Re: A plea to omgwtfnoway (re the variance thread blowup)
It's unfortunate that the original topic was locked. I am wondering what affect the game structure has on the HUCG vs HUSNG variance question. A tourney has an obvious endpoint, it is over when someone loses all of their chips or 1 buyin. However a cash game has no defined endpoint. Say HUSNGs average 50 hands per match (just guessing), the most each player can win or lose is one buyin at the end of the match. In theory a cash game player can win or lose 50 buyins in the same 50 hands. More to the point, a cash game player can have multiple buyin swings within those 50 hands and still win or lose just one buyin as the end result. Does this affect variance?
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