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  1. imonly16 imonly16 is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:26pm)

    ive heard this said about position in tournaments and its like M of 4.5 or M of 14 as in the poker x factor ad, can some one explain this to a noob
  2. tyballs11 tyballs11 is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:27pm) in reply to imonly16

    M = Your chips / Chips in the pot (blinds, antes) preflop
  3. RonKarkovice RonKarkovice is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:28pm) in reply to imonly16

    M = stack divided by blinds/antes

    and its basically the number of orbits before youd be blinded out
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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:29pm) in reply to imonly16

    M is your chip stack divided by the amount it costs you to make one circuit around the table.
  5. imonly16 imonly16 is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:31pm) in reply to imonly16

    thanks everyone
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  6. threebanger threebanger is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:32pm) in reply to imonly16

    Which raises a question, what do people use more, M or amount of big blinds left, when making preflop decisions?
  7. jdawg0913 jdawg0913 is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 12:32pm) in reply to imonly16

    position refers to ur spot at the table. under the gun (utg) refers to the first person to act after the big blind. early position can be utg through 3rd person to act. middle is like 4th through 6. and the last players before the blinds are considered late position.

    m refers to ur stack in terms of the blinds. to calculate m simple add the blinds and antes and divide your stack by that number. for example. blinds 100-200 with a 25 ante at a 10 person table. 300 + 250 = 550. if your stack is 5500 then u have an m of 10 if your stack is 2750 then ur m is 5.

    for my info on this, read harrington on holdem. it really changed my game. hope this helps.
  8. ATD_3 ATD_3 is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 1:05pm) in reply to jdawg0913

    Lots of players panic when they get down around 10-11 BBs. In actuality, you can wait a lot longer to find an ideal spot than many players think and still leave yourself the chance to go deep.
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    Jan 14th, 2008 (1/14/2008 1:22pm) in reply to threebanger

    I generally think in xBB, but pay attention to my M as well. The relation between M and xBB depends on the size of the antes. Antes on FTP are larger than on stars, so the same xBB stack at, say, 200/400 equates to a smaller M on FTP since the preflop pot is bigger (25 Stars ante vs 50 FTP ante at 200/400)
     
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