[Nicholasp27]

M is not the same as thinking in terms of how many bbs you have, as M is sb+bb (+ antes, if applicable)

800 chips, 100/200 level
=4bbs
=2.66 M


also, he says u should use EFFECTIVE M, so you multiply M by the % of people left at table...so your M is halved if there are only 5 left...but in a SNG, that doesn't work too well, because

5 people left

you have 4000 chips
blinds are 200/400

M=6.67
effective M = 3.33

you really aren't in the red zone with 4k chips with 5 people left in an 8k chip tourney...that's why sngs don't use M (especially effective M) as well as deep-stack MTTs


also, we use ICM to guide our decisions when u are <10bbs, so no need for M when ICM is more accurate and applicable to sngs