Hope you all have a profitable new year

I saw a youtube vid in which he suggests you gauge your wealth in a broader perspective

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDej3riTOS4&feature=player_embedded

I'm guessing people would pay to moan sooner than paying to listen to bad beat stories.

Clever idea though...

It would be a nice addition to get permission reproduce famous pro whines, you could rack up some minutes listening to Helmuth.

In some early hand history data analysis experiments dealing with about 1/4 million IRC “no robot holdem” hands played by a couple thousand players from 1988 to 2000, I measured the actual starting hand win rates vs the calculated win odds charts we all consult.

The differences from the calculated odds charts we all consult, reflect player decision making, not some chart calculation error. Crummy looking starting hands actually actually won 1/2 as often as statistics say they should.

The lesson learned, players invest more heavily in favorable hands and give up a little too easily on lower odds starting hands.  I suspect live pro players do better with low hands.

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Hand #1 is A-A, #169 is 7-2 off suit