poker tracker "aggression factor"

[eastbay]

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3.02

Most aggr. on flop.

I think this number can be seriously skewed in SNG's because of NL and shorthanded play.

Craig

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Yep.

You can look at the per-blind values, too:

15/30: 1.27
30/60: 1.38
50/100: 2.26
100/200: 3.50
200/400: 3.00
300/600: 3.37
400/800: 4.00
500/1000: 3.83 (only 38 hands here, though)

Actually that's kind of interesting. I may have a "timid on the bubble" leak where 200/400 play tends to be (I think). Hmm.

eastbay

[Jonathan]

Eastbay,

With the exception of 200/400 (which you think is "on the bubble") your ag increases monotonically as the blinds rise. Why do you think this is so? And is it good or bad?

Jonathan

[eastbay]

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Eastbay,

With the exception of 200/400 (which you think is "on the bubble") your ag increases monotonically as the blinds rise. Why do you think this is so? And is it good or bad?

Jonathan


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It's so for several reasons:

1) As blinds increase, getting your opponent to fold pays more. Raises give him the opportunity to fold, calling never does.

2) Blind increase is correlated with shorter handed play (this is all SnG data). Short handed play calls for increasing aggression, proportional to the number of players left. Heads-up with big blinds, it's easy to do worse than to push in every single hand. By the time your opponent is sure that's what you're doing, or until he catches a good calling hand, it's often too late for him. (I personally don't take it that far, but just to illustrate. You'd get absolutely killed trying that at a full table.)

IMO, it's definitely good to see that trend.

eastbay