Re: Sharkscope
To quote the original poster:
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It is definitely -EV to base any decision other than whether or not to sit down on Sharkscope
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My read on this is that he believes the decision to play the person or not is an appropriate use of Sharkscope data, but is saying that's the *ONLY* decision that can be based on whether somebody's a loser on SS or not.
Bad players are bad in many different ways, and SS only tells you they're bad, not how. So the fact that they're a loser on sharkscope really has no bearing whatsoever on the analysis of a particular hand.
It certainly can't be the entire basis for a "read" on a player, and is definitely not a substitute for match history, but it seems a lot of people try to use it that way when posting hands.
In fact, it could be argued that if you even post the fact that the player is a loser on SS when posting a hand, that you already are putting too much importance on that stat, which is basically meaningless in that context.
How'd I do in your defense, Penguin? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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