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ROI vs distribution of your cashes (question) ROI vs distribution of your cashes (question)

12-01-2015 , 10:50 PM
Is there a reference somewhere on a large sample size that would show what various styles or what is common distribution for the following question?

If you were playing 10,000 tournaments and you expect to cash ITM in 1200 to 1800 (12%-18%) then what would a typical "good" tournament players distribution (histogram) look like?

example:
out of 1500 cashes then something like the following might occur (rounding to nearest integer):

1100 cashes of the <3 buy-ins (70-80% of time you cash?). Are 80% of your cashes min type cashes of 3.5 buy-ins or less?
355 cashes - 3 buyins to 5 buyins
45 cashes (3% of cashes) of >5 buy-ins including hopefully some that are 50 buy-ins+. Is this realistic? Too high or too low for good tournament player?

I realize style of play will affect this and other factors relating to aggression, but just wondering if there are informational sources i could read regarding this topic?

I have 13 hendon mob cashes and 10 are <=3.5 buy-ins (2-3 are at 2.8-3.5) , one at 11 buy-ins and one at 37 buy-ins (i'm only counting $235+ tourneys). My ITM is around 15% of the time, but wondering on the distribution as finishing 25th out of 505 only gets to 3.3 times buy-in on $300 tourneys typically (yes, i know small tournament history, but got to start somewhere!) due to higher rake percentage than higher $ tourneys.

Thanks for any tips or advice or pointing me to sources of information on this type topic.. just curious if this matters or people even look at it or just focus on their ROI? The numbers are fictitious as i haven't played that many live tourneys, but just looking to compare as min-type cashes will be the most of your cashes, but wondering what is a typical percentage (as a benchmark). I realize extremely high variance and small sample size for amateur players.

Just extremely hard to get >5 buy-ins and wondering what percent of time is achievable in a person's cashes. or >10 buy-ins or >30 buy-ins, etc (whatever are standard benchmarks).



Thanks in advance!

Last edited by steelchef; 12-01-2015 at 10:56 PM.
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