A short post on something I'm doing these days

[B Dids]

I sit down, I open a table, play for about 10-20 minutes and really focus on that table, get a good solid impression of that table. (6 max, so I'm seeing a good number of hands)

Then:

I open my second table, do the same, shift more primary focus to that table and get the solid reads there.

Just that 10 minute wait, rather than opening both tables at once, has made a big difference in the quality of reads that I've had, and I think it's been very beneficial as I play.

[greg nice]

profound

[Oblivious]

I never thought to do this... thanks for the tip.

[Solami17]

AHHH!

Probably need a bit more time on a full table though.
Good tip

[Sponger15SB]

This is what I do...

1) datamine
2) play poker

[B Dids]

Datamine gives you stats, stats don't give you the same information that watching people play gets you.

[stoxtrader]

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Datamine gives you stats, stats don't give you the same information that watching people play gets you.

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in my opinion it gives you much more precise, thorough, useful information, and is slightly more scaleable.

[B Dids]

This seems awfully weird coming from somebody who makes his money in games that tend to run short, where how a guy plays seems even harder to define in specific numbers.

I use stats, but I think understanding how a guy will play types of hands and other observations that you get from observation alone give you more benefit.

I do not feel I can make up in non-statistical (non-PT) "reads" the money I lose from not immediatly opening 8-12 tables than from waiting 10-20 minutes for each one. I am guessing no one can.

[B Dids]

Understand, I play 2 tables and think that playing much more than that is probably a bad choice for the long term development of your game, so I'm not talking to anybody trying to play 12 tables.