The use of ICM
Importance of ICM grows as the prize structure of a tournament gets flatter and as the bubble comes closer or a bigger jump at the prize levels arrives. The difference in the regular pot odds and the ods calculated by ICM could be almost double. Players who don't alternate their play according to the these information - or simply don't know about this method and that they need a correction in their game - are in a huge disadvantage against players using ICM as an assistance.It is not the pot odds calculated by the chipcount that matters on these tournaments when players settle a decision, but the pot odds calculated by the expected value shown by ICM. The amount the player has to put into the pot or that he can win is not important, the point is the expected value - calculated by ICM - that is represented by our ventured chips and the chips we could win.
To get more familiar with the concept it worth taking a second look to the example on the first page.
