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Originally Posted by alexmck123
i cant run more then my buy in, if i get it in 0% then i lose 3.50 cant lose any lower, only explination is that i doubled up when someone had less then 1bb so they didnt count, or it just fked up
No.
$ev is calculated based on the converted equity you have in a tournament.
For example, in a $7 tourney there is ~$40 prize pool, which when you start the game is equally distributed 6 ways.
The share of this prize pool then changes for each player based on the equity you have in the tournament which is determined by the relative stack sizes. For example when it is 3 handed the $40 is distributed 3 ways. Your stack size is converted to your determined share of 1st and 2nd place/your chances of 1st or 2nd to give you your $ev in the tourney.
It is therefore conceivable that you can have a reasonably high % of the prize pool and then lose a flip. The difference between your actual and expected $ev equity at the end of the hand is used to determine how good or bad you are running. You can therefore see that this can very easily lead to figures of +/- way beyond your buy in.
I searched for a link to try and explain it better than this (which wasn't hard!):
http://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/t...hreadid=298236
You see free advice plaayande. Also hoping this deed brings good Karma, or a less brutal downswing when my rungod(biood) ends.
Last edited by streityboy; 12-14-2014 at 07:42 PM.