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Old 12-22-2005, 03:02 PM
Krazy Dan Krazy Dan is offline
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Default Re: FTOP vs SnG: example.

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I did some calculations a while ago. If you're a pretty big winner at whatever limit (>17% ROI), you shouldn't do this. Less than that, it's either around breakeven even or +EV for you to take this. Also this is assuming 55/45, because its not going to be 50/50.

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Actually, I like his thinking and reasoning here, that since you can always start a new SNG and that doubling up will almost always put you in the money, that you're spending time in a tournament with a higher probability of cashing.

Why would you use ROI as a measurement of this play's EV? I may be a SNG newbie, but certainly we play to maximize our hourly rates, not our ROI. Certainly multitabling lowers ROI but people do it because it can increase their hourly winrate.
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Old 12-22-2005, 03:35 PM
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Default Re: FTOP vs SnG: example.

You're trading off the equity you already have by being in the game as a better player in exchange for the equity you gain as a 13 to 11 favorite. He's saying it's worth doing this if your ROI is less than 17%. The ROI is just a way of measuring the equity you're giving up.

I play low level, so I think I'd be correct in passing this up; but maddog is probably correct in taking it, assuming he's playing at a higher level. So we're both right. Yay!
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