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Plus this tournament's payout is SO steep that there really is no real difference between cEV and $EV, even on the bubble.

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Right. The flatter the payout structure, the more inclination there is to survive and *move up a notch*.. therefore there will be a noticable chipEV--->$EV differential.

The steeper a payout structure gets, the lesser the difference between chip/$ev decisions.. until you get to the pathological case of winner-take-all.. where the chip values are linear.

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I believe you and Durron are making the exact opposite point. Durron, I believe, is saying that because you make so little money by just squeaking into the money that you can almost ignore the fact you are getting paid anything. Therefore, if a decision is +CEV you should go ahead and make it.

I tend to agree with this thinking. At the very least, doubling up probably more than doubles your chances of going deeper into the tournament IF you know what to do with the extra chips (which a lot of players simply don't).