aaronroch
3 of a Kind
I apologize that I have to ask this.
Reading through this section of the forum I keep running into the “20 BB rule”: The tournament will end approx when the total chips in play = 20 Big Blinds. (I.e. BB = 5% of chips in play.). Specific to NLHE of course.
I’m confused because I have run many single-table NLHE tourneys, and I always used a “10 BB rule” as a good estimate of when the tourney will end.
How is it possible that my experience is so different?
Are my players just extremely passive in heads-up play? (very possible).
Does the “20 BB rule” come with a lot of variance? Is it really “somewhere around 10-20 BBs”?
I’m just getting back into poker after a 5-year hiatus and I’m always the one that draws up tourney structures b/c all the guys I play with are either not analytical enough to do it, or are too inexperienced.
Thank you I’m advance for being patient with such a seemingly noob-ish question.
Reading through this section of the forum I keep running into the “20 BB rule”: The tournament will end approx when the total chips in play = 20 Big Blinds. (I.e. BB = 5% of chips in play.). Specific to NLHE of course.
I’m confused because I have run many single-table NLHE tourneys, and I always used a “10 BB rule” as a good estimate of when the tourney will end.
How is it possible that my experience is so different?
Are my players just extremely passive in heads-up play? (very possible).
Does the “20 BB rule” come with a lot of variance? Is it really “somewhere around 10-20 BBs”?
I’m just getting back into poker after a 5-year hiatus and I’m always the one that draws up tourney structures b/c all the guys I play with are either not analytical enough to do it, or are too inexperienced.
Thank you I’m advance for being patient with such a seemingly noob-ish question.