on ev++ pokertools i read the standard deviation of a single table tournament is around 1.7 (at their risk of ruin calculator).

now i play lots of tournaments that only get 20-40 (or 50-80 players).
these tournaments (mainly h.o.r.s.e) have a pretty soft pay-out structure.
combined with the fact that i cant lose my stack early on and my ROI being +50% (77% over 146 games this year), i think the variance is much lower than in holdem-tournaments of a comparable size.

now, if 1.7 is the standard deviation at 1 table sng nlhe, what is it for 3-10 table tournament in my variants? anybody know how to use ev++ pokertool effectively in my spot?

although id love to know how big of a sample would be meaningfull, or at least okay, for an average fieldsize of 11-45 and 46-180 players in these tournaments.
(only less than 5% of my games are turbo's)

wrote some pm's with rusty. that guy is great.
now i solved two stochastic math exercises and feel like a hero.
thank you, rusty.

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