Holdem manager/PT3 Huds

[whycantistayawayfromdogs]

This forum seemed to be lacking a thread of this sort, seeing as how teh pokers is more about your opponent and his tendencies than your cards. I bought holdem manager a while ago but im pretty sure PT3 is practically the same and so the same applies to both. What do you have on your HUD? I never really set mine up properly, i see videos all the time where the pro has about a gazillion stats that will never converge (and thus never be useful). Mine goes: Name/Hands/VPIP/PFR Btn Steal/Fold BB to Steal/Flop cont bet/Fold to flop cont bet/ Fold to turn cont bet/flop aggression/turn aggression I hate agression factor on its own, prefer to split it to flop/turn as a lot of fish play the flop like a mental patient and then the turn completely straight forward (hence why i like fold to turn cont bet). Im pretty sure i should have a few more as i find myself frequently rolling over the stats and looking at the bigger popups (anyone who has seen me play knows i timeout sh*tloads, especially on betfair where u get a tiny clock - OT) I know that a number of players on PL dont use a hud, imo this is a massive leak so i would like to hear your opinions as well. Ta

[Nade]

Re: Holdem manager/PT3 Huds I use PokerOffice2, which as an aside was rated in InsidePoker as the best HUD. Table overlay stats i use for 6max cash are: VPIP% - Because it's a standard mark which shows how loose or tight a player is. Saw Flop% - Because i feel able to narrow a person's range down more if i know how many flops they like to see. Pre Flop Raise% - Ties in with the VPIP but also works with the saw flop% as if the saw flop is high but raise pre is low it indicates they like to limp and all of a sudden they're raising big pre for example it gives me good info. Continuation Bet% - This is a recent addition and the reason i like to see this in play is because it helps me a lot when playing OOP. It gives me more confidence in check-raising with air OOP when i see someone puts in a lot of cont. bets. Generally though i just noticed people seemed to put a lot of cont. bets in so i wanted a gauge on it to try and use it to my advantage. I have used ShowdownsWon% before and it's something loads of people advocate and it is good to know when a player on the river re-raising big has a 95% win rate you can assume you're toast usually, but i just don't like pinning my hopes in crucial river situations on a number in the corner of the screen. I think if you've got to the river you should have all the info if played right to know where you are anyway and the stat also takes away the element of gut feel which although might not be right the whole time i think by thinking hands through from start to finish and coming to a conclusion in your own mind will aid the learning curve more then relying on computers for your river decisions. So as you can see i base all of my stats around what happens pre flop and on the flop because i feel able to narrow down my oppos. range really well with the info so i can then act on later streets. Also i just like to play poker and so testing my reads etc. is a lot more fun and rewarding without all the maths saying i should so x,y and z on later streets. People should just use what's best for them and if that's turn and river %s of all types then good luck to them.