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MickMurrr19
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Due to the flat payout structure of 10 handed DON sngs, ICM dictates an extremely tight strategy and survival is more relevant than chip accumulation. Of course to survive however, you must steal blinds and antes every now and then to avoid blinding out. If my M is less than 10 by the 6th level (12/60/120), I shove any two when folded to in SB or BTN.
Here is the equity you need to break even on a call based on the number of players...
10- 50%
9- 55%
8- 62.5%
7- 71.4%
6(bubble)- 83.3%
Because tournament equity in terms of ICM is more important, getting in with the best hand at face value is not my primary goal. If it's 8 or 9 handed and I shove Q9o on the BTN and get called by 88 by one of the blinds, am I profiting by inducing a mistake from villain? It's 8 or 9 handed and for the call to be profitable he needs at least 55 or 62% to break even. Pocket eights are only winning about 54% against Q9.
Do we gain when villain calls with insufficient equity even if he has the best hand or does that equity simply get spewed off to the other players at the table?
Here is the equity you need to break even on a call based on the number of players...
10- 50%
9- 55%
8- 62.5%
7- 71.4%
6(bubble)- 83.3%
Because tournament equity in terms of ICM is more important, getting in with the best hand at face value is not my primary goal. If it's 8 or 9 handed and I shove Q9o on the BTN and get called by 88 by one of the blinds, am I profiting by inducing a mistake from villain? It's 8 or 9 handed and for the call to be profitable he needs at least 55 or 62% to break even. Pocket eights are only winning about 54% against Q9.
Do we gain when villain calls with insufficient equity even if he has the best hand or does that equity simply get spewed off to the other players at the table?