When studying Push/Fold/Call ranges,

Is the utilization of "M" the correct way to best study to improve our ranges?

And if "M" is the superior marker of when we should be shoving etc,
does effective "M" come into play in say a 2 table SNG,

I.e

Sometimes your table will be down to 5-6 guys while waiting for the final 9 to proceed to the final table.

Say we have a regular M of 9, but there is only 5 players left, so we would
take the 4 missing seats and divide by 9 and get .44, so then our equation to determine our actual M, is 9 (our original m) x (4/9) = 9 x (.44) = 3.96, therefore while under these table dynamics, we should be shoving like our M is in reality 3.96?

I have SNGWIZ and I want to be able to study/quiz spots, is there an effective way to utilize this software for studying purposes to eventually be able to have solid ranges in game?

I just use BB for 18mans personally. They're really soft tbh.

Mango what stakes ur playing stating 18s are soft nowadays?

$3.5 , i suck at anything higher than 3.5$ MTTSNG.

I think 99% of people use bbs instead of M these days...

@op: Use nash and then readjust Ranges if players are to loose or tight.Sngwiz will do more harm than good to your game.

Use BB and just adjust ranges depending on effective stack and table size

I think it's actually the opposite ...sngwiz is much better than nash.

+1111

Well everybody has his own opinion.

Personally I've never used M for my game. I have always preferred using bb's. I usually start looking to get into push/fold between 8-10bb, sometimes higher and sometimes lower, depending on the other players at the table, stack sizes, and how many players are left. Really though, 18 man sng's are easy games, they were about the only sng I played on Stars when they still let me play there besides 180's

The example I quote below was in reference to 180 mans, but the concept still applies. M is a far superior guide to studying ranges than bb is.

As far as this bit goes, the work-around used by most players is that their ranges depend on the number of players left to act. So in that regard, using bb's to guide your play approximates somewhat to using an M ratio, because we're shoving UTG (9 players, large M) much tighter than we are shoving the CO (4 players, small M).