Refusing to play with short stacked players?

[rchandra]

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I think that's an incorrect assumption; that we will play until one person has most of the money. What is more likely is the short players will double up on me and then cash out shortly after. Also, I don't understand what you mean by "your EV is equal to whats infront of you" ? I am very tired, but, can't my EV only be whats infront of the other players? How can I expect to make more than what they have? I'll admit, I'm a noob to any talk relating to EV.

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Let's say you have $300, and he has $50. Assuming equal skill, I expect you to have $300 _on average_ when you're done playing, no matter how you decide to stop. Since you're equally skilled, you wont gain or lose money each hand on average. If you play until somebody is bust, you will have $350 6/7 times and $0 1/7 times, and vice versa for your opponent - leaving your EV as the same as what you currently have.

Now, what if you want to play until he's bust or doubles up. If you each had $50, these results are obviously equally likely. But what does your having $300 change? He still can't win more than he has in front of him. His being short is like both of you being short.