ICM Calculator

Independent Chip Model — translates tournament chip stacks into expected dollar equity, weighted by the payout structure. The difference between ICM equity and chip-EV is your risk premium: how much money you give up (vs. cash) by treating chips as linear.

Total chips: 360,000

Total prize pool: $2,500

Equity per seat

SeatChipsICM $chip-EV $Δ (risk prem.)
Hero120,000$614.40$833.33$-218.94
Player 285,000$524.38$590.28$-65.89
Player 360,000$440.31$416.67+$23.64
Player 445,000$377.69$312.50+$65.19
Player 530,000$301.85$208.33+$93.51
Player 620,000$241.37$138.89+$102.48
Total360,000$2500.00$2500.00$0.00