I was looking through the site today and came across a few tool that we had up from the start. These are some good tools to use if your wanting toimprove you game and keep track of your information.
First was a a standard deviation spread sheet. What is standard deviation?
The mean is easy to explain … it is the average number of what we are observing. Its where the graph peaks. In poker we are interested in the earn rate per 100 hands. So this number is your BB/100.
The variance describes how fat or thin that graph is. The bigger it is the fatter it is. The smaller it the thinner it is. If you were looking at the height of all men the graph would be quite fat. Lots of different heights out there from dwarfs to giants. We got em all in there.
If you were looking at the height of basketball players the graph would be much thinner. (and the peak to the right)
The 2 can be taken off (by square rooting it) and it is called the standard deviation.
To Chart your standard deviation...
Also we have a bankroll spread sheet to keep track of all your earnings. If you play for more than kicks and giggles then it is very important to keep a honest record of your earnings or loses.
And if you use PokerTracker here is a set of auto rating rules that I used to play Limit Poker and tag what type of players I was up against.
PokerTracker Auto-Rate Rules...
I hope these help!
