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Old 01-30-2008, 06:25 AM     Post subject: What is M #1 (permalink)  
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I keep hearing people talk about M in there post. They say oh you have a high m or a low M. What is this?
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Hi and welcome to FTR, it's good to have you here.

M is a measure of your stack size compared to the blinds and antes in a tournament. For example, if your stack is 1500 and the blinds are 100/200, then your M is 1500/(100+200) = 5. If your stack is 5000 and the blinds are 200/400 ante 25 and there are 8 players on your table, your M is 5000/(200+400+(8*25)) = 6.25.

Another way of thinking about it is - at the current blind level, how many orbits would it take for you to be blinded away if you folded every hand?

The reason M is important is that it determines how you play in a tournament. If your M is high (say above 20) you can play "normally". However, if your M is low (say 7 or below) then your only move is to shove all-in preflop since a standard raise would commit you to the hand.

Hope that helps!
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welcome to FTR and if you really want to learn a TON, read the sticky's here, go get Harrington on Hold'em (if you play tournaments) and read every post that Taipan posts.

Do those three and I guarantee you will be a winning player.

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whats up bigteif? your the guy from stars right? welcome to FTR, I'm glad you took my advice.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-ratio


 
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