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Interesting that I just made a kind of similar response in another thread.

I think it's a mistake to think that early play isn't important. Perhaps it's not important in achieving a satisfactory ROI...but there's a lot of EV to be gained, because I think most of your opponents play worse throughout the tourney than they do on the bubble. It's just a lot tougher to figure out how to exploit...but when you do, I bet your ROI would improve massively.

Sure wish I had a clue how to do that.

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EV translates directly into ROI. The basic question is "is there EV to be gained/lost" or "does it have an effect on your ROI". They're the same thing.