Oh my god, let it all stop!
But it doesn't stop there, because after installation - assuming that goes well and smoothly - comes the part where I must have the answer to the question: "What do all these things mean?!?"
I was a model student in my training days for one reason above others - I was able to figure all this crap out by myself. But I (and others before me) am more likely to be the exception than the rule.
The biggest threat to a student in the first week is overload. It is a fine line to walk: Show a student how pokertracker works, but don't overwhelm him into a stupor. I try to reduce it to simplest terms to start:
VP$IP tells you how often a guy plays a hand he is dealt. We just call it VPIP. If he plays every hand, he is VPIP 100. If he never plays a hand, he is VPIP zero. PFR tells you how often the guy comes in with a raise. If he raises every hand he plays, his PFR will be equal to his VPIP. If he never raises, his PFR will be zero, regardless of VPIP. AFq tells you how a guy is likely to act - whether he is more likely to bet or check/call. AF tells you how the guy is likely to respond to you - whether he is more likely to call, or more likely to raise/fold. 3betPF, Fold to PF3bet, Fcbet, Tcbet, Fold to FCbet...all percentages suggesting the likelihood of each action...WTSD, W$SD, W$WSF, BB/100... ATS, Fold BB to Stl...Float F, Float T... Hey, you can look at all these ranges on pokerstove...!!!
A soft squishy poof, and I imagine bits of brain scattering all over his monitor and keyboard.
I end a long session with a promise that "it will all become clearer as you play, so for now just play your normal game and the HUD will naturally start to make sense."
Yeah, right. I just got a student excited about pokertracker. I just demonstrated how I can make exciting 3bets or floats or check-raises using just HUD info. I just loaded a student's poker client GUI with a hundred little numbers overlaid onto the poker table. And I expect him to kinda ignore all that and play 'normally"...?
A text message in a godforsaken hour describes how he raised his BB against a UTG limper. He had J4o. UTG calls and they are heads up. The flop is J62r, he cbets for value and gets raised. He 3bets, gets 4bet-shoved, and calls with Top Pair, less-than-crap-kicker.
As I am reading this and wondering how this horrible story was going to end, a question is asked - I forget exactly, but it was about some number on the UTG Villain's HUD, and if he interpreted it correctly.
"Dude, you don't need a HUD to know that you can't possibly be good with J4o on a J62r board against a raise and shove!!!"
So yes, this happens. I overloaded him. This settles down however, and things settle in naturally (I hope!) after this initial short-circuit.
The actual fundamental rationale behind all these tools is something I intend to delve deeper into beginning week 2. Unlike all my previous Programs, this is the first time I did not start Week one with this.
In any case, here's a sneak preview: Poker, like business, is a game. A game of decisions. Decisions are created out of accurate information. So whoever has the closest-to-accurate set of information is able to make the superior decision.
This is why we pokertrack. Good decision to bet versus bad decision to call = clear winner. Good decision to bluff versus better decision to call = slight winner.
Ability to use and decipher HUD versus playing with instincts = runaway winner.
This is why we checkyourbets. Good decision to play versus bad decision to play over the optimal number of hours = loser.
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