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Originally Posted by ten25
Most winning players aren't winning because of their HUD. Does the HUD increase their win rate? Of course, but if they have a win rate that is significant, a HUD isn't going to be the difference between winning & not winning. Executing a sound game plan is more important. If you're not winning without a HUD or at least close to break even (like -2bb/100 or better bare minimum), you're not going to all of a sudden become a winner by using one ... maybe if you study but not by using a HUD alone.
HUDs help to catch bots and cheaters as we have seen in multiple ongoing threads.
4 table max for normal tables is horrible unless the result ends up being 100NL+ games being drastically softer. At that point just make all tables Zoom/Fast Fold so players can still get in good volume.
It's pretty easy to understand if you think about it. There are two reasons why both are bad and I've never used a HUD but are well aware of what they do.
I'm assuming HUDS help people multitable right? Ok, well if that is true then:
Players who are good will have more ability to take money from the fish when playing more tables.
Using a HUD allows one to make decisions at lightening fast pace, but if playing fewer tables (3 or 4 max) will begin to get bored and play more hands making the games better. I.E, one hand washes the other.
Edit: also, unless the cheaters are super sneaky and patient (they never are) any site worth their salt should catch them. But I know, sadly they don't seem to care too much about that.