stud inspector
Hello all!
I've been playing stud for many years...probably 30 or more.
I cut my teeth in home games, Atlantic City and in Vegas. However, I have no claims to fame so there's absolutely no reason to believe what I espouse based on rings, bracelets, articles, etc.
Now I play online quite often. I've posted to various online boards since there have been online boards although I must confess, not this one very often.
I'm not going to talk about how good I am or challenge anyone...sorry, that seems to be so popular. Fact is, the longer I play, the less I know (inset obligatory response about how my post is (self-serving...gratuitous...ego-driven)...whatever...HERE!
However, I am very impressed about the level of intellectual analysis and criticism (not to mention time spent doing all that) which is spent on the wide variety and sophistication of questions and topics posed.
Keep up the good work!
(Once again I'm so sorry that I don't use the appropriate emoticons or 'white-outs' or other board fashions. It's all I can do to review my post one time for spelling and grammar)....is that how you spell 'grammar'?
Is there a point to this post????
Well, yes, and it has to do with the "Stud Inspector" product. This is not a plug!
If you don't know already, stud inspector will track dead cards for you at PP and other rooms. It also does odds generation and current hand simulations.
Now...finally...the crux of the matter...
Years ago on rec.gambling.poker, there was a thread (which I'm sure has occurred here many times as well) about the importance of being able to remember all cards seen in the current hand.
I remember that even Mike Caro chimed in at one point (on my side as I remember).
My point was that rudimentary card memory was sufficient when combined with adequate knowledge of starting and basic 4th street+ strategy knowledge in most low-to-medium limits game to permit one to be a net winner at those levels.
This, apparently, was anathema to many players who thought otherwise. Parenthetically ((())), I am excluding higher level games (20-40 and above) from this hypothesis.
Since then, I don't think my card memory abilties have changed. At my age it's hard to imagine them improving! However, as the years go by, I tend to improve my results.
I suspect that this is more the result of the explosion in poker popularity and the resulting influx of inexperienced players than anything else.
I had a chance to, however feabily, verify this hypothesis when I recently purchased and started to use the 'stud inspector' product.
What did I find? Well, young poker Paduans, I found that it almost never revealed things I didn't already know.
Once in a great while, if I need to remember if a specific inside straight-flush draw card is still alive to beat my quads, it comes in useful. Otherwise, it's usually just a tool to impress those who happen to be looking over my shoulder at the time of just how analytical and imposing a poker genius I am.
Anyways...I'm looking forward to igniting another firestorm of debate on this topic although if you're smart little fishies you probably won't rise to the bait...or de-bait...get it? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (oops that was an emoticon wasn't it)
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