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Stars bigger $5.50, 9k runners, 35k gtd.

With 1000 runners remaining, average chips, it seems to me that my equity would be like, $35, or with 70 left it would be £500.

Is that right, is it that simple?

Kind of.

First one you can just do 9x5 which is 45.  Everyone starts with 5.  9000/1000 x 5 = 45

70 left you can reduce 9000/70 to 900/7.  That is 130ish.  Multiply 5 by 130 is 650. 

So when you say kind of what you actually mean is no. :)

With 70 left why isn't it 35000/70 = 500?

I may be wrong but you're using the guarantee, that number has been surpassed now due to the amount of runners, hence why doobs numbet is bigger

Prizepool isn't 35k Tom, it's 45k. 9,000 players x $5 each.

Of course. I didn't think. I assumed.

"To make an assumption makes an ass out of you and umption"

Samuel L Jackson?

Once the money has been reached, cash is leaving the tournament so you have to divide your chips by the remaining prize pool to start figuring out an equity figure.

So you won it right?

I think the actual equity would depend on the distribution of the chips.  Average chips usually have higher equity per chip than big stacks.  Probably not a huge difference at the stages in your examples, but could be quite significant at a final table.