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04-12-07, 11:13 PM
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DAMMIT, JD... Beating me to an easy joke....
Looking forward to sjay's results. I'll predict > 130. |
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04-12-07, 11:31 PM
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i didn't really like the test. Questions like this are pretty ridiculous, imo:
"5/10 NL Cash game. 10 handed. Everyone has about $1,000. Solid player UTG limps. A tight player in middle raises to $40, a tight aggressive player behind him re-raises to $150, and the button puts in a third raise for half his stack to $500. You are in the BB with KK" Firstly I wouldn't play 6-handed against four good TAG opponents. And how often will you be facing a cold 4-bet with KK in the BB? I chose raise all-in here because I will never fold KK for 100BBs, but I'm almost certain the answer they wanted was fold and I lost points there. From your comments above it looks like I got the big-stack tourney question wrong (calling with T5 just seemed wrong to me, but i know absolutely nothing about tourneys). |
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#3
04-12-07, 11:45 PM
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The test isn't supposed to be 100% realistic. It gives a number of extreme examples and marginal situatiuons with multiple answers that COULD be ok - it's up to you to choose the best one.
Looking at the results in this thread, and from what I have heard elsewhere, I think the test is pretty darn accurate, give or take maybe 8 points. 127 is a VERY good score. |
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04-13-07, 01:11 AM
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Wow. I forgot that you only moved to NL then. You used to grind out limit at Pacific, right?
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04-13-07, 04:06 AM
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I also think this test can be skewed because it doesnt not require a thought process behind answers.
A very bad player can choose fold simply because he's scared money , while a very good player can choose fold because of the range of hands that act this way and a read on opponents play and the strength of hands etc etc. They might both pick the same answer but for very different reasons. Similarly a very bad player can call because he is a station while a very good player can call because of the range of hands he puts his opponent one based on his actions throughout the hands and the % that he beats etc. Because of this , this may skew your score in one direction (either up or down). Im also curious as to who wrote this test and if there is a "correct" answer for each situation (i.e if its played out 1 million times whats the right play) and if so how they know this... While I think this test is a solid one, I think one has to keep this into consideration This is not by any means meant as a shot at anyones score (my own included) high or low by the way
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04-13-07, 04:17 AM
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BTW Im also interested to see what Kurn scored on this test
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04-13-07, 01:20 PM
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Go read their FAQ. Some of this is addressed there.
No poker test will ever be perfect, but the issues you bring up should work themselves out by the end of the test. Calling stations and scared money WILL end up with lower scores than good, thinking players. And 100 will be EXACTLY the average (well, mean, I guess) score for this test. |
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