poker tracker software

[Fivek]

I wonder if someone could offer their opinions:
I am playing 6 seater table Pot-Limit Omaha High
I have just started to use Poker Tracker Omaha
Obviously the default values for the different ratings of a player's style are based on a full ring game of 10 players
Could I get advice as to how to customise poker tracker to rate players for a Six seater table with a minimum of 5 players seated?
In his book Rolf Slotboom rates players (for a 10 seater table) as follows:
Loose = VPIP greater or equal to 33%
Tight = VPIP less or equal to 18%
Aggressive = PFR greater or equal to 9%
Maniacs = PFR Greater or equal to 20%
Passive = PFR less or equal to 3%

Poker Tracker's own default values are as follows:

Loose-Passive/Passive (LPP)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than or equal to 30.00
Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is less than 2.00
Loose-Passive/Aggressive (LPA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than or equal to 30.00
Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is greater than or equal to 2.00
Semi-Loose-Passive/Passive (SLPP)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 29.99
Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is less than 2.00
Semi-Loose-Passive/Aggressive (SLPA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 29.99
Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is greater than or equal to 2.00
Loose-Aggressive/Passive (LAP)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than or equal to 30.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is less than 2.00
Loose-Aggressive/Aggressive (LAA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than or equal to 30.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is greater than or equal to 2.00
Semi-Loose-Aggressive/Passive (SLAP)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 30.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is less than 2.00
Semi-Loose-Aggressive/Aggressive (SLAA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 30.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is greater than or equal to 2.00
Tight-Passive/Passive (TPP)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is less than 2.00
Tight-Passive/Aggressive (TPA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is greater than or equal to 2.00
Tight-Aggressive/Passive (TAP)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is less than or equal to 2.00
Tight-Aggressive (TA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is between 2.00 and 3.00
Tight-Aggressive/Aggressive (TAA)
Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
Pre-flop Raise % is greater than or equal to 5.00
Aggression Factor - Total is greater than or equal to 3.00
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Steve

[cmyr]

this has been discussed at length, and the basic concensus is that autorate rules don't make sense in omaha, because it is essentially not a preflop game. Four of the winningest players in my current favourite game are 41/21/4, 44/17/3, 55/9/2, and 30/15/3.


I suggest not really worrying about autorate, and instead paying attention to how players play hands, and rate them manually accordingly.

[Troll_Inc]

Everything cmry said plus:

1. It's probably more useful to look at the positional stats of a player than the raw numbers you (the OP) talk about.

2. I think PT is a great tool to analyze your own play and results. Perhaps longterm if you are playing against the same opponent over several 1,000 hands, it might be useful for realtime play.

[sondring]

Just learning PLO myself but it seems as if PFR and agression numbers are more important that VP$IP. WTSD and W$@SD are also interesting but take at least 1k hands to come close to being accurate.

[sahaguje]

I like autorating in HE, but I did not take the time to make good rules in PLO. But

1) I would cleary emphasize the post flop agression more than the preflop stats.

2) I would only rate players with more than 200 hands.

3) I would use rating to find extreme players : I do not care if someone's postflop agression on a small sample is 1.9 or 2.1. Treating a 2.1 like a 5 can lead to major mistakes. The problem is that if you are not totally unobservant, you do not need a software to tell you that a player is overly agressive, or plays every single hand.

But I agree that the most important feature of PT in PLO is to review you own play.