Hey guys.
So I am going to this event with the following very particular structure:
It is not an MTT. All the players are sorted out in 9man SnG tables. There are 4 rounds of 9man SnG, and the 18 players who score the most points during this 4 rounds will play the final 2 tables until the end. The final 18 players are in the money, and the stacks they will receive for this final 2 tables range from 40k to 60k chips according to the points the scored in the previous round. That means that there is not a huge gap between big and short stack.
The points awarded for each round from 1st to 9th place respectively are:
12,10,8,6,5,4,3,2,1
So, my 1st approach would be something like this:
I should start the first round playing it pretty much like a regular 50/30/20 (saving the ICM distances when in the money), since if I want to get to the final 2 tables I need to try to get into the 3 highest finishing positions. In case I succeed, for the next round the lower positions go up in value, since I can "afford" to be more risk averse and try to secure a good enough average rather than playing for 1st. If I fail in the first round, it goes the other way around, I need to start playing for the top finishing positions. This of course piles up with each successive round. It will also depend on the spread of the points distribution between all the players, but this is something rather unpredictable and that will probably be only valuable before the final round.
In case you have not fully understood my explanation of the structure, please visit http://www.worldsitngomasters.co.uk/about/.
In short, I have to aim to a decent average of the 4 rounds: the more number of players, the higher point average I would need, since only 18 will get into the money. So to summarize, my questions would be:
1. What do you think of my initial approach?
2. How would you manipulate the prize pool structure to get a nash push/fold calculation that is representative of this situation?
3. Any advice on these or other topis is most welcome.
Thanks a lot.
Pedro.
