Help Explaining the ICM Trainer Software

Hello,

Will move it to the SnG forum, that way you can get a reply from the specialists

I'm not an ICM expert, but I noticed that you are looking only if you have more or less chips than the opponent. This is a mistake, it plays a important role, because in the independent chip model the more chips you have, the less value they hold.

But you should also consider how many big blinds you have, the blinds and antes in pot and the prize distribution.

A common mistake is that people in blinds call pushes over 10BB with any A which usually is dominated preflop. When I was learning ICM 3 years ago, when I didn't understand I used detailed math calculations to understand.

If you don't understand an ICM situation - throw it here and I'm sure there will be people who will explain in detail.

I was in a similar situation when I started looking into ICM a while back, I found it was best to just plow on through the trainer just saying what you would normally do then go back afterwards and look at the ones you got wrong and try and spot patterns

I found
Look at chip stacks in turns of BB
Are there antes?
If youve got the big stack or short stack shove wider
On the bubble A rag isnt great for calling a shove even SB vs BB

The key things that I think are missing from your examples are how many players remain and the relative stacks of all players.

The fewer players that remain, the higher the "ICM Tax" is since you are closer to finishing ITM.

So in your "ATo fold" vs "A9o call" situations where you were SB and out-stacked in both spots, you need to consider what happens if you call AND the BB calls, what if you fold and the BB calls. How do these actions affect your position in the game?

Let's say it is 4-handed, and 3-positions get paid. 3 stacks each have about 12 bb's and 1 stack only has 2 bb's left. Put yourself in each position and think about the dynamics here as a pusher or a potential caller, either as last to act or with people left to act after you...

ICM is more than push/fold one-on-one, it is what the whole table dynamics could be after the hand is over and how that affects your likelihood of taking home some/most of the prize-pool.

it's funny ur name is Ramble.