Tournament Indicator Strategy and Odds Calculator
Of all the poker calculators available on the market, none of them have ever addressed the needs of the amateur online player that focused his play and growth in the game by way of tournaments. Let's face it, the new players that come to this game are by and large, influenced by tournament action seen on television.
So why hasn't this huge segment been addressed in software? The reason (at least in part) is because programmers may feel there are just too many variables and nuances in a tournament that are simply too difficult to quantify. Stacks, position, structure, escalating blinds, profiles, payout's, re buys, qualifiers... and on and on. Tournament indicator addresses these factors
* Win Odds: Calculated with a sophisticated mathematical algorithm based on your pocket cards, the community cards, and the number of players in the hand.
* Pot Odds: Pot odds is simply a ratio of the amount of money in the pot compared with how much money it takes to call. The higher the ratio, the better your pot odds are. If there are $12 in the pot and it costs $4 to call then you are getting 3:1 odds ( winnings : "cost to stay in"). This can be translated to a percentage, representing the size of your contribution in the new pot. It will be 25% in the above example.
* Your/Opponent hands at showdown: These numbers represent the probabilities of hitting a particular hand for you AND your opponents at showdown. For example, if it shows 20 on flush for you and 30 for your opponents, it means that you have a 20% probability of getting your flush, while your opponents collectively have a 30% chance of hitting a flush.
* EV: Expected Value for your hole cards. Expected value is the average amount of big bets this hand will make or lose. So for example, AA from the small blind in a 3/6 game will make on average 2.71 times the big blind, or $16.20 per hand (2.71 * $6). 22 from the button (D or Dealer position) however, will make -0.12 EV, or -$0.72 in a 3/6 game (6 * -0.12). This data was extracted from Poker Room's EV Page. Thus, these statistics are actually compiled from live table data instead of simulations.
* Group: It's another way to describe your hole cards strength. In the book of Holdem Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky, he divides the starting hands into 9 groups. Group 1 is the strongest; group 9 is the weakest. By only playing poker hands that have profitable EV, you will certainly improve your Texas Holdem game. Please remember however, that this is a compilation of EV for the average player, so they are just representative of long term statistics and not Texas Holdem facts. You will still need to play your poker hands accordingly, which means you need to observe your opponents, and play as the flop sees fit.
* OUTs: OUTs refer to the unseen cards still left in the deck that will improve your hand after the Flop. As you might guess, the more cards left in the deck that will improve your hand, the better. That's why, after the Flop, you want to stay with hands that can be improved in a number of ways. The more outs, or ways your hand can potentially improve on the Turn or the River, the better your chances are of winning the pot. By counting your outs, you can do a very rough, quick calculation to estimate your percent chance of improving your hand after the Flop, and hopefully having a winning hand. Knowing how likely (or unlikely) you are to improve will help you make a better decision about how much (or little) to invest in the hand. Tournament Indicator shows you the Total Outs and what the Outs are.
* Position: Tournament Indicator shows your position after flop. For a full size table (7-10 players), the first three seats after the button would be Early. The button and the two seats before it would be Late, and in between is the Middle. For short-handed tables (5-6 players), Early and Late position are the first and last two positions. For tables with 2-4 players, Early and Late position are the first and last position.
Opponent Stats
This data is collected using the same information you receive while sitting at the poker table. Tournament Indicator does this by reading the log files supplied by the online poker rooms themselves. The major difference is that Tournament Indicator actually remembers the action and automatically recalls it for you. Top professionals have amazing card memory - so can you!
* MZone: The ratio of your stack to the blinds and antes.
MZone = (Table Stacks) / (BB + SB + Ante*Number of players)
20+ 10 - 20 6 - 10 1 - 5 0 - 1
# VP$IP (Voluntary Put Money In Pot): Percentage of games a player voluntarily puts Money in the Pot. Blinds do not count unless a player completes the small blind or calls a raise from either blind. It measures a player's tightness/looseness, which helps indicate the range of hands that the player will see a flop with. Green for Tight, Black for Neutral, Red for Loose. Below are the default settings.
VP$IP Category
VP$IP < 24% Tight
24% < VP$IP < 30% Neutral
VP$IP > 30% Loose
# PFR: Pre-flop raise percentage.
# AF (Aggression Factor): It measures a player's aggression/passivity, which represents the player's betting tendencies after the flop. The AF Tournament Indicator provides, is the combined AF totals of the flop, turn, and river.
AF = (Raise% + Bet %) / Call %
Red for Passive, Black for Neutral, Green for Aggressive. Below are the default settings.
AF Value Category
AF < 1 Passive
1 < AF < 1.5 Neutral
1.5 < AF Aggressive
# WSD: To further categorize aggressive players, we use "Went to Showdown %" to measure whether a player is Solid or Overplay. Green for Solid, Red for Overplay. Below are the default settings.
WSD% Category
WSD < 39% Solid
39% < WSD Overplay
# WSDW: Went to Showdown and Won percentage.
# Balance: The chips amount a player Won/Lost in last 10 (by default) hands.
# (Hand) Streak: The number of hands a player has Won or Lost in a row.
# Player Profile Icons: Tournament Indicator will assign a profiling icon to a player when it collects more than 8 (by default) hands of data for that player. Below is a list of all the icons and the corresponding criteria.
Calling Station (Loose, Passive).
Gambler (Loose, Aggressive).
Tight, Aggressive.
Rock (Tight, Passive).
Neutral, Aggressive.
Neutral, Passive.
Loose, Neutral.
Tight, Neutral.
Not sure yet. Not enough hands of data to categorize this player
Player History Stats
Double click on a player's name to open the history stats window for that player. The stats data is categorized by MZones. You can also create a note for the player.
* Won%: Total winning hands percentage, which includes showdown won and non-showdown won.
* Hands: Total number of hands a player have played during that time period.
Mucked Hands at showdown
Match Cards
Mini View
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Setting
* Select a game table to attach to on startup. By checking this option, Tournament Indicator won't attach itself to any game table automatically. You need to manually select one of the game tables when you launching Tournament Indicator.
* Automatically move with the game table. By de-selecting this option, Tournament Indicator won't move itself with the game table automatically when you move your game table. In the mini view mode however, this option is invalid.
* 4 Color Deck. Displays your hole cards and the board cards with a 4 color deck if you select this option.
* Show my hole cards after folding. By de-selecting this option, Tournament Indicator won't keep
our hole cards if you already folded before the hand plays to completion.
* Player Category Settings. Change the player profiling settings to the value you prefer.