Originally Posted by
The Minder
That's probably one of the best explanations of EV that I have read, but it doesn't help me one iota. I have this huge stumbling block in my head that says "if it's an SnG/MTT and I ain't ITM, then EV has no meaning." Tbh, it doesn't matter how lucky or unlucky you are in a tourney until you make the money, then it has meaning.
In an MTT you can suck out on everybody time and time again, build up a huge stack, have "luck in the bank", get to the bubble and run into another monster stack and get slammed when your KK goes down to his AA. But why does any of this mean anything when we're only talking about tourney chips that have no value outside the tourney.
Nope, does nothing for me and I would love it if that idiotic red 'luck' line was off by default.