I downloaded the elephant a few days ago, but since it's too complicated for me I don't use it.
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Well, that answered one of my questions partially.
I recommend using Pokertracker. The 60day trial is useful. But any that you find that isn't too complicated for you would be good.
Again though. Do you have any more information on a particular hand?
Hey guys,
there are some tutorial videos here ( http://de.pokerstrategy.com/video/#searchtext=elephant&key=all&contenttype=13&gametype=0&tablesize=0&languages=de,en&levels=basic,bronze,silver,gold,platinum,diamond&lowerlimit=0&upperlimit=100&ob=date&od=desc&page=1&rpp=10 ).
What do you need exactly and what are your problems?
Best
Huckebein
Thx for the link. Didn't know about that page. I'll check it out and ask if I have any more questions about the Elephant.
One thing I'd like to know right away is why the Elephant can't find my Full Tilt Ninjachick1975 data. I have an older account there, but the Elephant had no trouble finding that one. I searched the entire hard drive, but can't find the Ninjachick data anywhere.
I'm happy. Been playing cash games (1/2 cents tables) for an hour and I've already won 2$
"That was Professor Dumbledore, the head of the college Potter attended. Dumbledork's name sounds like a play on Dumbledore's name."
Check out the clear grasp of the ovbious on belayd.
Originally posted by dariusgeorgel
"That was Professor Dumbledore, the head of the college Potter attended. Dumbledork's name sounds like a play on Dumbledore's name."Check out the clear grasp of the ovbious on belayd.
You're right. When I first came up with that nick I was a big Harry Potter fan. I wanted a name that was kinda cool (yeah, I'm strange I know) and I cam up with that one.
Hey Dumbledork,
The one thing there is to say about poker is that it's a hard way to make an easy living.
You have to put in hours of study to beat the games, but it can (and should) be fun. It sounds like you need to reset your mindset when it comes to poker. It is a fact that sometimes, when you have the best hand on the flop, you will lose the pot by the river. What's important is that you keep making the decision with the most expected value so that in the long term (and the long term is longer than most people realise!) you make money. It doesn't matter if the guy gets there, on the river, most of the time he won't, and you'll make money.
This happens to everyone, and for MTTs it's not uncommon to see very large stretches of breakeven or even losing play. If you can't deal with the variance, I don't recommend MTTs.
Since you've started playing cash, maybe you should stick with this. Remember good bankroll management means that if you do take a really bad beat, you won't lose your whole bankroll.
In order to improve your game, there are several options available to you. In addition to the articles and videos we have available, I think that our hand evaluation boards will be really useful for you. In the example you posted with KQ on a KKxxx board vs AK, you're more or less 'supposed' to go broke there without a really specific read, but there may well be other spots where you're turning made hands into bluffs or making calls that are just not profitable in the long term. In the KQ hand you posted, sure, you lost the hand, but against the opponants range of hands (all the hands he can possibley have in that spot) you were making money long term. You just got unlucky to have him find a hand that beat you.
How to post a hand for evaluation:
Keep learning and working on your game, and eventually the variance won't matter. Don't think about money won or lost, concentrate on playing your best and improving your game. Changing that focus will not only make poker more enjoyable, but it'll also make it more profitable.
Hope that helps and if you have any questions about the advice here, or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask -- we'd all be delighted to help.
Let us know how it goes!
Best,
Marc
Originally posted by Dumbledork
One thing I'd like to know right away is why the Elephant can't find my Full Tilt Ninjachick1975 data. I have an older account there, but the Elephant had no trouble finding that one. I searched the entire hard drive, but can't find the Ninjachick data anywhere.
In before this guy gets his account closed for multi-accounting. 
So, should I simply delete the old account? No idea there was a problem with that.
Originally posted by Dumbledork
Originally posted by belayd
Originally posted by ihufa
You seem familiar... Were you in that movie harry potter???That was Professor Dumbledore, the head of the college Potter attended. Dumbledork's name sounds like a play on Dumbledore's name.
That's exactly where I got the name from. In fact I use Dumbledork as my pen name for the stories I write and post on the internet.
This made milk come out my nose....and im drinking beer
since you guys started talking about poker programs here, is there any program wich would show you what hands you possibly have? like if you have KK and flop goes like K69 and it would say that you have straight or something?
Originally posted by tokyoaces
In before this guy gets his account closed for multi-accounting.Not unless someone finks on him to Full Tilt. (I'm guessing he meant he has two accounts on Full Tilt, not on PokerStrategy.)
Originally posted by admiraliD
since you guys started talking about poker programs here, is there any program wich would show you what hands you possibly have? like if you have KK and flop goes like K69 and it would say that you have straight or something?
What use would a program be that told you the wrong hands?
Originally posted by belayd
Originally posted by tokyoaces
In before this guy gets his account closed for multi-accounting.Not unless someone finks on him to Full Tilt. (I'm guessing he meant he has two accounts on Full Tilt, not on PokerStrategy.)
That's right. The other one is an old account I had before I learnt about PokerStrategy and the possibility to get some starting capital.
THe other account is now occasionally used by my brother.
Originally posted by Dumbledork
Originally posted by belayd
Originally posted by tokyoaces
In before this guy gets his account closed for multi-accounting.Not unless someone finks on him to Full Tilt. (I'm guessing he meant he has two accounts on Full Tilt, not on PokerStrategy.)
That's right. The other one is an old account I had before I learnt about PokerStrategy and the possibility to get some starting capital.
THe other account is now occasionally used by my brother.
You realize that, if Full Tilt ever finds out about either of those things, you're permanently banned in both accounts? One for having duplicate accounts, and the other for permitting another person to play on your account. Full Tilt considers both to be mortal violations of its TOS and is particularly nasty with people who do it. I would keep VERY quiet about that kind of thing.
Originally posted by Dumbledork
Oh, okay. So is it possible to delete the other account?
I don't know much about that, but my understanding is that, even if they don't throw the book at you, they'll delete your second account, transfer the remaining funds from your second account to your first account, and permit you to continue playing in your first account. But even that depends on them having a good day and you giving head to their entire staff.
No, it is not possible to delete it yourself. Support can, but even if they decide to delete only one of your accounts, they will delete the new one (if you're lucky enough not to get baned from FTP).