Cashing %

[Jake M.]

What would you guys say is a good cashing %? Or would you rank it by % of 1st, 2nd's and 3rd's? I am cashing in about 40% of my sit and go's. Is that good? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[TravestyFund]

Great Post, no not really, at all. You have 50 posts and have never heard of FAQ sticky? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[billxo1b]

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What would you guys say is a good cashing %? Or would you rank it by % of 1st, 2nd's and 3rd's? I am cashing in about 40% of my sit and go's. Is that good? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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we usually cash in about 7/10 or 70%[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

inbe4lock

[Dan.]

I have about 92% ITM over the last 12 sngs. Is that goot?!?!

[juiceistilted]

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Great Post, no not really, at all. You have 50 posts and have never heard of FAQ sticky? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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lol tell me u r not one of these post bashers too. lol
Im JK, i'm sure u feel like sying the same thing to me EVERY time i ask u one of my stupid Q's.

[pifhluk]

Cause Im in a good christmassy mood:

What's the highest ITM possible at each level?

There is a limit to how often you can place in the money, even if you are playing against 9 monkeys. All you can do is get your chips in as a favorite when it matters most. How often you are able to do this will depend largely on your opponents... and that's why it's harder to do at the $215's than at the $6's. But even if you found the worst 9 players alive, you could only do so well.

That number is 44.4% or 4/9. I'm not talking about playing against 9 robots programmed to make the worst decision possible on every hand, I'm talking about 9 opponents who are trying their best to win money, but just can't do it (a standard $6 SNG.) 44.4% is simply the best that anybody can do over infinity.

I understand that a whole bunch of people have sets of several hundred SNGs with greater than 44.4% ITM. I understand that a few may even have 1000 or 2000 SNG sets that are slightly higher than this. I also understand the impact of favorable variance and I'm telling you that anybody finishing ITM more than this is on a heater from hell. Period. The best player in the world against the worst players in the world would be very, very, very close to 44.4% ITM over infinity.

So, what's a "good" ITM? Well, I can tell you after watching a whole bunch of really good players play a whole bunch of SNGs, that if you can get 40% at any level above the $11's you are either kicking ass or running hot (or both.) Once you get to the 1000-chip games, right now in 2005 the very best players may be able to achieve 38% over a very large sample.

Again, I understand that a few players may be able to furnish some impressive numbers that seem to prove otherwise... but I don't care because all those players will be gone in a year or less.

[rdgabino]

Pifh,

Great POST!!!!!

[vm1124]

Irie,
Nice post!

p.s. no one plays 10man sngs anymore now that the party's dead, so slightly higher ITM %'s are possible.

[Semtex]

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Pifh,

Great POST!!!!!

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OMG you're a genius!!!

[braminc]

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Cause Im in a good christmassy mood:

What's the highest ITM possible at each level?

There is a limit to how often you can place in the money, even if you are playing against 9 monkeys. All you can do is get your chips in as a favorite when it matters most. How often you are able to do this will depend largely on your opponents... and that's why it's harder to do at the $215's than at the $6's. But even if you found the worst 9 players alive, you could only do so well.

That number is 44.4% or 4/9. I'm not talking about playing against 9 robots programmed to make the worst decision possible on every hand, I'm talking about 9 opponents who are trying their best to win money, but just can't do it (a standard $6 SNG.) 44.4% is simply the best that anybody can do over infinity.

I understand that a whole bunch of people have sets of several hundred SNGs with greater than 44.4% ITM. I understand that a few may even have 1000 or 2000 SNG sets that are slightly higher than this. I also understand the impact of favorable variance and I'm telling you that anybody finishing ITM more than this is on a heater from hell. Period. The best player in the world against the worst players in the world would be very, very, very close to 44.4% ITM over infinity.

So, what's a "good" ITM? Well, I can tell you after watching a whole bunch of really good players play a whole bunch of SNGs, that if you can get 40% at any level above the $11's you are either kicking ass or running hot (or both.) Once you get to the 1000-chip games, right now in 2005 the very best players may be able to achieve 38% over a very large sample.

Again, I understand that a few players may be able to furnish some impressive numbers that seem to prove otherwise... but I don't care because all those players will be gone in a year or less.

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ive read about this 44.4% ceiling, i believe its in the FAQ here, but isnt that referring to 10 man SnGs? im almost positive it is, and that playing 9 man sngs, the maximum ITM% attainable must be higher than this. probably a couple percentage points...