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Originally Posted by Hollywood Hustler
This may have been asked before, but why is your range at 54% the same as PokerStoves at 48%? Am I doing something wrong? Two random numbers by the way. I just wanted to see how PokerStoves 48% range would compare to yours and found that at 54% they were exactly the same.
No, hasn't been asked, good question. The reason is that PokerCruncher's "select top x% of hands" slider's %age has a different/simpler meaning than PokerStove's slider. This is just a design simplification decision I made which I can correct in an update to get in sync with PokerStove.
PokerCruncher lists the 169 hands in order from strongest to weakest (in the same order as PokerStove, which is why you saw the 54 and 48 %age's match) and the slider picks the top x% of them in the linear order. PokerStove does the same but weights the hands according to the odds of getting them (6 combinations for a pair, 4 for a suited hand, 12 for an offsuit hand). So PokerCruncher's slider's %age setting doesn't match PokerStove's because of this equal weighting shortcut I took (which looks like I'll be fixing in an update).
But note that PokerCruncher shows the range's odds %age separately in the top right part of the hand range screen. Try this - start with a clean slate (no assigned cards anywhere), set the slider to 54%, tap "Add", and note that the %age at the top right says "48.1%", so under the covers the hands and odds are ok. This %age indicator is actually pretty smart in that it takes already assigned (i.e. non-live) cards into account. E.g. if another player has two specific aces e.g. AdAh, two aces are eaten up and the %age indicator takes this into account (not sure if PokerStove's slider %age does). So I had decided that since Cruncher shows both %age's, it's ok if the slider's %age "cheats" a little.
Good eye noticing this; I'll add this to the update list.
This won't make it in V.2.4 though. I'll be submitting the next update later this week, which means you guys will get it in about 2 weeks. In the next update you'll be able to tap the hand range grid to select cells, and also swipe horiz. and vert. and diagonally to multi-select cells. Since it's just a selection (not buttons) you don't have to nail it the first time and it looks to be pretty usable even with the small size cells. Thanks, -RJ
Last edited by rj999; 05-12-2009 at 11:54 PM.
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