Thread: M Ratios
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Old 07-16-2007, 07:34 AM
drzen drzen is offline
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Default Re: M Ratios

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And how on earth does the average M affect your payout?

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Here is a scenario. You are in the money at the final table. The payout is steep. So as usual, the top four places are a lot better than 8th or 9th. No mystery there. Your M is 7.

If the average M is 30, you are in trouble

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This is to do with the stacks at your table though, as I mentioned. It's not what the Q is that counts, but that you are short compared with the other players *at your table*.

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and need to move fast. If the average M is 2, you can relax a little and let others knock each other out. I would play those two situations very differently.

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It doesn't affect the payout though.

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So really, average M has a relation to Q, as I have been stating in my posts.

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Average M is Q, dude.



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Here is my chart:

High M, high Q - yeah baby.
Low M, high Q - relax and watch others fall.
High M low Q - no so bad, don't do anything stupid, play poker.
Low M low Q - shove and pray.

Does this address your question adequately?

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Not really. I completely agree, of course, but at the final table it's more to do with your relative stack. Yeah, it amounts to the same, but I think that the consideration is your relative stack at all stages.

And it doesn't actually affect your payout, only how you try to increase it!
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