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Originally Posted by NiSash1337
Well because it`s such a big field the $ev and cEV are still pretty close when ITM. So when 12000 chips = 260$
then 200000/12000 = 16.666 x 260 = 4333$ so only a difference of 17$. I`d say the $ev is prolly at like 4k(I don`t know just guessing). So to breakeven you need a 8.75% ROI to breakeven.
I`d say becuase this is a huge donkament, the field is really soft and it`s def +ev for good players.
Skimmed the thread, this analysis looks pretty reasonable. Totally +EV here, you pay $17 to not have to play day one and get rid of a ton of variance, what's not to love?
I agree it is bad for tournaments. Anything that cuts down variance this much is going to reduce recreational players chances, and the weirdness of it will confuse many of them, neither of which really is good for the health of the game.
I think this could be balanced though, like make the buy in $6k or $7k for the same deal, and now there is some real benefit to the players who started out the tourney and some real downside for players exercising this option. Ideally this should be priced so that it pulls in degens and recreational players who don't mind paying extra to cut one day off the tournament but is not a no brainer for pros to take. If this is priced so that it is a bit of a fish move to use, then its ok IMO.