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Old 10-18-2007, 05:38 PM
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Default Re: **Official** uNL Microbrew Thread - October PART DEUX

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IT MEANS YOU CLICKED THE WRONG TAB, ALL IN THE LUCK IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS ON POKEREV. EVERYTHING ELSE ON IT IS A BIT BIASED/SKEWED.

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I've heard this before, but could you elaborate? I understand that in terms of evaluating "how good am I running" PokerEV only tells a very small part of the story, but could you explain what is biased or misleading about the graphs themselves?

I am assuming that it calculates expected showdown winnings (not just all-in luck) by looking at each street of each hand and calculating ($amount_bet x %equity), is that right?
If so, the main problem seems to be whether or not it calculates equity when drawing just the next card, or expected equity at showdown if there is no more betting. Either way seems at least a little problematic, but it still seems semi-useful.

Actually, I mainly use pokerEV to easily see the difference between how much I win at showdown vs. without showdown for different situations using the filters. It's a nice way to look for situations where you may habitually be missing opportunities to steal, or situations where you may be committing too lightly.