Re: Ethics of datamining on stars?
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I'm actually not terribly convinced that datamining has a very big affect on winrate. If you play 50k hands a month you have a very good coverage anyhow. The extra mined hands probably have an an increasingly thin affect on winrate. Especially at higher stakes where issues such as metagame, history and table dynamics are key.
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Not everyone plays 50k hands per month. Some good players play much less for a variety of reasons. Or they play a lot but only occasionally at a particular site.
One effect of datamining is it puts part-time players on a more equal footing with high-volume pros. Table selection is crucial and where datamining helps the most. Without it the high-volume pro might still know almost everyone in the game but the occasional player wouldn't.
Just something to think about when you form your opinion.
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