Full Tilt Poker - Tournament Patience Factor
I made a simple spreadsheet to calculate the patience factor for various no limit Hold'em tournaments for curiosity. It was hard to find the tournament blind structures for all but I did manage to make a simple one for a generic 3000 starting chip tournament.
As you may know, the patience factor is a number that is a rough guide to how patient you can be - basically sit and wait for a good hand - until your chips run out. This is a measure based on your starting chips, the blind structure, how long you think a hand will take, and so on. It's not perfect but it gives you an idea if you need to start making moves with weaker hands or if you can wait for the right situation. It can help you figure out which tournaments are better for you.
For an online 3000 chip tournament on Full Tilt Poker with an estimated 5 minutes to play each hand, then you get a patience factor of about 1.75 hours.
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