{"id":1882,"date":"2019-05-14T10:03:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T10:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2019-05-14T10:03:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T10:03:15","slug":"nomercy-monday-how-to-use-your-m-in-mtts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/nomercy-monday-how-to-use-your-m-in-mtts\/","title":{"rendered":"NoMercy Monday: How to Use Your \u201cM\u201d in MTTs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this strategy series, CoinPoker\u2019s Chief Community Manager and pro poker player Isabelle \u201cNo Mercy\u201d Mercier walks you through the basics of the game. Each No Mercy Monday comes with expert advice on how to play, \u00a0and it all starts with starting hands.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Knowing how to play your starting hands, understanding the notion of position, the art of bluffing, being aggressive, and calculations & pot odds, are five concepts that are part of the most important strategies in No Limit Hold\u2019em Poker.<\/p>\n

We covered these over the past few months, and in this latest chapter, we will explore another poker math theory that is best known as the \u201cMagic Number<\/strong>\u201d. A couple of weeks ago we covered how to calculate your M<\/strong><\/a>, and now we’ll move on to showing you how to use it at the table.<\/p>\n

How to Use Your \u201cM\u201d in Poker Tournaments<\/b><\/h2>\n

Using your “M” is close to taking into account \u201cnumber of big blinds\u201d, which is what most players do in tournaments to determine their style of play. However, it is a formula that is much more precise than the number of BB, because it takes into consideration the antes as well.<\/p>\n

The question now remains, how to use this \u201cM\u201d in real life situations?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You take your stack size and you divide it by the total of chips necessary for a complete round of play, including the antes.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, remember that this concept is applicable in tournament play and that it should guide your actions at all times. You take your stack size and you divide it by the total of chips necessary for a complete round of play, including the antes.<\/p>\n

The guidelines exposed here are applicable in a normal tournament situation, where the starting stack is quite big, and the structure is quite slow. The general standards in a situation like this are the following:<\/p>\n