Patience Factor

0.00 to 1.49
1.50 to 2.99
3.00 to 3.49
4.50 to 5.99
6.00 to 7.49
7.50 to 9.99
10.00 to 12.49
12.50 +

Skill Level Live Skill Level Online

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Math Boy's Patience Factor Calculator

for No Limit Hold'em Tournaments
Starting Bankroll:

Rebuy Tournament? (Y/N)

Online Tournament? (Y/N)
Time to play for World's Most Patient Player is 4.85 hours.
Patience Factor is 23.48.
Skill Level is 6.

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Small Blind Big Blind

$25
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$5,000

Ante
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Minutes in
Bankroll After Minutes Spent
Level
Level is Complete
In Level
60
$4,775
60.00
60
$4,325
60.00
60
$3,425
60.00
60
$1,775
60.00
60
-$325
50.71
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-$3,625
0.00
60
-$8,575
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60
-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
0.00
-$15,175
0.00
-$15,175
0.00
-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
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-$15,175
0.00
Blind-off time in minutes:
290.71

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Enter the Playing Bankroll. For non-rebuy tournaments, this is the total number
of chips you start with. For single rebuy tournaments, this the total number of
starting chips, plus the chips obtained with your one rebuy. For multiple rebuy
tournaments, this is the total number of starting chips, plus the chips obtained with
one rebuy, unless multiple rebuys are allowed while you still have your starting chips.
If an add-on is allowed for all players, then add the add-on chips also to the starting
chips and rebuy chips to calculate your playing bankroll.
2. Enter "Y" or "N" to answer the questions on whether this is a rebuy tournament
and/or an online tournament.
3. Enter the blind structure. For blind levels with no ante, enter "0" or leave ante
space blank. You must enter the number of minutes in the blind level for each level
separately.
4. As you fill in the structure, you will note the patience factor changing as each level
of data is completed. You may stop entering data when the "Minutes Spent in Level"

column entry starts to read 0.00. At this point, the Patience factor will also stop rising,
and voil, you have the Patience Factor!
[See The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder for a complete discussion of
patience factors and skill levels, as well as information online at
www.pokertournamentformula.com.]