My 2011 Poker Goal: Supernova Elite...

[JDMcNugent7]

Wes did u try this, how was it?

TP pm me ur coach too plz

[MAYHEM45]

More info/possibly a video of you playing by gamepad plz. I just recently started using a ps3 controller with my macbook for roms but playing some rush poker with it would be pretty cool.

[Wes]

No I didn't really try. I gave up after like two weeks.

ps3 controller + tableninja is pretty sweet.

[Talking Poker]

The game pad is so sweet. I can basically sit with my hands in front of me or on my lap without having to move my arms/hands/eyes at all and play as many stacked tables as I want.

I don't think using it for Rush would make any sense though, at least not how I have it programmed. In Rush, the whole point is to act in advance, so you would need some fast way to tell it which table to target, assuming you are tiling. I'm sure this is possible, but I have all the buttons set up how I want them for stacking, so I wouldn't want to mess with it. Here is my gamepad setup:

1 = Fold/check
2 = Check/Call
3 = Bet/raise
4 = All in
5 = Last table
6 = Next table
7 = Stack left (move table)
8 = Stack right (move table)
9 = Close table - I had this as "Sit out next BB (All)", but Stars software will do this now
10 = Left mouse click
Left stick = Mouse movement
Right stick = Go to table needing action
Dpad up = Increase bet
Dpad down = Decrease bet
Dpad left = Auto post blinds toggle
Dpad right = Sit out next BB (One Table) toggle

You could change buttons 5-9 (those are the ones on the front of the controller) to target 4 different tiled Rush tables instead, but I'm not sure how much faster this would make you. Basically, for each action, you would need to click the button that corresponds to the table you want and then click again for the action you want to take. It would be less movement than using a mouse, but I'm not sure if it would be much faster.

Stacking (which makes no sense with Rush), you are always controlling the table on top of the stack, so you don't need to worry about table control unless you want to set a table aside after an all in or cycle back to a key hand to see the flop or whatever. Stars handles bringing the table needing attention first to the top of the stack as soon as you act on the previous one.

On my 5 year old desktop, I was able to get up to 15-16 games of 6 max before my computer crapped out, so I never tried more. Even then, TableNinja would sometimes read the bets wrong (too slowly, I think) and populate the bet box with the wrong number, which is very bad. I have everything set up on my super fast laptop now though, and it is sooooooo much faster and better. Two days ago, I decided to do a little experiment and see how many $25 NL full ring tables I could play with my setup before felling behind too far and timing out. I started with 16 (because I forgot to change the max in TN) and it felt very slow compared to 6 max, so I bumped to 20, which was still pretty easy, so I went all the way to 24 (Stars' max) and didn't have any trouble keeping up. I'm pretty happy about that, since that was one of my major concerns. I haven't tried to see how many 6 max tables I'll be able to play, but I'd be surprised if I could get to 24... 16, sure, maybe even 20, but I kinda doubt I'll get to 24 any time soon.

I've been grinding Rush on FT to get my Black Card (got it on Saturday), so I put the Stars stuff on hold for a while...

[Spidey44]

Really looking forward to tracking your progress TP! Hopefully you can post up your progress over here!

I'm hoping to put in a lot more time in 2011 on the virtual felt. I think I say that every year though....

Good luck!

[lightfungus]

No poker in the future for me, but I'm stoked I have something exciting to follow this year. GL man. Out of curiousity, and a need at work, what is your "real job" background?

[Talking Poker]

Hopefully I will have time to post periodic updates.

Long story... I'll send a PM.

[Talking Poker]

So, just a little update...

My new laptop is fully set up with HEM/TN and the game controller and works great. It's blazingly fast. I was able to 24 table full ring game right out of the gate, which is good. Yesterday, I decided to see how many 6 max games I could play and was actually able to do 24 and very rarely even got into my time bank. I had no idea I'd be able to play so many tables at once, so that's good.

I've been experimenting with mostly $25 and some $50 NL and am surprised at the quality of play. Yes, there are still fish for sure, but on average, I would say it's less than 1 per table at the $50 NL level. $50 NL games are honestly tougher than the $200 NL games were like 3-4 years ago. So, that kinda sucks.

I need to get to SuperNova by 1/1/11 to maximize my 2011 earnings, so that's my goal. At $25 and $50 NL, it's going to take a while, but I need to get used to playing a lot of hours anyway.

I've been pretty much breaking even (small profit) so far, which is certainly better than losing, but I'm going to need to improve my game if I want to break even and hopefully beat the higher limits.

Anyway, just a quick update.