World Gaming Magazine

35 WGM #63 2018/10 wgm8.com 范围也就会更广。 通过计算M值来调整你的激进程度也十分重要。你的 M值越低，攻击性就应该越强。 一旦落入黄色或橙色区域，玩得太紧便有了危险性， Harrington是在下面这个例子中阐释的，“设想一位落入 橙区的选手，在连续弃掉还过得去的手牌后，M值最终降 到了2。这时他的理想局面出现，拿到一对口袋A，前面一 位选手全押，他跟注，赢了这手牌，实现翻倍。太棒了！ 然而现在他的M 值大概是5，仍处于红区，仍需要很快再 次翻倍。” 当然，即便是Harrington的M理论也并非尽善尽美。 正如2007年Arnold Snyder所指出的，M值为20时，你应 该还能生存20圈，而现实中，这取决于锦标赛的结构。世 界上任何的锦标赛中，你都不可能玩20圈都没有盲注跳 升。当然，每次盲注等级跳升，都会改变你的M值。 不过，作为一个基本的指引，Harrrington的M理论有 很多可取之处。下次你在锦标赛牌桌边坐下时，这是一个 值得去付诸实践的理论。 Bear in mind, too, that once you enter the Red Zone, even a double up will only put you into the Orange Zone at best, so you really want to avoid finding yourself in the Red Zone in the first place! Finally comes the Dead Zone which is when your “M” has slipped below 1. As Harrington explains, “In the Dead Zone you appear to be alive but you’re not. You’re a pokerwraith, not a player anymore but a gnat to be swatted. You have only one move left – all-in – and when you make it they’ll call just to get rid of you.” Needless to say, you should never allow yourself to get anywhere near the Dead Zone although sometimes you find yourself in the Dead Zone by accident, such as when you lose an all-in to an opponent whose stack was slightly shorter than yours. Putting aside tournaments with ridiculously small starting stacks, all players begin each tournament in the Green Zone and at this stage it is of little significance, but as the tournament progresses and the blinds and antes become an increasing factor, Harrington proposes calculating your “M” at the start of every single hand as well as keeping an eye on the “M” of each of your opponents. The lower an opponent’s “M”, the less likely they will be to call your raise and the wider their range will be when they shove. It is also important to calculate your “M” in order to make necessary adjustments to your aggression levels. The lower your “M”, the higher your aggression should be. The danger of playing too tight once you slip into the Yellow or Orange Zone is outlined by Harrington in the following example, “Imagine a player who drifts through the Orange Zone, passing on a couple of chances to make a stand with a marginal hand. When his ‘M’ finally gets to 2, his dream scenario occurs. He picks up a pair of Aces, someone in front of him moves all-in and he calls. He wins the hand and doubles up. Fantastic. But now his ‘M’ is about 5! He is still in the Red Zone and still needs to double up again very soon.” Of course, even Harrington’s “M” theory isn’t perfect. As pointed out by Arnold Snyder in 2007, an “M” of 20 supposedly gives you 20 rounds to survive but in reality this is dependent on the structure of the tournament and there is no way in any tournament on the planet you’ll make it through 20 rounds without the blinds rising. And of course, each blind rise is going to change your “M”. Nevertheless, as a basic guide there is plenty to like about Harrington’s concept of “M” and it is a theory worth putting into practice the next time you sit down at a tournament table. Jayne Furman 和WSOP 赛事 Image by Jayne Furman and WSOP