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FAQ Section - Odds and Poker Calculators.

Q: Okay I know what EV is. And I know the EV of a hand increase as you get closer to late position. However I have noticed that it will still vary from the same position. Does anybody know why that is?

A: If the hand is suited or unsuited and the amount of players (reducing) in the hand are two variables that effect EV.

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Q: Anyone have a key for translating the TI symbols (die, eagle, phone) into Marty's symbols (elephant, lion, mouse). Sometimes the translation can be confusing depending on the circumstances.

A:  Loose/Aggressive means high VPIP/high AF means jackal
Tight/Passive means low VPIP/low AF means mouse
Loose/Passive means high VPIP/low AF means elephant
Tight/Aggressive means low VPIP/high AF means lion

Tight/Neutral means low VPIP/medium AF means eagle this one knows how to read the board and his opponents. So where is the monkey? I look at the WSDW%. They will normally have a red die or telephone icon and a very low WSDW%. The monkey is the player who calls to the river with a 56o when the flop showed two aces and a king. Trust me, I've seen it. LOL. The icons are just a guide. The thing I try to watch is when the opponent suddenly changes his style. For example, when the mouse raises or when the jackal suddenly gets quite.

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Q: I can't find a description of the PFR% (pre-flop raise percentage) Does it mean total percentage of hands that a player raised? ...or does it mean percentage of hands voluntarily putting money into the pot that the player raised? (So 25% could be 25% of 25% which would be 6% total hands)

A: PFR = % of time player RAISES preflop if he enters the hand. It is a percent of their hands not tied to anything other than hand count. The higher the PFR the more aggressive the player across their range.
A player can have VP and PFR the same as in 10 and 10 means they raise everytime they enter. But that low a VP pretty much they only enter with group 1 or 2.

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Q: I got tournament indicator recently and am having trouble understanding the pot odds. Math was always a headache. Is there a simple way to understanding the percentages for the pot odds with this program? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! 

A: In settings set the odds indicator to ratios not percents. As in 4:1 is what it will show for example which is 25% pot odds. It is easier to understand and you know that for every chip you put in if the pot odds are 4 to 1 you get 4 back and if 3 to 1 you get three back. You you have odds of 1:3 to hit your flush and pot odds of 5:1 to call then you have GREAT odds to make the call.

Also, you can look at the bar chard in TI, if the green on the left is higher than the one on the right make the call usually because it means your win odds are higher than the pot odds cost so most of the time it's the right call.

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Q: Just wondering, is TI just HI with the Mzone calculator added? I'm thinking of investing of one of the two so wanted to get a handle on the differences.

A: They are similar in appearance but have some key differences. HI works with both cash and tournament games, but is better for cash games. Tournament Indicator has some different profiling features specific to tournaments : MZone Colors, Balance and Streak Indicators, and MatchCards. To me, if you play both cash AND tournaments, you need both HI and TI.

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Q: What is a tournament Q mean? I saw Marty talk about this once but was not sure what it meant.

A: Your tournament Q is your stack size in relation to the AVERAGE stack size of all REMAINING opponents in a poker tournament.If you have 1,500 chips left and the average stack size is 3,000 then your Q is .5 = 1,500/3,000. When you start a tournament, you have a Q of 1, meaning you have not particular stack size advantage over the average player. When you loose a big pot you have a Q of say 0.5. Now you have less equity than the average player.