Category Archives: ICM

Why do so many professional poker players register late for tournaments when they clearly would enjoy a…

10/04/2023 11 min. / 49 sec.

Playing against an in-position cold-caller is dramatically different–and dramatically more difficult–than playing against a caller from the…

04/04/2023 9 min. / 21 sec.

Most people’s first introduction to the Independent Chip Model (ICM) is not from studying bubble play or…

27/03/2023 10 min. / 32 sec.

If you have read The Theory of Progressive Knockout Tournaments you already know why we can play…

23/03/2023 20 min. / 27 sec.

Most players understand how the Independent Chip Model (ICM) in poker impacts their strategy preflop, especially at…

14/02/2023 14 min. / 5 sec.

The Independent Chip Model (ICM) shows us the real money implications of tournament chip decisions. Most players…

07/02/2023 12 min. / 33 sec.

The central strategic implication of stack depth is the question of how much equity a player must…

17/01/2023 5 min. / 11 sec.

The Independent Chip Model (ICM) was invented in 1987 by M. Malmuth and is one of the…

05/01/2023 17 min. / 49 sec.

As a tournament player, you may have heard about the concept of “ICM”, but what does this…

16/06/2022 10 min. / 46 sec.