In the Red
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Level 8
: 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
With five players left in contention to become New Jersey's Next Poker Millionaire, the stacks are shrinking before our very eyes.
The average stack sits at 1.6 million and the blinds are set at 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante. This means the average stack holds just over 27 big blinds, but that number will be reduced to 20 bigs in just a few minutes.
Dan Harrington - a longtime proponent of the famous M concept which dictates play based on one's big blind ratio - would likely advise these players to begin shoving their stacks at every opportunity to escape the dreaded "red" zone. But with a cool $1 million waiting for one lucky winner, we don't expect the play to open up that much despite the mounting pressure applied by escalating blinds.