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ICM is great at evaluating tournament stacks, but until recently, it was nearly impossible to calculate for large-field MTTs with many players remaining. So instead, everyone has been evaluating tournaments with Chip EV models when many players remain 👥 Recent advances in poker science now allow us to calculate ICM when hundreds or even thousands of players remain.

This begs one important question: At what point does ICM become significant in tournaments? When is it worth switching to ICM solutions? We ran a series of experiments in partnership with Helmuth, founder of Holdem Resources Calculator, to find out 🧪💥🔍

• Article - When does ICM become significant in MTTs?
https://blog.gtowizard.com/when-does-...

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• Academic Paper - Evaluation of Equity Models for Tournament Poker
https://docplayer.org/127583385-Evalu...

By: Tombos21 & Helmuth Melcher
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0:00 - ChipEV vs ICM
2:36 - Experiment #1 - 200 Player Freezeout
9:26 - Experiment #2 – 1000 Player Freezeout
12:35 - Experiment #3 – More Strategies
13:46 - Experiment #4 – Varying stack depths
15:38 - Experiment #5 – Addressing a Misconception
18:24 - Alternatives to ICM
20:02 - How this impacts your strategy
24:07 - Summary