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1) What is the best way to model the impact of a good player taking a seat at your table?

2) If you sit down for a SNG, how many known good players would need to take a seat before you get up?

Paul

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A few things about your post in general:

It is a poor assumption that either the winning or losing players would have a consistent roi given the inroduction of more positive roi players. It is more likely everyone will do a little worse.

Also In terms of how mnay good players, that depends. I know people that are winning players (probably not by much) who I have notes on but love to play with if I can get the right seat because they have highly exploitable weaknesses.

You can't make assumptions like 15% roi players play identically to acheive those results...that just isnt the case, the odds are that one will fair better then the other becuase of their playing style, or the fact that they can better adjust to the introduction of a skilled player.

I have other thoughts but I'll let others get into it.