Final Tables & Special Formats

In the six-handed final table example, the leader had 6× the short stack’s chips. Roughly how did their prize equity compare?

22.1 vs 9.9 — guaranteed prizes flatten chip values.

In that example, the second-biggest stack needed about how much equity to call the leader’s shove?

About 65%, because busting still pays 6th place but costs most of the stack’s prize equity.

You call 19bb for a final pot of 41.5bb plus a bounty worth 10bb. What equity do you need?

19 ÷ (41.5 + 10) ≈ 37%. Without the bounty it would be about 46%.

When can you win another player’s bounty?

Bounties are paid for knockouts.

In a satellite where every seat is worth the same, why can folding aces be correct near the bubble?

In our example the call needed about 90% equity — more than aces have.

Heads-up, who acts first before the flop?

The button posts the small blind and acts first preflop, last after the flop.

Why does ICM stop mattering once you’re heads-up?

With two places left, every chip moves you evenly towards the bigger prize.

Which deal method usually favours the chip leader most?

Chip chops pay by chip share, ignoring that the leader’s chips are worth less per chip.