Controversial Chip & Poker Opinions (89 Viewers)

[mr11]

Solvers should be allowed at the table

April fools

 

[Tight_Lay_DOWN]

Solvers should be allowed at the table

April fools

Hmm…Controversial indeed, I must be a bad poker (or crazy) because I would probability encourage other players to use solvers at a live poker table that I am at, while I don’t use a solver for myself. Guess I am just a fish.

Interesting thought…

As everyone reads this post, players will be posting “dibs” to take a seat at my table.

 

[Poker Zombie]

Hmm…Controversial indeed, I must be a bad poker (or crazy) because I would probability encourage other players to use solvers at a live poker table that I am at, while I don’t use a solver for myself. Guess I am just a fish.

Interesting thought…

As everyone reads this post, players will be posting “dibs” to take a seat at my table.

I'm sort of in your camp.

At my games I have index cards with the blind structure on one side and a cheat-sheet (hand rankings and a guide for chip color/denoms). It's better than a newb making a mistake by forgetting if a straight or a flush is better - or having to ask. However, when they pause to read the cheat-sheet, you know they are likely on a hand (and it is better than 2-pair). the board texture will tell you the rest.

Apply that same thing to a GTO table. Even newbs understand what to do with a monster, so if they are glancing at their solver they are on a more middling hand. It's an easy tell, but would also be likely to save some fish from calling too often.

However, I'm only "sort of" in favor of solvers at the table, because they can clutter the table, slow the game needlessly, and it takes some of the human element out of the equation. I also have little desire to return to online poker, due to the use of solvers and dashboards. When humans are taken out of poker, it takes the psychological element out of the game, which is my favorite part (I hate the math).