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03-13-2010 , 10:04 AM
Greetings fellow tournament players!
I'm a web developer and have recently created a small poker web application that I need beta testers for.

History
I've been a cash player for six years and decided to switch to tournaments in 2010. Since it was a significant acclimation, I opted to build TourStats, an application to improve my tournament play. As I was developing it, I thought "hey, why not share with the community!", since the code wouldn't be much different or harder to write.

What does it do?
I can say briefly that the application simply counts out which mistakes that are most common for you to make and not finish ITM (In The Money). You can write whatever reasons you'd like, it all comes down to how honest you're being to yourself. TourStats also allows you to enter player tendencies in different situations, and the application will display which hand that is most likely to be shown in the showdown.
The application shows more stats that I will speak of more later when its coming to an open beta stage.

Beta testers
I basically need 5-10 beta testers that are interested in sharpening their tournament play, just PM me a desired nickname and a desired password if you're interested. One player may choose to have several accounts, eg: You might play HU SNG's and would like an account for just that, and another account for 9 handed ring game tournaments (maybe two, one for low rebuys and one for medium deepstack tournaments?). In case you would like several accounts, just PM me desired nicknames.

Is it safe?
Well first off, I do not ask you for any personal information, and in TourStats, you will never need to enter which site you play on, how much you've earned/lost or anything "sensitive". The application is just for correcting your mistakes and learning random opponents' tendencies.

What do I get out of it?
This is my personal project besides playing poker, so I earn nothing (but knowledge). It will probably cost me some due to server traffic, but nothing substantially. I don't even make any advertisement here for the URL, I just need some beta testers to help me find bugs while using it and to request features, so that I can continue to develop it further.

I apologize for my somewhat deficient english, if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them here!
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03-13-2010 , 10:10 AM
what so this is a program that will help you mincash, or is it just icm.
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03-13-2010 , 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by OperationDoomsday
what so this is a program that will help you mincash, or is it just icm.
It can help you correct your mistakes, for example your "main cause on placing OTM" might be flip 50% and second highest cause might be tilt or "bad call allin flop". You will always know what to focus on improving.

And when it comes to what the majority is holding, I will illustrate with a simple example:
UTG raises 4x with his 25BB, on a $20 rebuy tour. In this spot we will face 77 in the most scenarios. This a very simple example of course, so lets take a little more advanced one if you don't mind reading:
UTG raises 3x with his 40bb stack, UTG+2 3bets to 8.5x with his 50BB stack, we find TT on BB with 50BB. Lets say we are new on the table and got no reads or stats whatsoever on these players, UTG+2 will have QQ most of the times according to our stats, which leaves us with a fold.

This might sound or feel clear for many of you without an application, but we all know that every little edge you can get equals increased ROI. If the tourney was a $200 freezeout, UTG+2 might have KK/AA most of the times. Naturally the more stats you write down, the more precise your decisions will become. It all depends on which site, which tournament and which buyin you're playing.

Hope that cleared things up, feel free to apply, the first 5-10 applicants will get accounts .
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03-13-2010 , 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Yeslifer
It can help you correct your mistakes, for example your "main cause on placing OTM" might be flip 50% and second highest cause might be tilt or "bad call allin flop". You will always know what to focus on improving.

And when it comes to what the majority is holding, I will illustrate with a simple example:
UTG raises 4x with his 25BB, on a $20 rebuy tour. In this spot we will face 77 in the most scenarios. This a very simple example of course, so lets take a little more advanced one if you don't mind reading:
UTG raises 3x with his 40bb stack, UTG+2 3bets to 8.5x with his 50BB stack, we find TT on BB with 50BB. Lets say we are new on the table and got no reads or stats whatsoever on these players, UTG+2 will have QQ most of the times according to our stats, which leaves us with a fold.

This might sound or feel clear for many of you without an application, but we all know that every little edge you can get equals increased ROI. If the tourney was a $200 freezeout, UTG+2 might have KK/AA most of the times. Naturally the more stats you write down, the more precise your decisions will become. It all depends on which site, which tournament and which buyin you're playing.

Hope that cleared things up, feel free to apply, the first 5-10 applicants will get accounts .

You realize that about 50% of what you are saying this program will do are specifically outlawed by most sites and the other 50% is completely ******ed.

Example tip from the program: To cash more you need to... Run better late.

There I just stole 90% of your marketshare with that advice.
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03-13-2010 , 06:42 PM
"If the tourney was a $200 freezeout, UTG+2 might have KK/AA most of the times."

lol. gl with the program.
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03-13-2010 , 06:47 PM
i for one am snap mucking QQ late in the million if utg+1 opens
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03-20-2010 , 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Jurollo
You realize that about 50% of what you are saying this program will do are specifically outlawed by most sites and the other 50% is completely ******ed.

Example tip from the program: To cash more you need to... Run better late.

There I just stole 90% of your marketshare with that advice.
Wow, that was harsch. Can you show me a site and an example that shows me that I bust most of the times with top pair vs overpair from UTG+4? And of course I'd like to know the percentage of all the busts for that particular stake. I'd like like to know my second, third and fourth biggest reason for busting deep.

What majority holds is just a feature, not very usable if you already are a very good tournament player of course.
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03-20-2010 , 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by RaineTech
"If the tourney was a $200 freezeout, UTG+2 might have KK/AA most of the times."

lol. gl with the program.
What do you mean by the sarcastic "gl"?
That was a simple example and not a real example based on statistics.
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03-20-2010 , 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by hockeyshawny
Yes it was a total waste of my time to come to a forum and share my free stuff. I was being generous and I got response like I was a racist or something. I forgot how bitter people are most of the time on forums, especially on a forum about poker where the majority probably are unemployed, losing players with little to no social skills.

I would have welcomed constructive criticism more than anything, but when you mediate your thoughts filled with hatred and a touch of personal attacking, its worth less than air.

And no I'm not bitter myself about not getting great response, I haven't put down my soul in this project so I can easily give it up if it does suck. However, you life-haters out there will always be bitter no matter how much you win/lose in poker .

I would like to thank the ones who read it and/or contacted me, without spewing in the read.
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