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I personally only view ICM calculatioins in regards to calling/pushing. I don't see where "skill" is a factor in the equation. It's simply an adjustment to the call/push ranges.

Ps. I suck at math too.

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The way I see it, skill factors in when determining how much equity you have. For example, ICM might say fold a certain hand because he'll have $23.67 equity when he folds, but ICM only gives him $21.48 equity for a call. Those numbers asuume that the remaining players have equal skill. Obviously his true equity won't be $23.67 because he should be more skilled than his opponents. If this is true, his equity is higher than that. But since skill is not measurable, we can eliminate that factor by just assuming equal skill levels.