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May 22, 2016
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So, during my development so far I have mostly been learning general concepts and applying them to my game, and seeing macro improvements. I think it’s now time to spend some money on some resources that let me deep-dive into individual hands, and give me a better idea of how ranges interact etc.
Obviously I have heard of Flopzilla, and playing around with the trial can see it’s use. However, I often hear people talking about HRC, and I can definitely see the use of ICMizer for improving my ICM play.
Which should I get first/are there any essential programs I’m overlooking?
I do have HM2 if that is relevant.
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August 25, 2012
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Flopzilla is a bit old-school and can only do hand vs range – if you want something that can do range vs range I recommend CoffeeCalcs, it’s a similar program but more advanced.
I think HRC is the most fundamental program you need, though. If your short stack game isn’t up to scratch it’s virtually impossible to be a winning MTT player these days, so spending time running Nash calculations and getting used to short stack dynamics is certainly important. I’d get that before I’d get anything else. It’s also cheaper than ICMIZER, IIRC.
May 22, 2016
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Thanks, I think I’ll invest in HRC after my next pay packet! So long as I make sure to learn to use it properly it’ll pay for itself after all.
Are there any good tutorial videos for it out there that you would recommend over others?
February 5, 2015
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Hey Scotfish!
Oh I see what you did there when predictive texting tried to write Scottish.
Agree with Matt HRC is like a wet dream for push fold, I can’t get enough. I know ICMIZER’s UI looks more user friendly, but really HRC is very easy to use, and the really is a cathedral of information in there, a lot of it unintuitive. If money’s too tight to mention (join the club) ICMIZER will allow 3 free calcs. per day in perpetuity, outside of the free trial. At least it was last time I looked.Both ICMIZER and HRC offer week long trials. Yes the Dev. does an excellent webinar tutorial available at PokerStrategy I think, and there others available on YouTube. The webinar is very confusing however…there are better guides out there for a beginner.
SnapShove is a great app to use in game for call ranges. It’s about 10 dollars, whatever. It’s a ChipEV calculator only though.
Pokersnowie is a tough opponent to play against, I love warming up and analysing my play against its engine…no idea how close to GTO it is…sometimes I am utterly convinced it must have suffered a degree of mental illness in its development, because it sure does some crazy inexplicable things…then again maybe it’s me who is crazy.
I use Flopzilla for equity calcs. But I haven’t explored it fully.
SnapShove, HRC would be my primary recommendedations. Snowie is a little more frivolous I feel, but great fun!
Hey! I remember writing all this recently. Is it a deja vu or was this question asked very recently?
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August 25, 2012
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ScotFish said
Thanks, I think I’ll invest in HRC after my next pay packet! So long as I make sure to learn to use it properly it’ll pay for itself after all.Are there any good tutorial videos for it out there that you would recommend over others?
Unfortunately one of the annoying things about HRC is that there are very few good tutorial videos out there. But you can look back at my archive of video series and find the ones about short stack play from sometime back in 2014 – I did a lot of work with HRC in those, and I think they should give you an idea of how it all works.
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May 30, 2017
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Definitely agree with Theginger and Riceman on HRC (and ICMizer is very good too). Maybe I’ll do a video soon on these.
There’s also a lot you can do with tracking software besides the HUD, like filtering for hands that get to showdown to see how good regs are playing in your games when you can see all their hands. Lastly, while it has a much steeper learning curve and costs a chunk, Piosolver is great for both preflop and postflop GTO play.
May 22, 2016
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Collin Moshman said
Definitely agree with Theginger and Riceman on HRC (and ICMizer is very good too). Maybe I’ll do a video soon on these.
There’s also a lot you can do with tracking software besides the HUD, like filtering for hands that get to showdown to see how good regs are playing in your games when you can see all their hands. Lastly, while it has a much steeper learning curve and costs a chunk, Piosolver is great for both preflop and postflop GTO play.
PIOsolver would definitely be the long term play, but currently it doesn’t make economic sense for the stakes I play at. I would definitely watch some more software based videos though, even some running through some effective database analysis to give me a better idea of where to start when analysing my own game.
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May 30, 2017
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Definitely true ScotFish, it doesn’t make sense as an investment unless you’re playing at a certain level, but powerful software for sure. Thanks for the video ideas, that would be a fun series to make.
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