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Old 11-18-04, 06:00 PM
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As mentioned previously, I have 6,300 hands in my Poker Tracker database (which is actually built on a Microsoft Access database). We are in the process of porting the Microsoft Access Database from Poker Tracker into an Oracle database that we plan to run against a couple of stats packages. There are measures in statistics that can clearly show skewing or "flattening" in a dataset that would be present in a non random dataset. What is interesting so far: playing at the lower level at Party Poker, almost every table I sat at had a "Playstation". That is, there was at least one person seeing 80+ precent of the flops and betting all the way to the river. Given the skill levels of the players at what could be termed a beginners level, it is highly suspicious that almost EVERY table I played at Had one of these players. One of the things we intend to measure is the amount of money these playstations generate and if there is a correlation between the starting hands these players have and their play rates. Another anomoly: Poker tracker only knows what a player has when he is forced to "Show" his cards. While many of the playstations stay and play, they seem to alter their betting at the showdown so that they either fold or call so that they do not have to show their hands.We are starting to see some things that do not add up statistically or mathematically.