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Originally Posted by FreakDaddy
One of those things was about default out of the box configurations and how pros look for ideal data situations. So having historical data load on a HUD, but keep updating separate to be able to see how a known opponent is adjusting to that particular table was one of the top things mentioned. Then historical data updates and combines after tables/sessions are closed.
Yes, I've considered this, and I still don't understand.
Let's say I play a session with a villain, my very first session with this villain, and he's playing 10 tables with me. We play together for 4 hours, so roughly 3200 hands, separated initially into 10 different 320 hand samples. Which could show differences in villains strategy from table to table, but you couldn't really know it, because you don't have the larger sample needed to get a baseline strategy for villain. Not to mention that you're most likely looking at differences in stats caused by being card dead on one or two tables, while catching a lot of hands on one or two other tables. These sample sizes are too small to allow them to be used as you're describing.
Then on the very next session, all 10 tables would start with a 3200 hand sample. Now, you might have an idea of a baseline strategy with the 3200 hand sample, but if villain has made some subtle change in this strategy to take advantage of some specific table condition or dynamic that exists on only one table, then there is virtually no chance that this change will be noticeable in the hud displayed on that table given that it loaded with the pre-existing 3200 hand sample. And as we play more and more sessions with this villain, any changes are only more and more difficult to detect in the hud stats. As now these sample sizes are too big to be used as you're describing.
If they want such a thing to actually work, then they need the option to view session only stats, along side the historical stats. They need to be able to see the micro and the macro simultaneously. Otherwise the entire purpose is lost in sample size issues.
So since you asked, that's my suggestion, PokerTracker has always had the option to view either historical stats
or session only stats, ...but to make it actually useful, why can't it be both?
Last edited by krcmdc; 10-06-2018 at 06:53 PM.