sunirico
Visionary
Silver Level
I've been consuming a lot of content lately so I don't recall exactly who planted this seed. It was something on the lines of top 5 mistakes people make in SNG or similar. If you have any idea please post a comment to jog my memory. He kept on repeating:
Medium stacks avoid big stacks it's -EV?
I would usually target the "big stack bully" even raise rags pre-flop only to fold when he 3 bets to prepare him for when I do have something that beats his range and he eagerly allows me to double up.
Now I get the point that it is not worth the risk, since he covers you and you stand to lose your tournament life. But even if you double up. it's -EV... he says.
I do know that EV in tournaments are calculated different to EV for a single hand at a ring game as it incorporates the earnings made at the end of the tournament. But what I can't grasp is how can doubling up mean -EV?
Anyone that can shed more light, please?
Medium stacks avoid big stacks it's -EV?
I would usually target the "big stack bully" even raise rags pre-flop only to fold when he 3 bets to prepare him for when I do have something that beats his range and he eagerly allows me to double up.
Now I get the point that it is not worth the risk, since he covers you and you stand to lose your tournament life. But even if you double up. it's -EV... he says.
I do know that EV in tournaments are calculated different to EV for a single hand at a ring game as it incorporates the earnings made at the end of the tournament. But what I can't grasp is how can doubling up mean -EV?
Anyone that can shed more light, please?