1st in chips, add-on???

Dirtsqrl77 · #1 10-04-2005, 12:49 PM

Chipleader in the pokerroom 10k 15 mins to break.
stack is ~16k, average is ~3600.

EV+ to tak ethe add-on?

ZeroPointMachine · #2 10-04-2005, 12:54 PM

Is your stack big enough to be at the final table?
Take the add-on.

#3 10-04-2005, 12:57 PM

I've can't remember where I've read it, I feel like it was Raymer, who did some calculations and showed that it was slightly -EV cash wise to addon with a huge stack since when you cash you will only get a percentage of the money you paid to addon back. And the chips you get won't make a huge difference to you.

This being said I normally add on regardless. If I'm playing in a rebuy I have more than enough funds to afford it so I don't mind tossing out the extra money and pumping my stack.

fnurt · #4 10-04-2005, 02:05 PM

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I've can't remember where I've read it, I feel like it was Raymer, who did some calculations and showed that it was slightly -EV cash wise to addon with a huge stack since when you cash you will only get a percentage of the money you paid to addon back. And the chips you get won't make a huge difference to you.

This being said I normally add on regardless. If I'm playing in a rebuy I have more than enough funds to afford it so I don't mind tossing out the extra money and pumping my stack.

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Yes, but what Raymer means by a "huge stack" is way, way more than 3x the average, like the OP has. The add-on is +EV in 99.9% of cases.

nath · #5 10-04-2005, 05:50 PM

This one of those cases where I'm risk-averse. Even having a big stack, I'll take the add-on because at the point where I have enough chips that it might not be +$EV to do so, I will have enough that since I am in a better spot to win this particular tournament, I will protect that position.