Avg. Finish Distribution
 

I've recently been introduced to Officialpokerrankings.com and I'm wondering whether people look at the Average Finish Distribution statistic as an important one for an MTTer. I know there is a very heavy focus on ROI around here (as there should be), but how useful can AFD be? How large a sample size do we need for this distribution to be statistically significant? What types of distributions are +EV? How much does all of this depend on buy-in level?

For those not familiar, here are two distributions for a couple top players with great ROIs:

vietcong01 (2007)

Early (first 10%): 15%
Early/Mid (next 20%): 24%
Mid (middle 40%): 36%
Mid/Late (next 20%): 14%
Late (final 10%): 10%


Crazy Zachary (2007):

Early (first 10%): 1%
Early/Mid (next 20%): 9%
Mid (middle 40%): 49%
Mid/Late (next 20%): 26%
Late (final 10%): 15%

Do you guys look at/care about this stat?

Re: Avg. Finish Distribution
 

Generally what I've seen from really good players is that they cash somewhat less than decent players (more aggressive) but make more FTs and come in the top 2 places at those final tables way more than your average decent player. It's not that they cash less than a donk or anything, but many average players you'll see cash at like 20 or 25% of the time but rarely make a FT and if they do they go out soon because they limped there with no chips.

Re: Avg. Finish Distribution
 

cool...looks like mine match up well to the masters though at lower stakes...in response I don't give it too much weight though I use OPR a lot!

Avg. Finish
Early 5% (10%)
EM 18% (20%)
Mid. 42% (40%)
ML 21% (20%)
Late 13% (10%)

Re: Avg. Finish Distribution
 

Avg. Finish
Early 5% (10%)
EM 10% (20%)
Mid. 47% (40%)
ML 29% (20%)
Late 9% (10%)

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Re: Avg. Finish Distribution
 

agreed

Re: Avg. Finish Distribution
 

Avg. Finish
Early 9% (10%)
EM 21% (20%)
Mid. 36% (40%)
ML 22% (20%)
Late 12% (10%)

this is mine, but I suck now at MTTs. 50% roi