Rolled On The River

Never hate your adversary blindly. Understand his motives; recognise and respect his strengths – and you will be better prepared to meet him on the battlefield.

Over the years heads up displays like Hold’em Manager and PokerTracker have become very widely used throughout the online poker community.

One thing that I’ve noticed is that, although a lot of people now have a solid grasp on statistics such as VP$IP (Voluntarily Put Money Into Pot) and PFR (Pre-Flop Raise), many people still seem to have difficulties fully understanding Aggression Factor, and are therefore unable to use it to influence their decision making.

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After my Colouring PokerTracker 3 entry, I spent a lot of time discussing HUD layouts with various people. This resulted in my helping a number of people configure their Heads Up Displays. By doing this, I have found that people are commonly unhappy with the lack of information that is available in the default HUD. To help overcome this I have created the following HUD, which people can modify to suit their needs:

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ACK! I’m really, really trying to support PokerTracker 3 amidst everybody looking into alternative options but so far I’ve been having problem after problem. To be fair support usually resolves the issue but HoldemManager has the best support in the business combined with what is very rapidly looking like a more reliable product.

I don’t want to jump the gun on this but I’m incredibly frustrated right now… I’ve put hours into making custom statistics and queries for PokerTracker 3 and not being able to get back at those is definitely a deal breaker for me…

Right! To open this i’d like to stick it to spell check for trying to tell me to title this ‘coloring’ – Not going to happen!

Now, onto the juicy stuff!

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