Tann
02-19-2005, 09:49 AM
I did some data-mining in my PokerTracker database, which contains 40,000 hands of mine, mostly from Party and Crypto rooms, 0.5/1 and 1/2 stakes. I wanted to know, which type of players win the most BB on average. (Methodology: on the Preferences page check the Player Filter option, and select a player icon category. On the Summary page the parameters of that player category are displayed, including the average BB/100 value.)
I did it for every player type, and wrote down the results. I expected that the TAA players have the highest BB/100, but the result was really a surprise:
Winners:
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1. LP-A (elephant), 76 players (60% winner), 4 000 hands, 12.81 BB/100
2. LA-A (tasmanian devil), 171 players (60% winner), 10 000 hands, 8.1 BB/100
3. sLA-A (smiley face), 180 players (61% winner), 13 000 hands, 5.9 BB/100
4. TA-A (moneybag), 155 players (60% winner), 15 900 hands: 4.51 BB/100
5. sLP-A (question mark), 74 players (51% winner), 5000 hands, 3.67 BB/100
6. TP-A (mouse), 217 players (56% winner), 17 000 hands, 2.97 BB/100
Loosers:
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7. sLA-P (sad face), 122 players (44% winner), 8 200 hands, -0.21 BB/100
8. TA-N (eagle), 116 players (41% winner), 8 400 hands, -0.87 BB/100
9. sLP-P (calling station), 22 players (39% winner), 15 000 hands, -2.48 BB/100
10. TA-P (yellow triangle), 54 players (46% winner), 2 400 hands, -2.67 BB/100
11. TP-P (rock), 222 players (35% winner), 15 000 hands, -3.95 BB/100
12. LP-P (fish), 612 players (32% winner), 37 849 hands: -9.48 BB/100
13. LA-P (dice), 288 players (36% winner), 16 500 hands, -9.6 BB/100
14. Default, 3427 players (35% winner), 45 000 hands, -14 BB/100
Analysis:
- All winners are aggressive postflop.
- All loosers are passive (or neutral) postflop.
- Passive preflop play does not help winning.
That's OK so far. But:
- Loose aggressive players win MUCH more than the tight aggressive players (???)
I have contacted with another player, and he has similar results in his PokerTracker database.
Maybe it is better to be LAA than TAA???
I am confused.
I did it for every player type, and wrote down the results. I expected that the TAA players have the highest BB/100, but the result was really a surprise:
Winners:
---------
1. LP-A (elephant), 76 players (60% winner), 4 000 hands, 12.81 BB/100
2. LA-A (tasmanian devil), 171 players (60% winner), 10 000 hands, 8.1 BB/100
3. sLA-A (smiley face), 180 players (61% winner), 13 000 hands, 5.9 BB/100
4. TA-A (moneybag), 155 players (60% winner), 15 900 hands: 4.51 BB/100
5. sLP-A (question mark), 74 players (51% winner), 5000 hands, 3.67 BB/100
6. TP-A (mouse), 217 players (56% winner), 17 000 hands, 2.97 BB/100
Loosers:
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7. sLA-P (sad face), 122 players (44% winner), 8 200 hands, -0.21 BB/100
8. TA-N (eagle), 116 players (41% winner), 8 400 hands, -0.87 BB/100
9. sLP-P (calling station), 22 players (39% winner), 15 000 hands, -2.48 BB/100
10. TA-P (yellow triangle), 54 players (46% winner), 2 400 hands, -2.67 BB/100
11. TP-P (rock), 222 players (35% winner), 15 000 hands, -3.95 BB/100
12. LP-P (fish), 612 players (32% winner), 37 849 hands: -9.48 BB/100
13. LA-P (dice), 288 players (36% winner), 16 500 hands, -9.6 BB/100
14. Default, 3427 players (35% winner), 45 000 hands, -14 BB/100
Analysis:
- All winners are aggressive postflop.
- All loosers are passive (or neutral) postflop.
- Passive preflop play does not help winning.
That's OK so far. But:
- Loose aggressive players win MUCH more than the tight aggressive players (???)
I have contacted with another player, and he has similar results in his PokerTracker database.
Maybe it is better to be LAA than TAA???
I am confused.