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Originally Posted by The_Taj
The OPR(official poker ratings online,isnt that accurate.And here is why.
First off it says that in last 120 days I am 135,000 out of 600,000,while in 2008 it shows 360,000 out of 600,000.But if u look at 2003 thru 2008,it says like 199,000 out of 700,000.
So unless u go thru everything and not just this one graph,photo from OPR,its very misleading.
2nd.The OPR doesnt cover all the poker sites only 3 or 4 at most.And so if a player does well at 1 poker site,thats not covered,they are not gonna get credit by OPR.
3rd.The OPR only counts tourneys u have bought into,and doesnt cover freerolls(the Exception is Fulltilt poker).As a result like 1 and a half years ago,I deposited $25 dollars,and thru a bad run of donk beats and poker idiot goof off beat outs and some admittedly bad bankroll management on my part,I lost it all,and so therefore the OPR is gona count that against me
4th the OPR only counts cashes into performance and doesnt give credit for very very deep non cash finishes(The exception being on Full Tilt Poker)
5th.Because of points 3 and 4,OPR hasnt given me credit for the 2 times I have cashed in the $100 freeroll at Fulltilt poker.It doesnt give me credit for the 2 cashes in freerolls at Bodog Poker.It doesnt give me credit for 2 cashes in freerolls at Absolut poker.It Doesnt give me credit for 1 cash in a freeroll at UBnet.And it doesnt give me credit for 2 cashes in 2 freerolls at Cake Poker,and it doesnt give me credit for 3 cashes in 3 freerolls at Poker stars.
6.It doesnt give me credit for finishing in 3rd place,just 1 spot shy of 2nd place needed to win in the 6000 player 1 time freeroll promo where the top 2 win trip to vegas main event seat,and 20k and game with pros,and play on TV.(hmmm one would think that one should credit from OPR on this)
7.OPR doesnt give credit for the 14th place finish in round 2 semfinal round of the 250k promo at UBnet,just 5 spots shy of final table and winning chance to play on TV for the 250k.(hmmm one would think one should get some credit for this on OPR)
8.OPR doesnt give credit for the 10th place finish in round 2 of the Aruba promo freeroll,where the final table players in round 2 get to play on TV for chance to win trip to Aruba.(hmmm one would think one should get credit for this as well).
9.OPR didnt give credit for top 20 finish out of 3000 players in the round 1 250k promo freeroll at Cake Poker(One would think one should get credit for this as well by OPR).
10.OPR didnt give me credit for all the 13 top 2 finishes in the 360 player poker after dark round 1 tourny thus qualifying for round 2 in the poker after dark promo 13 times and the 1 time I qualified for round 3 in the poker after dark promo.(One should think one should get credit for that as well.)
11.OPR didnt give me credit for winning the 12000 player 2000 dollar round 1 hubble freeroll at poker stars.(one would think OPR should give credit for that as well)
So if OPR gave me credit for all that stuff,my true OPR ranking would be something like 50k to 100k out of 70000 players.Another reason why I would give myself that ranking,is that I consistently finish in the top 17 to 25% of players in tourneys
Also OPR doesnt look at this,lets say u have gotten donk beat out early in 20 tourneys in a row where you have pushed AK all in preflop and get called by 72 type hands and get goof off beat out early in 20 tourneys in a row this way.This has happened to me.In this situation OPR doesnt recognize that u got goof off beat out early in 20 tourneys in a row,it only see's 20 early tourney exits(actually it doesnt even see that as it only keeps track of buy in tourneys that u cashed in or didnt cash in and anywhere in between doesnt matter to OPR.
So all these reasons are very valid reasons why OPR isnt always a accurate measure of how good or bad a player is because OPR dont account for variance and bad luck and + or minus EV decisions.
Poker tracker from what I hear is much better then OPR.
And OPR doesnt cover my pretty good offline casino record of cashes in the casinos in Spokane WA.
Bottom line u were trying to be a Flaming troll,trying to use OPR to try to say I am a such a very sucky player when I am not instead of making constructive comments or help or advice on yor play my play others play.
Also I am not trying to toot my own horn,just countering yor silly non valid point.
I know I have a few minor leaks or flaws in my game,any decent player has them.
these are:
1.I sometimes play to many suited connectors.
2 I sometimes take unnecessary risk or chances
3.I sometimes overanalyze and assume to much.
also OPR is really only good if someone has a 1000 to 10k bankroll and they buy into a lot of tourneys with that 1k to 10k bankroll,over like a 3 year period of time,and only then is only good as a long term measurement of how good a player is in that kind of situation.
So make constructive comments instead of trying to make trolling flaming comments.
Mike DH