Re: PA and Harrington
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I think this is an unfair statement. Believe it or not, simple division and addition is actually hard for most people to do quickly. Calculating 9-10 M's (assuming single table) within 5 seconds is virtually impossible for the vast majority of players. This would be a great feature for software like PokerAce.
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Calculating 10 Ms that quick might be impossible for most people, but then you have no reason to. Just calculate your own, and then estimate the others based on their stack sizes compared to yours. Have an M of 5 and an opponent with twice the stack size? That's an M of 10 for him.
And it's not like you need to be aware of the exact M of everyone at all times. You don't need to spend a minute figuring out that someone has an M of 12.5 if you can figure out that he's above 10 but below 15, and it's not all that hard. Plus there's the fact that you only have to do it once and then just keep track of it, you don't need to calculate it every round.
Added to all that, you won't ever get quicker at estimating these with a helper program, and you don't get to use that live. It's a good practice to just do it in your head.
But maybe I'm missing something. After all, don't helper programs often give you your pot odds? You should be able to calculate that on your own too, after all...
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