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What is
Chip-Scaled Tournament Equity (CSTE)
in poker?
Your tournament equity, scaled by the total number of chips in the tournament. For example, if your ICM share of the prizes is 5% and there are 1000 chips in play, your CSTE would be 50. CSTE offers a normalized value that can be compared across different formats and tournament stages. It is especially useful for comparing ICM and Chip EV spots, or comparing $EV to the size of the pot.CSTE = Total_Chips x $EV / Remaining_Prizes- Note that $EV is relative to folding = 0