4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Old School
Posts: 2,535
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Here goes:
- You'll judge people by stats. You really don't need stats to see who's tight, who's weak, who's aggro, who's passive, whose nitty, who not to play a big pot against, who has it, who's bluffing etc.
- Playing with HUDs will decrease your ability to play without one (dependency)
- Certain HUD stats are clouded (specially the beloved reraise)
- Train your mind instead. This is really important for me, since I really want to go big in live poker.
- Your reads will suffer, since you can't trust them if the stats don't correspond
- People can manipulate stats to deceive you into calling (LAGS)
- Your reads will suffer, since you will start depending on HUD stats instead, and you will be giving less importance to your own (subconsciously)
- Generally, you'll feel unprepared and scared whenever in a situation in which a HUD isn't available
- Game selection is much, much, much more vital
The 1 statistic, which really is the most important one in all of online poker, is the "players per flop" number. And you know exactly what it stands for.
Take notes to remember wtf villain did in any given situation, but don;t rely on the numbers to tell you what to do. Rely on your play, his play and your reads.
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