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Man of Mystery

I opened my Betfair account on 22nd April 2003. I was one of the first subscribers to Adam Todd's BetTrader and was a founding partner of JuiceStorm.com on 17th February 2007.

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Article by Gentari.

Whether you are playing poker to clear a bonus, for fun or to earn an income you need to analyse your play.

‘Whether you’re a recreational micro stakes player or high roller, the Hold’em Manager Suite is the poker analytics tool that increases win-rates while giving players the edges needed to move up in limits. This market leading poker tracking software is a must have for any online poker player.’

http://www.holdemmanager.net/index.html

I am using this software and recommend it to all of you. A free 15 day trial will let you get started with the many options available and enable you to start plugging the leaks in your game.

The software is then available to buy or you can get the software licence free by signing up to one of the recommended sites and playing a set amount of hands – I suggest you sign up to a site that you do not intend doing the bonus on as you will be unable to earn rakeback in the site (you need to signup through HoldemManager not a rakeback company)

Having run just under 2000 hands at NoiQ Poker I thought I would show you what you can do with the Holdem Manager Stats Program…

The first image is tracking the hands I have played in graph format (showing winnings)

and the second shows that every hand is tracked, you can even double click the hand to see it replayed for session analysis

One of the main benefits of using tracking software is the HUD (head up display)

The numbers relate to the players stats that have been tracked when you have been on the same table as these players.

If you look at the stats under the player ‘Train6’ – 23/4/1.1/-$0.21/511 – translated those numbers mean that train6 has played 511 hands when I have been playing. Of those 511 hands, he bet on 23% of them and made a raise on 4% of those hands, he has totally lost $0.21 from those 511 hands. The other stat there, the 1.1 relates to aggression which can indicate how strongly he will play a hand.

Now look at ‘Calypso2’ – 64/3/1.1/$0.23/33 – so this time I can see that he has played 64% of hands, raised only 3% and again has aggression of 1.1, the sample size is small, only 33 hands so this can be taken with a pinch of salt, but is a good indication that this player is playing starting hands that he shouldn’t be.

The final player we look at is ‘erez99999’ – 47/7/0.8/-$5.07/89 – you can work them out for yourself, but needless to say I want to get involved with this guy in pots as he will not have the best hand most of the time.

You need to remember that 20% of starting hands win 80% of the cash in Texas Holdem Poker so if your stats show you over 20-25% you are probably playing too many hands.

True to their word I emailed Holdem Manger support stating that I had completed the 100 VIP points needed to get the tracking software for free and I was sent a licence code. (within 2 hours)

This is available for 2 pcs, so good if you use both a Desktop and laptop to play