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Shorty35
04-01-2005, 09:31 PM
The general sentiment of this board is, under normal tournament circumstances, to take advantage of any edge - even a small one.

But does the necessary edge to risk all of your chips change as the tournament progresses? Or as your stack size increases?

For example: If you "knew" that you could be in 3 55%/45% (you are favored) races in a row, would you take it? (I am assuming there there is no fold equity in this situation - villans hypothetical cards are face up)

Would the analysis change if each time you were up against a stack equal to yours rather than progressively and proportionately smaller stacks, as would be the case on the first three hands of tourney?

What if you were in the top 5% in stack size and were around the bubble? Would you be more inclined to take it (and potentially build a massive stack), less inclined to take it (and preserve an already significant advantage) or neutral (+ ev plays are independent of stack size).

And would the necessary edge that you are looking for change as a function of either stack size or stage of the tourney?