Lheticus
Legend
Silver Level
I've made a thread before that talked about this, but this time I intended to. In that prior thread, someone raised very good points that if you can't feasibly expect to build your stack to the point you would if you won the toss/2 to 1/whatever it is by NOT taking the bet a percentage of times that match those odds, it's rather dumb to decline. With this in mind, I've come up with a new guideline for myself, and I'd like to know what you all think:
I believe that if my M-ratio is greater than 30, say 31 or higher, I should not call for my tournament life or shove under any circumstance save a near lock--say, at least 80% vs. 20% odds. 30 or so or lower, if I do win the all in, I gain enough in Ms to have a massive enough advantage to weather a large tournament drought for a considerable time in the tournament. If I have more than 30 Ms however, I already feel comfortable enough to attempt to weather such droughts with what I already have--say if I have an M value of 35, I can let such opportunities to double-up pass me by with enough confidence that I have a reasonable chance of building my stack the slow, steady way.
As I said, I'd be delighted if any of you would care to share their thoughts on this.
I believe that if my M-ratio is greater than 30, say 31 or higher, I should not call for my tournament life or shove under any circumstance save a near lock--say, at least 80% vs. 20% odds. 30 or so or lower, if I do win the all in, I gain enough in Ms to have a massive enough advantage to weather a large tournament drought for a considerable time in the tournament. If I have more than 30 Ms however, I already feel comfortable enough to attempt to weather such droughts with what I already have--say if I have an M value of 35, I can let such opportunities to double-up pass me by with enough confidence that I have a reasonable chance of building my stack the slow, steady way.
As I said, I'd be delighted if any of you would care to share their thoughts on this.