Am I finally getting it?
 

Well even if I got toasted at the 5/10 level, it appears as if something has sunk in. My Poker Tracker Rating has slipped out of the passive realm to a TA-N. For those of you who do not use the PT Rating Systems they give a nice icon that shows you what type of player you are playing against. In all of my time playing I have always been various stages of Passive Post flop. What the TA-N rating means is I am tight Pre-Flop. I do not play marginal hands here. I am also aggressive Pre-Flop. I will not limp with AK, etc.. I am always raising my good hands to maximize profit pre-flop.

The part I have never been able to get under control is the third number. I am now upgraded from Passive to Neutral. I think this is a good step for me. I beleive it is because I am folding a heck of a lot more, and check-raising alot more when I am pretty sure I am ahead. The third number is basically a ratio of how many times you call/check vs bet/raise. In case you did not know calling and checking are usually bad but not always. If you do it as much as I have in the past you never maximize your profits and always pay people off.

So to recap: Getting better as a player at least statistically.

If you want to get a copy of the Poker Tracker Hand Rating Systems I have two of them up on my site: . The widely used one is BisonBison's from 2+2, and the other one is a slight modification of that system that alot of people are using. Just download the textfile you want and import it into PokerTracker. Good luck!

Thanks for the information on PT. I will be visiting your site to get it.

I'd like to get these text files (the BisonBison one, in particular), but when I try from your site, I get this:

HTTP1.1 STATUS 403 Remote Access to this object forbidden This file cannot be directly accessed from a remote site, but must be linked through the Brinkster Member's site.

I'm very curious what my rating would look like. I have and love PT, but I have yet to explore all of it's features, including setting up these rating rules. seems as if this text file would save me some time. Think you can find a better link, post the actual text of the file here, or if all else fails just email it to me?

Much appreciated.

Sir? Any luck with this?

Try Again.. Else I can send to you..
 

Try it again. You need to right click it, choose Save As, and save it to your drive. If you cannot get it working I will send it to you via a PM or post it here if I can.

Got it. Don't mind me. When I followed the link (wanted to SEE the file), I got an error. Saving Target As worked like a champ.

Thanks.....

For anyone else interested.... here is the text of the Bison file (not sure if the formatting will get screwed up because of the width):


Autorate Rules Begin
Aggression:Y
ARI_2 0 Fishy (LP-P)
1 1 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than 30.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 3 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is less than 1.50
ARI_3 0 Good Player (TA-A)
1 3 20.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 1 2.00 Aggression Factor - Total is greater than 2.00
ARI_4 0 sLP-A
1 5 20.00 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 30.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 1 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is greater than 1.50
ARI_5 0 sLA-P
1 5 20.00 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 30.00
2 1 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is greater than 5.00
15 3 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is less than 1.50
ARI_6 0 (TA-P)
1 3 20.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
2 1 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is greater than 5.00
15 3 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is less than 1.50
ARI_7 0 (sLA-A)
1 5 20.00 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 30.00
2 1 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is greater than 5.00
15 1 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is greater than 1.50
ARI_8 0 Gambler (LA-P)
1 1 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than 30.00
2 1 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is greater than 5.00
15 3 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is less than 1.50
ARI_9 0 Rock (TP-P)
1 3 20.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 3 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is less than 1.50
ARI_10 0 Loose/Aggressive (LA-A)
1 1 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than 30.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 1 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is greater than 1.50
ARI_12 0 Calling Station (sLP-P)
1 5 20.00 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is between 20.00 and 30.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 3 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is less than 1.50
ARI_13 0 Tight/Passive (TP-A)
1 3 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 30.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 1 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is greater than 1.50
ARI_14 0 Loose/Passive (LP-A)
1 1 30.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is greater than 30.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 1 1.50 Aggression Factor - Total is greater than 1.50
ARI_15 0 Tight/Aggressive (TA-N)
1 3 20.00 Vol. Put Money In Pot % is less than 20.00
2 3 5.00 Pre-flop Raise % is less than 5.00
15 5 1.00 2.00 Aggression Factor - Total is between 1.00 and 2.00
Autorate Rules End

Ok... I just threw these rules into PT and autorated everyone... but since I mostly play short seated, I am seeing a lot of gambler icons. Does Bison have an alternate set of rules for short seated play?

I have seen these..
 

I have seen short rules. I will have to dig them up though. The rules do get skewed alot by playing short.

That would be great... thanks.

i really should figure out this PT program, but it seems like a ton of work to figure it out. i fiddled with it for about an hour the other day and didn't get anywhere.