Is M value important in 1 table SnG's

[T00LZ]

I understand push/folding when you are under 10BB; however, I am wondering just how much importance you place on the M values of you and your opponents throughout the SnG, But most importantly mid to late in the game.

Or do you just look at general stack sizes and their style of play?

I have read that it might not be as valuable in SnGs as it is in MTT's...

[Ghaleon]

You have to do a seperate calculation to figure out the M value when there is less than a full table. In other words, and M of 12 is compeltely different at a 4 handed table than it is at a 9 handed table.

For SNG's, usually there are no antes so it's just as easy to think of things in terms of the number o big blinds each player has left. Again a 20BB stack means one thing when there are 6 or 7 players left, but means something entirely different when there are 3 players left.

Really, these calculations are for figuring out your stack size in relation to the pre-deal pot. It gives you a better idea of the risk/reward dynamics when making moves pre-flop.

Again, the M value has more significance when there are antes involved, because they affect the size of the pre-deal pot dramatically, particularly in teh late stages of MTT's. In SNG's, the M value unnessarily complicates things. Just think in terms of BB's and save yourself the headache.