasing antes/blinds but also with how quickly those antes/blinds go up. How can he deny tournament speed is important when how long any given stack size stays in any given zone (without playing a hand) depends upon tournament speed? Mason was wrong twenty years ago and is wrong now. There is a obvious correlation between tournament speed and M. M depends upon the antes/blinds, which in turn increase depending upon the tournament structure, either quickly or slowly. To say that tournament speed determines how you play a stack size is technically incorrect because M determines that but M itself is dependent upon tournament speed. Superficially, M appears to do away with tournament speed because tournament speed need not be mentioned when explaining M. Indeed, it is possible as Harrington has shown to write really worthwhile additions to poker literature without mentioning tournament speed just as books on learning to drive do not mention the laws of mechanics.
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