Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject: New Autorates Article

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Finally finished it.

http://www.andymcnish.btinternet.co.uk/newauto.htm

Any feedback before I ask Tetsuo to post it?


Also 1MB+ word version here

http://www.andymcnish.btinternet.co.uk/NewAutorates.doc

you can filter by icon type on prefs page

As an example from my previous question I have these stats on a paticular player.

Total Hands = 623
VP$IP = 20.71
PFR = 2.36
AF_F = 2.25
AF_T = 1.8
AF_R = 1.5

Won $ when saw the flop = 21.15% (doesnt sound like a TA to me)
Folded to River bet = 68.75% ( isn't this weak Tight?)

Now from what I can tell this guy is raising preflop 2.36% of the time which 2.36% of 20.71 is about .5% of his hands. Hmmm... So this sounds like the only time this guy raises before the flop is when he has aces. Even a fish knows to raise with those. This guy isn't fitting the profile of a TA, yet according to the new rules he's a TA. This sounds like a problem that I believe the Preflop raise numbers would rectify. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Total Hands = 623
VP$IP = 20.71
PFR = 2.36
AF_F = 2.25
AF_T = 1.8
AF_R = 1.5

In the original rules this player was catagorized as a TPA which sounds a bi t more accurate based on the stats I've pulled up. But TA he is not!

the reason is explained in the article - we simply don't have enough icons

you will see the actual PFR% in front of you with GT+ for every player and you wil often need to check the same to put him on a range of hands pre-flop and it was less important than Vp$iP or PFA to win rate (and therefore table selection) so it was the stat dropped.

As a rule both TPA and TAA's are winners - AP10 did some nice analysis showing that the optimum % PFR for TA's is in the 5% - 7.5% range which is actually on the TPA side...


http://livepokerforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2894

I guess it makes a little more sense now. Thanks for clearing my PFR question up. You've done an awesome job with all this stuff. I've been looking over less than a few weeks and its driving me nuts.