Elo Gain Question

[Andrewsmile]

Hello all, this may be a question beyond this game but I was looking at two games that seem extremely similar (3 player games with a ~280 elo player, ~40 elo player, and 1 elo player) yet in one game the player in first with high elo gained 11 elo, yet in a very similar game the player in first with high elo (me) gained only 5 elo. I have not played these opponents before so the repeated win diminishing elo rule seems to not apply. Can anyone explain?

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=470493223
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=470702972

[sorryimlikethis]

It's not shown any more since they changed how they display Elo gains, but it's your "K factor".
Your first 11 games (of any game) have a K factor of 60. Your Elo gain / loss is multiplied by 60, meaning more variance when you win or lose. This is to accelerate you getting to your "correct" rank faster.
Games 11-21 you have a K factor of 40, and from games 21+ it's 20.

You're already played 21+ games so all your gains and losses will have less variance.

[Andrewsmile]

Ah, thank you Sam! I should've gotten good at the game faster