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Static vs Positional HUD for HUSNGs

View Poll Results: Do you prefer a static or positional HUD?

Positional

6 42.86%

Static

8 57.14%

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10-17-2020 , 04:34 PM

ChicagoRy

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I've talked about this with a few players and I wanted to get a wider base of opinions. Feel free to comment on reasoning too.

For HUSNGs, do you want your HUD to display stats on your opponent from both their BB and SB play at all times (static), or only display SB when they're in SB and BB when they're in BB (positional).

* To be clear, the static example means you'd still have BB separated from SB on your opponent, you'd just see them both at all times.

** Positional HUDs are banned in places like Stars, but Stars players feel free to say which you'd prefer, this is more about what players on sites that can use positional HUDs prefer.

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10-17-2020 , 09:23 PM

HokieGreg

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Static, ainec. I've used both. The main reason I strongly dislike positional is bc it disrupts my ability to analyze/gameplan vs villain. When using a static HUD, there's lots of times that I'm playing a hand in the SB and reviewing overall HUD to find leaks.

Also, hi!

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10-18-2020 , 01:49 PM

ChicagoRy

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Greg!

Thanks for that, makes sense. Hope you're doing well during these wild times.

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10-18-2020 , 03:52 PM

HokieGreg

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No problem. I'm kind of curious why anyone would prefer a positional HUD over static for heads up.

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10-19-2020 , 09:28 PM

ChicagoRy

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Maybe some positional players can weigh in.

One obvious advantage that I see is that it makes for a cleaner HUD (half the space). And while I do have some agreement in your "I like to make my decisions on their entire performance" (especially early game imo), you'll still put more weight/relevance into their positional spot on avg, so it is worth more.

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10-19-2020 , 10:56 PM

HokieGreg

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Yea. I think if you're at the earlier stages in learning process, positional HUD makes more sense. For me, I've just found there's so many times that I get ISO'd all in and fold, and then I want to look at his bb play/iso stats some but I'm in the small blind. Then once I'm in BB again, I forget to look.

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