| This is a discussion on The M Factor!! within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Was wondering if anyone had an easy way to explain it.... |
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| The M Factor!! Was wondering if anyone had an easy way to explain it. |
| Play Texas Hold'em Online Poker | The M Factor!! | |
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Basically it is the breakdown most tourney players know: 20+blinds (happy playah), 10 blinds (medium happy), 5 (you gotta move). |
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| I like Makwa's summary. Harrington on Hold'em Volume II covers M nicely. An M under 10 means you're in trouble so you need to be careful about what you play and against who. Drawing hands become less playable so forget about the middle suited connectors and small pairs. When you get to an M of about 5, you're looking to shove with a *huge* range of hands into any unchallenged pot. The reason 5 is the magic number is because you still have enough chips to hurt people (fold equity) and doubling up will be significant should you get called and suck out on them. If you wait until you have an M of 3 to shove not only are you more likely to get called, but doubling up will not improve your situation much. Now, to complicate things a little more, you have to be careful against who you're making these shoves against. Shoving when middle stacks have the blinds are ideal, as you have enough chips to hurt them, so they're only going to call with nice hands (which isn't likely). Big stacks are apt to look you up with less because they can afford it, and short stacks are apt to pick that time to make a stand out of desperation. |
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| re: The M Factor!! poker Quote:
But it's been awhile since I read them. I just need to find time to read before I get involved. |
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Get off the pot, it will only work if people who know stuff can help. Got yr bar in the freezer for now. |
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| M factor Also as Harrington explains when you're faced with a short handed table like 3 handed and the m factor is 6 you need to divide by 3 or whatever number of players areno at yourt able and you actually have a real m factor of 3 because here your blinds will be more rapid and you blinded out faster than at a full table. This is very important to make this adjustment. |
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