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Originally Posted by Guma Sorry to thread jack from the main topic of the OP, and please excuse my ignorance...
What are you guys talking about when referring to his M or M < 7? |
Hey Guma
M was defined in the Harrington on Holdem books (some pros use other terms to describe it). It is basically a ratio of blinds/anties to your stack size and can dictate how you have to play in a tournament. If you let your "M" fall too low, you are pretty much statistically eliminated from a tourney as you would need to double up 2-3 times quickly to survive.
A simplified example - is when your stack falls below 10x the big blind. If you are in that situation, you only have one real move when entering a pot - push.
Tomb had ~ 26,500 in chips
blinds/anties for a round are 3900 (each rotatin costs a player this many chips).
26500/3900 = 6.8, I "adjusted" this to 6 as pokerstars plays 9 handed instead of ten (you adjust downward as the table gets smaller since the BB hits you more often).
M>20, good shape. Play whatever form of poker you want.
M10-20: OK shape, tighted up the starting hands and play strong holdings aggressively.
M5-10, poor shape, but not dead. Tight is right - and attack with strong hands.
M<5, you need help. You need to push allin enytime there is a reasonable chance to pick up the blinds/anties. Luck has to be on your side - cuz you will get called by almost anything reasonable since you cannot really scare anyone off.
M<3, critical. Push/call any hand. You need to luckbox out several times to survive.
Tomb's hand is tricky - he is not 5 or under, but any PF raise puts him there. If he os prepared to call the reraise, he is better off pushing as there is a much better chance that dominating hands would fold.
