We've just added 5 brand new PokerStars tournaments to ICMIZER, SNG Coach & SNG Coach Mobile:

5-Max SNG Normal
5-Max SNG Turbo
5-Max SNG Hyper
8-Max Fifty50 Normal
8-Max Fifty50 Turbo

The payout structure for 8-max Fifty50 is 62.5% 1st, 12.5% 2nd, 12.5% 3rd, 12.5% 4th. This is correct, to learn why - read our article about the classic 10-max Fifty50: https://www.icmpoker.com/en/blog/ana...cm-calculator/

Hi rs2k,

We are happy to inform you that we've fixed this issue. It won't bother you anymore.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hello I just purchased your fine software.

Can you please point me towards a guide of what type of EV Diff I should be aspiring to aim for? I notice it's such a big difference when simply changing min ev diff from 0 to .05.

Hi coolscreenname1231,

In that case, we recommend using ICM $EV mode instead of ICM %EV. It allows you to understand these values better according to the tournament's buy-in size.

Maybe i did not word my question correctly. My question is, as someone who is aspiring to play poker well, what should be the minimum EV diff where I give myself the green light to shove?

I would particularly love a simple answer to this as related to tournaments;

If i were to say "I only want to take a shove when my shove EV is greater than a small blind." Is that on par, above, or below a realistic goal?

Hey coolscreenname1231,

I understand that you wish things were easy, but they aren't.
The answer to this kind of question is always "it depends". Blinds are irrelevant in tournament poker, everything is defined by ICM and the value of chips in dollars.
You may have a 5 big blinds +EV spot on the bubble but it can still be a fold ICM wise because of short stacks and the value of you staying in the tournament.
As you spend more time with ICMIZER reviewing more spots you will start to understand how different situations can lead to different decisions.

The simple answer for beginners is to use the 0% threshold for pushes, and to be slightly tighter when calling because call leads to a showdown and often can lead to us leaving the tournament in 1 hand, which is rarely true for pushes.
Switch to $EV mode and try to see how much ROI you make in a single hand by certain plays, this helps a lot.

Thanks-- You have a fine product either way which is why i purchased it.

Would you be able to answer my very same question RE EV Diff if I were only speaking in terms of Chip EV and there is no relative actual ICM?

Hey coolscreenname1231

Well, if we talk about pure chip EV we talk about cash game.
So if you bust you don't care about it and simply continue playing after rebuy right?

So in cash, if you are certain about everyone's ranges then even 1 chip is enough to make a push instead of fold. Why would you skip a positive play and choose a negative play over it?

It may increase your variance though and you can never be certain in your opponents ranges. So even in cash game we have 2 big variables influencing our push or fold decision - our tolerance to variance, maybe you wish to skip certain +EV spots if they may bring big swings to your results and you can never be certain about your opponent ranges unless you know they follow a Nash strategy (which means you're playing against bots).

On other hand, what corresponds for a good BB/100 ratio (in big blinds) in Cash game, say 5 big blinds sounds per 100 hands is not too bad?
That means that if you have 0.05 big blind +EV push/or call you should probably make it (0.05 x 100 = 5 BB/100).
So making 1 big blind in 1 hand translates to 100 big blinds in 100 hands, a completely unrealistic result and expectation.

Hope this helps.

Thank You

Hi

I've read articles, and watched videos, but I'm still unsure how much to put in for average bounty in MTT mode for a PKO hand.

Example - take the default Stars $55 PKO with 1260 players. Say 126 players remain so 10% of the field. What would you enter for 'Average' Bounty here? It's clearly not 10x the starting bounty as so much of the Bounty prizepool has been banked already. But how to estimate what amount to put as it makes a huge difference to the result?

Hey Mystic.

Glad that you're watching videos and reading our articles.
Good question, the recommended approach for such situation is to calculate average bounty at your table and assume that the average bounty is the same in the tournament. The calculated number should generally make sense like 99% of the time.

That makes sense, thanks!

ICMIZER 3.13.0 – Practice Pre-Final table, Bubble or Middle stage MTT strategy in SNG Coach

In ICMIZER 3.13.0 update, we've added new MTT stages in SNG Coach quizzes. Now, players can practice push/fold strategy not only at the final table but also at the pre-final table, during the high-pressure bubble stage, or middle stage of a multi-table tournament. You can still use Chip EV training for the early stage of MTTs.

Now SNG Coach allows you to practice and polish your skills in all important MTT situations and utilizes full power of ICMIZER MTT mode for ICM calculations.

Learn more here:
ICMIZER 3.13.0 Update Details

Bug Fix
We've fixed a problem that made ICMIZER run slower after a bunch of SNG Coach questions were answered.

Is a +0.1 decision in ICMizer considered close to neutral should i only be looking to utilize strategies that are 0.2/0.3+ and above?

Thanks.

Hi Eudaimonia,

The percentage in ICM %EV mode is the percentage from the whole tournament prizepool. So 0.1% of any big MTT prizepool is quite an essential value.

To get particular values in dollars, please choose ICM $EV mode in the tournament structure window. It allows you to understand these values better by comparing them to the tournament's buy-in size.

As you better understand the results and their actual value compared to the buy-in and ROI, you are welcome to make any adjustments you like to that general recommendation.

If I'm buying Nitro, can I set this here to "Auto" in the auto-analyzer, so it uses the same FGS as used in the Coach or would I have to set a specific value?

Hi rs2k,

Yes, if you set the FGS option in the Auto-analyze window to "Auto", ICMIZER uses the same FGS as used in the SNG Coach.

I asked HoldemResources this question. Thought I would ask you as well...

The results on your and their program are the same for non KO tournaments, but I get different results for KOs-sometimes to a significant degree. Do you know why this is?

Hi ahmngrn30,

For KO tournaments, ICMIZER uses the Flat model by default. For PKO tournaments, ICMIZER uses the TrueBounty model for up to 100 players remaining in the PKO tournament and the Chip EV Bounty model if more than 100 players are left. We are working on the update with the opportunity to choose the applied bounty model – the Flat or the Proportional models for KO tournaments, and the Proportional or the TrueBounty models for PKO tournaments.

The TrueBounty model provides a significantly better approximation of results, which can be achieved by Monte-Carlo simulation compared to the simplistic approach of the Chip EV bounty model. You are welcome to learn more about the TrueBounty model in our video Understanding Progressive Knockout Tournament Math & TrueBounty Model.

Hi, am I the only one having problems with ACR hand history on the ICMIZER replayer ? In the ICMIzer replayer all the action before me is always a fold with no flops even if the actual action was different and I have checked the txt file with the hand history and everything seems correct. This started happening on tourneys played today, yesterday everything was fine. Any idea what could be ?

I'm having the same issue with all my ACR hands. Hands from other sites are importing fine. Issue started after an update was installed today.

Hey guys. If there was an update and hand history files stopped loading afterwards, it usually means that there was a change in file format.
Please forward us the new updated hand history files at support@icmizer.com and we will add support for them asap.

Hi,

We've just fixed the issue with the WPN hand history new format.

You are welcome to check it and send us your feedback.

hello all / Support

i am having problems using the Auto-Analyze hands for a partypoker Bounty MTT. I created the tournament a progressive KO.

once i imported the hands from partypoker the auto-Analyze function doesnt work as its not picking up the bountys from the tournament, it wants me to manually input the bountys, i cant do that as its a tournament i played last night, i dont remember the specific bountys at my table at the time. am i doing something wrong ?
Looking at the partypoker hand histories i downloaded its not actually showing the bounty amounts from what i can see? is this just a partypoker hand history problem or am i doing something wrong ?

its a bit frustrating as i just upgraded my ICMIZER membership to PRO was excited to use the hand analyzer function for bountys, all the hands are showing up and replayer works but does not show the bounty amounts.

https://imgur.com/a/ThPNItc

screenshot attached above of my last hand in replayer, as you can see its asking for the bounty amounts ?

Hi EspressoShot,
Currently, PartyPoker doesn't store information about bounties in their hand history format so ICMIZER cannot guess it or know it for you, so it has to be entered manually. PokerStars on the other hand does have that data in their hand history files, so ICMIZER can pick that up automatically.

You're welcome to send them an email and request storing bounties in their hand history format, this would be a welcome change by many players.