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04-18-07, 01:02 AM
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The problem with that is your second score will be heavily skewed. Your time will be much less than it should be, and you'll have already seen and thought about all of the questions.
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04-18-07, 01:07 AM
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Wow... apparently I need to start playing more tourneys.
Poker IQ Score Your General Poker IQ Score is 121 and shows how skilled you are in general. Anyone with a score this high is considered to be a mid stakes pro. This score is better than 91.92% of all persons taking this test. You should expect to win in mid stakes NL hold'em games and in tournament games. You scored higher than your average score in 8 individual ability categories. 1 of these better scores could be called statistically significant and may indicate special abilities, or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that counted more heavily in the other ability categories. Position Solving many of the IQ Test's problems required the ability to analyze your position at the table, considering blind levels and stack sizes, the tendencies of your opponents and the strength of your hand.. Many poker situations require analysis of position. The ability to play in and out of position strongly is required for skilled NL Hold’em players. Your Positional Play score of 116 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 85.69% of all persons taking this test. Blinds Understanding what changes occur when out of position but required to put in half a bet are important. By far, the blinds will be any NL Hold’em player's least profitable seats. It is important to play out of the blinds correctly in order to minimize losses over time. Your Blinds score of 104 is significantly lower than your average score. This score is better than 60.51% of all persons taking this test. Tournaments This is the ability to change your strategy, hand strengths, calling and pushing ranges as blinds and antes rise. It is most useful during tournament play, but is useful in dealing with short stacks in deeper stacked cash game play. It is important to learn tournament skills even for cash game specialists. Strong tournament skills should translate to more tournament cashes and deeper finishes. Your Tournament Play score of 130 is exceptionally higher than your average score. This score is better than 97.72% of all persons taking this test.  Big Pairs The ability to play big pairs correctly is important for any successful NL Hold’em player. Although over time big pairs will be the most profitable hands, playing them incorrectly can lead to disastrous results. Beginners get themselves into trouble by slow playing and/or overplaying big pairs, and often try to be excessively tricky with them. Although poor players sometimes play their big pairs correctly, it is rare. In general better players will win more and lose less with JJ+ as they gain skill and experience. Your Big Pairs score of 117 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 87.15% of all persons taking this test. Small and Medium Pairs The ability to play small and medium pairs is typically difficult for beginners. Typically beginners will call too much pre-flop with these hands and overplay overpairs on the flop. Folding a set is rarely correct but sometimes necessary. Your Small and Medium Pairs score of 118 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 88.49% of all persons taking this test. Bluffing Bluffing is big part of NL Hold’em. Bluffing and semi-bluffing at the right times is important. So is recognizing that an opponent is likely to be bluffing and acting accordingly. Balancing your own bluffs and adjusting opponent calling ranges is essential. Your Bluffing score of 105 is significantly lower than your average score. This score is better than 63.06% of all persons taking this test. Flop Texture Adjusting your play based on the "texture" of the flop is important. The flop cards should be analyzed in light of your opponent's tendencies, his suspected hand range, and the strength of your own hand. Failing to include the flop texture in your post flop decision making is a typical beginner mistake and is easily disastrous. As you gain experience in NL Hold’em and play against more experienced opponents, it will become second nature and of paramount importance. Your Flop Texture score of 122 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 92.88% of all persons taking this test. Pot Odds Sometimes you are required to call when you know you're losing because the price is right. Sometimes you must fold because you're facing a bet that is too big or because an opponent does not have enough money behind to justify an implied odds call. Failing to make the correct odds calls is a major error. Sometimes it is correct to call in some surprising situations. Your Pot Odds score of 113 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 80.69% of all persons taking this test. Logic Logically analyzing the action during a hand is important. Players with strong logical ability are quicker to see where a given set of conditions is leading, better understand the technical aspects of the game, often move up quickly in stakes and have little trouble with bankroll management. Your Logic score of 117 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 87.15% of all persons taking this test. Betting Patterns An awareness of betting patterns serves a number of purposes. It is useful for analyzing the playing styles of opponents and for finding errors in your own game. Often beginning players have no awareness of common betting patterns. Experienced players are sometimes able to watch a hand, adjust for the skill, experience and tendencies of each player and determine almost exactly what each player holds. Your Betting Patterns score of 114 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 82.47% of all persons taking this test. Hand Selection It is important choose which hands to play by adjusting for position, stack sizes, and the tendencies of your opponents. Beginners often have no awareness of relative hand strength, often play weak hands out of position, or easily dominated hands against tight opponents. Your Hand selection score of 111 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 76.83% of all persons taking this test. Aggression Aggression is important in poker. It increases your equity in most hands by giving you an extra way to win the pot. Your opponent may fold. Playing passively yields only one way to win -- with the best hand at showdown. Beginners typically play too loose and too passive. Excessively aggressive players will lose less than passive players. A balanced tight aggressive strategy is typically best for NL Hold’em depending on game conditions and stack sizes. Loose aggressive style is more difficult to master but can often be extremely profitable. Your Aggression score of 114 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 82.47% of all persons taking this test. Computational Speed Solving problems quickly indicates a combination of experience and card sense. Experienced players can often play most hands automatically, and only require significant thought for the most complex situations. Experienced players should easily answer a good amount of the questions on this test, leaving extra time to focus on the more complex situations. Your Computational Speed score of 116 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 85.69% of all persons taking this test. --------------- Have to say I'm very surprised with the tournament score. Guess I need to find the time to play more MTTs. LOL.
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04-18-07, 01:10 AM
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Interesting how in the past few days they have changed their scoring breakdown from %s to standardized IQ numbers. I like it much better the new way.
Before you turn into a full time tourney pro, I don't think there were nearly enough tourney questions on the test (personal opinion). And considering half of them have been discussed in this thread already....... well, that could have affected your score a bit. Still, nice score. |
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04-18-07, 01:21 AM
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Agreed re: the lack of tourney questions. Two things: I did not review any of the hand/topic discussions in this thread b/c I knew I would eventually take the test. However, I did notice that speed seemed to be an important part and made sure to read/answer as quickly as possible... so, I probably added a few points b/c of that, and my test taking abilities probably helped too, I killed the bar exam.
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