So is showing up on time now minus EV?
I'm confused with all this advocacy for Max late regging lately...
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We just had a thread about this. I'm just going to quote my answers from there:
I don't think there is a single optimal answer. I know there's supposed to be some equity advantage to late registering-- your stack is worth more money the later you register, thanks to all the previously eliminated players' contributions to the prize pool-- but you also just bust so often, and there isn't an infinite number of tournaments you can play.
I know Dara O'Kearney's book talks about the benefits, but some of the late-registration assumptions he makes don't really hold up in practice,
I will add that I'm more likely to max late reg a small field than a big one, since there are fewer people to get through to get to the money, and you don't need to get lucky off that short stack nearly as often to make a run.
I'll also max late reg something I wasn't necessarily planning to play, but that still has some overlay on the guarantee when late registration is ending.
