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nameless1537
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hi... I’m new here, and I’ve tried searching the forums about this, but haven’t really found anything on this subject, to my surprise. I’ve started playing online poker over 10 years ago and built up a small bankroll using deposit bonuses, winning freerolls and micro MTTs and SNGs. I took a loooooong break and now getting back into it after I’ve started playing on my tablet, allowing me to play anywhere in my house (rather than being tied down to my desktop from back in the day).
I’ve skim read a bunch of poker books, but Harrington was the one I leaned on to build my bankroll. I started reading “Kill Everyone” to learn strategies for a more modern game and coming across the concept or the “bubble factor” and having problems with it conceptually and wondering if anyone can help me break this down. I know you can’t realistically calculate this in game, but I am hoping you can have a way of estimating it on an intuitive level.
As I understand it (and I might be wrong), a higher bubble factor means that you are more sensitive to losing a chip than winning one... so a bubble factor is 3 means that a chip lost is 1.5x more valuable than someone with a bubble factor of 2. Is that a reasonable statement to make? So does that mean that someone with a higher bubble factor needs to play more conservatively, and have higher requirements to calling all-in bets?
My question is... what factors are the determinants to people’s bubble factors increasing / decreasing? Is it primarily a factor of one’s stack size - a higher stack size means a higher bubble factor? And being short stacked means a lower bubble factor? Is the lower bubble factor the equivalent of a “nothing to lose” mentality when making or calling raises?
I just want to make sure I am getting the concept right. Trying to read the book, and this whole section is slowing me down...
Thanks in advance...
I’ve skim read a bunch of poker books, but Harrington was the one I leaned on to build my bankroll. I started reading “Kill Everyone” to learn strategies for a more modern game and coming across the concept or the “bubble factor” and having problems with it conceptually and wondering if anyone can help me break this down. I know you can’t realistically calculate this in game, but I am hoping you can have a way of estimating it on an intuitive level.
As I understand it (and I might be wrong), a higher bubble factor means that you are more sensitive to losing a chip than winning one... so a bubble factor is 3 means that a chip lost is 1.5x more valuable than someone with a bubble factor of 2. Is that a reasonable statement to make? So does that mean that someone with a higher bubble factor needs to play more conservatively, and have higher requirements to calling all-in bets?
My question is... what factors are the determinants to people’s bubble factors increasing / decreasing? Is it primarily a factor of one’s stack size - a higher stack size means a higher bubble factor? And being short stacked means a lower bubble factor? Is the lower bubble factor the equivalent of a “nothing to lose” mentality when making or calling raises?
I just want to make sure I am getting the concept right. Trying to read the book, and this whole section is slowing me down...
Thanks in advance...