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Question: numbers, have a stab
anything under $40
$40 exactly still
$40.00-$40.25
$40.26-$40.50
$40.51-$40.75
$40.76-$41.00
$41.01+

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« on: January 23, 2007, 12:05:57 AM »

Hand analysis board type post this, but not about any specific hand so I put it here.


You play an STT, you've payed your money and sat down. It cost you $33 to enter, but you win an average of $40 for each one you play.

Your seat is worth $40 to you as the first hand is dealt. Or $40 is your expected return from this tournament.

On that hand, you fold, but one player knocks another out.

There are now eight players instead of nine, the top 3 pay.

As the second hand is dealt, what is your seat worth to you?



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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2007, 12:08:02 AM »

higher!
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2007, 12:09:02 AM »

Same?
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2007, 12:10:17 AM »

higher!

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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2007, 12:12:08 AM »

In a winner takes all tourny your seat would be worth the same.
However in a structured payout such as an Stt your seat value would increase due to the number of entrants falling because it is not a mandatory requirement for your chip stack to increase in order to profit in this game. Hence you could come second with only 1 chip. Therefore when a player is knocked out, although u havent gained chips, u have gained monetary equity.
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2007, 12:14:49 AM »

7/33*100*8/7= 24.24%

Ur expected ROI increases from 21.21% to 24.24%. Therefore ur seat is worth $41
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2007, 12:15:33 AM »

Using ICM I get $40.69.
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2007, 12:16:26 AM »

Hand analysis board type post this, but not about any specific hand so I put it here.


You play an STT, you've payed your money and sat down. It cost you $33 to enter, but you win an average of $40 for each one you play.

Your seat is worth $40 to you as the first hand is dealt. Or $40 is your expected return from this tournament.

On that hand, you fold, but one player knocks another out.

There are now eight players instead of nine, the top 3 pay.

As the second hand is dealt, what is your seat worth to you?






I havent got a clue, but I bet you have worked it out before asking.....and being a scot, you will have worked it out to the penny. Kiss
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2007, 12:17:18 AM »

7/33*100*8/7= 24.24%

Ur expected ROI increases from 21.21% to 24.24%. Therefore ur seat is worth $41

Dubai, are you Scottish??
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« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2007, 12:18:25 AM »

I haven't worked it out already, never used ICM
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2007, 12:21:09 AM »

I see Rob Sherwood is reading this thread. He loves these questions Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2007, 12:21:53 AM »

I'll give you $5 for it.
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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2007, 12:22:23 AM »

I haven't worked it out already, never used ICM

Using standard 50/30/20% payout and 1500 starting chips I worked out how many starting chips a player with a return of $30 would need to have to get a return of $40 (2160 chips). I then knocked one player out and gave another 3000 and got the answer $40.69.
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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2007, 12:30:31 AM »

In addition to a straight ICM do you not have to do apply a discount factor for the fact that someone has doubled up therefore your chances of winning the 50% for first are ever so slightly less than they were pre-hand one? In effect therefore you have to re-weight the three payout spots

This will have the effect of slightly reducing your expected return

   time for a maths 
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« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2007, 12:44:13 AM »

Not quite sure what you are getting at Tighty, but I think your chances of winning 1st place would slighlty increase too. Are you implying the opposite?
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