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> You can bet ANY amount, making it potentially unlimited. Not really. The minimum bet size is fixed by the blinds/antes. The maximum bet is fixed by the to
by learnstats2 12y ago
> You can bet ANY amount, making it potentially unlimited.
Not really.
The minimum bet size is fixed by the blinds/antes.
The maximum bet is fixed by the total number of chips in the tournament (or that the player holds).
The bet amounts are limited by the size of the smallest chip - in bricks and mortar tournaments tournament managers will 'chip up' the small chips whenever it becomes sensible to do so. In digital tournaments the smallest chip might remain at $0.01, but it still exists.
- fsk 12y agoSuppose again the blinds are $1-$2 and the stack is $10000. I can bet $2, $4, $6, $8, $10, $12, $14, any amount up to $10000. Each of those is now a separate game tree. A couple of bets, and now we're way past 10^161. It may never be optimal for me to bet $132, but a perfect computer player should be prepared for that bet.
- cardprophet 12y agoWhile you are theoretically correct that the game tree is massive, the difference in tree between betting 1bb vs 2bb in a 50bb pot is marginal; the algorithm they use considers an abstraction of the game.
- fsk 12y agoSo they're just doing an approximate game tree. Small differences in bet size can matter, because professional players will sometimes try to give you the pot odds to make a bad call.