i haven't read any responses but let me give this a go.

In a sit and go (with 10 people) you need to double your stack a little more than 3 times to amass all the chips. 1,000 to 2,000. 2,000 to 4,000. 4,000 to 8,000. and then another 2,000 chips.

This assumes all players are of equal level.

So if you are a 3 to 2 favorite each time you have .6 x .6 x .6 chance of doing this or about 21% chance to do it. If you are a coin flip you would have only a 12.5% chance of doing it.

So I would want to be at least a 3 to 2 favorite before risking my entire stack. Since, if I got my money in as a 3 to 2 fav I will win about 20% of the sit and go tourneys I play.

$10 SnG pays 50, 30, 20. I win 2 out of ten I'm breaking even so any second or 3rds are gravy. And this is against 9 other players as good as me which I don't think will ever be the case in a $10 SnG.

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