Serious questions from Me

[kevsul]

Ok Guys, I used to love the poker, and always tried to participate in any tourneys we had, also all focus games, Still play occasionally, and starting to enjoy again. I have read many threads but to save trawling through them all again, as I am sure the answers are there. SteveO had to tell me last year what a cold deck meant. YES I did not know. I don't use poker tracker, Would you say it should now be part of your game plan/play? What do you mean by M and V? (Seriously I don't know) I have only played via my own instincts, thats probably why I have not made decent profits from poker, I have done reasonably well again over last few weeks, and now looking on getting back into the tourney play. I remember playing in the live game at Barries with the PL crew, and folded 10-10 to a raise and a reraise, something I would not have done before,at least a call to hope and hit the set. In 3 recent tourneys now I find myself wanting to go deep, and folding PP's AQ AJ even folding QQ and JJ, this is when Blinds are going to hurt your stack unless you push. Made the money on all plays so far :ok But really enjoying the game again now.

[Hooloovoo]

Re: Serious questions from Me "M" is a term mentioned by Dan Harrington in his books on tournament poker ("Harrington on Holdem", volume I and II). M describes how many more orbits around the table you will survive with your current chip stack. Example: If the blinds are 100/200 and you have a stack of 6000, your M is 6000/300 = 20. If antes are involved then they have to be counted for as well. Blinds 100/200 and ante of 25, with 8 players on the table, means you will pay 25x8 + 100 + 200 = 500 for each orbit. So now your M is only 6000/500 = 12. The M figure is crucial to know at all times during a tourney. There are much more about this to learn, such as "effective M", inflection points, the zone strategy, how you adjust your play to other players M and so on. The books mentioned are neccessary and great reading, and imo, anyone playing without having read them is playing at a serious disadvantage.