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  • tvstensby

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    August 11, 2020 at 2:46 pm

    I am a “low volume” player and have only chopped once. We simply shared a part of the remaining prize pool equally between us (2 players), and then played for the rest. We had similar stacks and we were the only two left, so ICM calculations were not relevant.

    In the tournament that I chopped a three way split was also proposed earlier by the most experienced player at the table. He wanted an extra cut, which I and the other player did not accept.

    Unless the stacks are relatively deep (>25 bb?) or several players remain I think that skill advantage is not significant enough to accept uneven chops. As long as the less experienced players have a rough idea how a push/fold charts looks like the advantage of the skilled player will be small amounts of value that adds up over time. No reason to let them “cash out” without a fight.