[dfan]

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You want 1-2 or 5+ callers.

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I would have tended to agree with this, but now I'm not so sure after running pokerstove.

If you plug in limper with top 50% of hands, you with 77, and possible callers to your right playing top 33% of hands you get (assuming 1.5 bets from the blinds, plus 2 bets for each player that sees the flop):

2 players(limper,you)=5.5 bets x .57 equity = 3.14
3 plyrs(limp,you,1 cold caller)= 7.5 x .38=2.85
4 players(limp,you,2 ccs)=9.5 x .28=2.66
5 players(limp,you,3 cc's)=11.5 x .23= 2.65
6 players(limp,you,4 cc's)=13.5 x .20= 2.70

Got almost identical results when I gave the cold callers top 50% hand range.

So this suggests that your equity is almost the same whether there are 3, 4, or 5 callers.

Ooops, I just realized the problem with this analysis is that this it is based on showdown equity. Most of the 77 hands with 4 or more players won't reach the river. So never mind. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I'll post it anyway since I went to the work of computing it. Or in case an NL player wants to know if his/her chip EV changes when going All-In vs. 3, 4, or 5 callers. It doesn't, much. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]