Monday, April 26, 2010

Shakscope?

I have been thinking about using sharkscope for a long time. I figured it is easy enough to see who is good or not within the first few minutes of a game so I never bothered. I have since signed up and have began marking each player with a color according to their ROI. I don't remember who I got this idea from but thanks. It is so much easier to game select than before.

Not just to avoid the regulars but to find the fish. Now I have seen many fish in my time but I didn't think there were as many huge losers out there as there are. Seriously, people who have played thousands of super turbos and have lost at an alarming rate like -26% ROI. It takes thousands of games to know what your true ROI is but after a few thousand, if your stats look like this its time to rethink poker. Thanks for hanging in there guys. You make my games +EV.

I don't think I have seen more iffy regulars anywhere as I have in super turbos. People taking the game for 5-6% that have huge leaks in there game. But the leaks seem to all be over aggression related so it might be hard for them to spot without anyone saying something. I was tempted to say something today to one guy but rethought the situation after realizing I play this guy all the time. I don't need to inform him of a leak. That's just stupid.

The more I learn about poker the more I realize I don't know. The best thing I can relate it to is math. In math you learned the basics until highschool. Then each year you progress into more and more advanced classes that heavely rely on what you learned in years prior. You can't jump ahead. Calculus makes no sence without algebra and so on. Poker has been the same way with an exception. You don't have any idea how deep the rabbit hole goes. I think this is why many people think they are better than they are. They have gotten their understanding of poker to a sertain level but have no idea the massive amount of info that awaits them. A lot of people just stop learning and get behind. I myself fell into this trap once and refuse to do it again. I feel like I am at a plateau now. Like I have all the info I need. I know its just an illusion though. I would like to push forward and get to a point where I can get a few lessons from some pros that are available to me. I want it to be more of a higher level class so I need to be 100% on everything I know first. There is a difference between knowing something and really understanding what you know.

Only 50 games so far today. Man, I have to kick this lazyness. I will get in another 50 at least tonight.

Update for the night
102 games
+$162.00
ROI 15.13%

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