* The Nationals have had some big acquisitions in the the past week, trading for a couple of young, potentially super outfielders in Lastings Milledge and Elijah Dukes, acquiring a potential starting pitcher in Tyler Clippard from the Yankees, and then yesterday signing free agent catcher Paul LoDuca (who was born on the exact same day as me by the way - 4/12/72). While none of these moves are probably going to turn Washington into a World Series team this year, they could be stepping stones to a potential World Series somehwere down the road. It's refreshing to see our team acquiring young talent, instead of trading it all away like they've done ever since I've been rooting for this team. Add the new ballpark (which will be ready for opening day) and it's a great time to be a Nationals fan!
* After playing online poker for years, I've finally broke down and bought PokerTracker this weekend. It's a program that will save each online poker hand you've played in its own database and will analyse your poker play. It will tell you pretty much anything you want to know about your game. Since buying the program Saturday, I've played 1,358 hands online and I'm down $15. I have a VP$IP of 23% (that's the percentage of hands that I voluntarily put money into the pot). I've won more money playing pocket 8's than any other hand, and I've lost the most money playing QJo. It will tell you who which player you've lost the most to, what limits you play the best at - you name it, it can tell you. Hopefully it will make me a better/more profitable player in the long run.
* I also downloaded Realtime (by suggestion from Zooks - thanks!). It's much like PokerTracker, however it charts the statistics of your opponents and overlays their stats on the screen as the hands are being played. Let's say player #3 raises a pot - Realtime will be able to show you what kind of player player #3 is. What percentage of the time does this player raise? When he raises, does he usually have a premium hand, or does he bluff a lot? How much money has this player won or lost? Realtime tells you all of this while the hand is being played - it basically helps you make informed decisions, and in the long run, better decisions mean more money!!
* I mentioned above that I've won more money playing pocket 8's than any other hand. I'm sure this hand is part of the reason why - limit hold 'em $1/$2
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PokerStars Game #13785682005: Hold'em Limit ($1/$2) - 2007/12/11 - 00:28:29 (ET)
Table 'Aguntina' 10-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: BobJNH ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Tuxter018 ($52.50 in chips)
Seat 5: sk1llz2424 ($62.25 in chips)
Seat 6: the_caryn ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 7: CPenfold ($14.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Skiguygt ($36.50 in chips)
Seat 9: bluedevil97 ($39.50 in chips)
Seat 10: Mikk97 ($97.50 in chips)
the_caryn: posts small blind $0.50
CPenfold: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tuxter018 [8s 8h]
Skiguygt: folds
bluedevil97: raises $1 to $2
Mikk97: folds
BobJNH: calls $2
Tuxter018: calls $2
sk1llz2424: calls $2
the_caryn: folds
CPenfold: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7d 8d 8c]
CPenfold: checks
bluedevil97: checks
BobJNH: checks
Tuxter018: bets $1
sk1llz2424: calls $1
CPenfold: calls $1
bluedevil97: calls $1
BobJNH: calls $1
*** TURN *** [7d 8d 8c] [3d]
CPenfold: checks
bluedevil97: checks
BobJNH: checks
Tuxter018: bets $2
sk1llz2424: calls $2
CPenfold: calls $2
bluedevil97: folds
BobJNH: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [7d 8d 8c 3d] [Ts]
CPenfold: checks
BobJNH: checks
Tuxter018: bets $2
sk1llz2424: raises $2 to $4
CPenfold: folds
BobJNH: folds
Tuxter018: raises $2 to $6
sk1llz2424: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
Tuxter018: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sk1llz2424: shows [3h 3c] (a full house, Threes full of Eights)
Tuxter018: shows [8s 8h] (four of a kind, Eights)
Tuxter018 collected $38.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $39.50 | Rake $1
Board [7d 8d 8c 3d Ts]
Seat 2: BobJNH folded on the River
Seat 3: Tuxter018 showed [8s 8h] and won ($38.50) with four of a kind, Eights
Seat 5: sk1llz2424 (button) showed [3h 3c] and lost with a full house, Threes full of Eights
Seat 6: the_caryn (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: CPenfold (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 8: Skiguygt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bluedevil97 folded on the Turn
Seat 10: Mikk97 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
1 comment:
Poker Tracker is pretty cool. You have to learn how to interpret the data, though. Also, until you have a lot of hands logged (10K - 20K), the results will probably be unrealistic.
Once you have enough hands logged, though, you can try to determine where your weak spots are and try to correct them.
Also, realize, that the stats you are seeing on the other players are only what you've seen / logged. They could be dropping down to splash around and blow off steam, sharing an account, etc...
I used to use poker tracker for a while, but, on full tilt, getting it to work with tournaments is a bitch, and it doesn't work on anything but hold 'em unless you buy the other versions. As I started to play more private tourneys, and other games, it got to where it just wasn't worth it.
VP$IP of 23% is pretty much right on, though. Keep your aggression factor up, and get out of the way when the tight player who raises 1% of the time pops it. :-)
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