In no-limit or pot-limit poker, a player's M-ratio (also called "M number", "M factor"[1] or just "M") is a measure 1️⃣ of the health of a player's chip stack as a function of the cost to play each round. In simple 1️⃣ terms, a player can sit passively in the game, making only compulsory bets, for M laps of the dealer button 1️⃣ before running out of chips. A high M means the player can |