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Originally Posted by Gogie
I use Math Boy's patience factor calculator to compare tournaments each year before I head to Vegas. I find that it's a pretty good tool for comparing the relative "play value" of tournaments (i.e., how long do you have to actually play poker vs. getting into a shove fest). To give you an example of how much the structure for the WSOP Seniors' tournament has degraded in the last two years consider that the patience factor went from 30.51 in 2015 to 21.43 for the last two years. For comparison, this year's patience factor for the Wynn Senior was 36.70 and the Venetian Senior was 34.70. Even Aria's one-day Senior event this year had a higher patience factor (23.07) than the WSOP version.
Yeah I like the patience factor stuff as well. I forget which book I read it in, but it does seem like a useful backhand way to estimate the structure, although doesn't give any weight to field size. A few of the calcs I did for upcoming tourneys:
WSOP Monster Stack pf = 50.4 (balls deep)
WSOP $1500 NL Bounty (#50) pf = 27.0
Planet Hollywood Goliath $700 (#90) pf = 42.3
Wynn $400 pf = 20.3
WSOP Daily Deepstack 2pm $235 = 16.0
Those are all pretty good value. My normal local casino Saturday tourney is closer to 10-13.