by Stoneburg » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:47 am
I really disagree with you there CJ, or disagree might be the wrong word, I mean I have a completely different experience. If I double up early I would say I end up in the money 90% of the time. Getting a big stack early is usually a through ticket for me. My average ITM finish is about 40% and almost half of that is #1 placement.
This is probably related to the fac that when I double up I start paying more attention (I'm always multitabling), get better reads, play position better, get a better table image etc etc so the stack itself isn't the only thing responsible, but logically a double stack would double your chances, in my case I think it closer to triples them.