Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Unmotivated
I don't think I've logged more than 2k hands in the past two weeks. Part of it is slowly coming off tilt. Part of it is due to increased hand analysis, leak-locating and -plugging, and reading poker books. In fact, I don't think I'm spending any less total time on poker.
I'm just not spending that time playing.
I guess that's a good thing? Since I discovered a datamining program for Absolute Poker, I've been letting it run (and run and run) on my computer. My database has finally cracked the million-hand mark...even though I'm only recorded in about 70K hands myself. LOL.
The flipside of this: I'm starting to hit a bottleneck for my rig:
hardware side
Since I got my new monitor, I've been plugging it in externally to the laptop, exporting the tables to it, and leaving the monitoring program on the laptop screen. This necessitates a 3-minute period of plugging in mice, A/C, and monitors into the laptop, then playing setup with the video. Slightly annoying, but I dealt with it, knowing that in the future I would get myself a desktop and simplify.
software side
It looks like the future is approaching more rapidly than I thought, as my lowly Athlon 6400+ laptop is starting to complain about DB crunching. GRRRR. I'm not sure if that's why PokerAceHUD is crashing my Absolute Poker, if it's Absolute itself, or some other unrelated issue, but I have -- on average -- a crash a session, where I must restart everything anew.
It could be time to format my laptop again -- I know it's always ultra fast whenever I clear out the digital algae, reset the registry, and go from there. Just a temporary solution, though.
so I'll soon be getting:
I'm just not spending that time playing.
I guess that's a good thing? Since I discovered a datamining program for Absolute Poker, I've been letting it run (and run and run) on my computer. My database has finally cracked the million-hand mark...even though I'm only recorded in about 70K hands myself. LOL.
The flipside of this: I'm starting to hit a bottleneck for my rig:
hardware side
Since I got my new monitor, I've been plugging it in externally to the laptop, exporting the tables to it, and leaving the monitoring program on the laptop screen. This necessitates a 3-minute period of plugging in mice, A/C, and monitors into the laptop, then playing setup with the video. Slightly annoying, but I dealt with it, knowing that in the future I would get myself a desktop and simplify.
software side
It looks like the future is approaching more rapidly than I thought, as my lowly Athlon 6400+ laptop is starting to complain about DB crunching. GRRRR. I'm not sure if that's why PokerAceHUD is crashing my Absolute Poker, if it's Absolute itself, or some other unrelated issue, but I have -- on average -- a crash a session, where I must restart everything anew.
It could be time to format my laptop again -- I know it's always ultra fast whenever I clear out the digital algae, reset the registry, and go from there. Just a temporary solution, though.
so I'll soon be getting:
- new CPU
- new motherboard
- new graphics card
and i'll ram them into an older tower that a roommate has laying around. Probably a $250 investment.
then I'll worry about a 2nd monitor. I mean, I'm juuuuust starting to get 4-tabling under my belt. I've got a raging urge to drop down to 10NL and try 6-8 tabling, and start really sucking in volumes of poker.
wow, motivation. cool.
# posted by OneGreenChip : 12:33 PM
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I have a laptop and do a similar thing to what you are doing. However, since I rarely use my laptop as a laptop, I built my computer desk from scratch to make it how I would like it to be.
Here is my basic setup, which you might want to think about incorporating. I made my shevles in my cabinet big enough to fit an open laptop. I also used a 1.5" bit to create holes to hide wires. What I have is my monitor on my desk, couple with a wireless mouse/keyboard combo. I turned the laptop into a desktop. I am not sure about the financial aspect of what you are describing, but if you value the idea of having a laptop, I would suggest this method, as it gives you flexibility (trips and stuff). I never spend the time setting things up, since while home it is basically a paremanent fixture - basically I turned my leptop into a desktop.
As far as increasing from 4 tables to more than 4, personally I dislike the idea. This is just my two cents here, but at this time I feel 4 tabling allows me enough time to make reads, make notes, and basically make good plays. For me at least, going to more than 4 tables is possible, but my note taking sufers, my decision time is decreased, and I feel my ability to progress as a player is negatively affected. I would rather sacrifice the small amounts of cash for moving up limits. Just my two cents, for what it is worth. Which is basically, well, just two cents. lol
Here is my basic setup, which you might want to think about incorporating. I made my shevles in my cabinet big enough to fit an open laptop. I also used a 1.5" bit to create holes to hide wires. What I have is my monitor on my desk, couple with a wireless mouse/keyboard combo. I turned the laptop into a desktop. I am not sure about the financial aspect of what you are describing, but if you value the idea of having a laptop, I would suggest this method, as it gives you flexibility (trips and stuff). I never spend the time setting things up, since while home it is basically a paremanent fixture - basically I turned my leptop into a desktop.
As far as increasing from 4 tables to more than 4, personally I dislike the idea. This is just my two cents here, but at this time I feel 4 tabling allows me enough time to make reads, make notes, and basically make good plays. For me at least, going to more than 4 tables is possible, but my note taking sufers, my decision time is decreased, and I feel my ability to progress as a player is negatively affected. I would rather sacrifice the small amounts of cash for moving up limits. Just my two cents, for what it is worth. Which is basically, well, just two cents. lol
sounds like you basically built yourself a docking station :D
I guess I could change this setup to accomplish that -- BUT I am still running into memory / lag issues from DB size. That's why I was the most interested in swapping to a bigger setup.
It's stretching to work more even four tables right now for me -- when difficult decisions are up on two tables at once, I end up timing out on one of them.
I guess I could change this setup to accomplish that -- BUT I am still running into memory / lag issues from DB size. That's why I was the most interested in swapping to a bigger setup.
It's stretching to work more even four tables right now for me -- when difficult decisions are up on two tables at once, I end up timing out on one of them.
Docking station sounds about right, lol. I was just making that comment more to say it might be worth looking into getting a new laptop, as you can get the benefits of both if you do what I have done.
It is good to see you are putting so much time into improving your game by studying and analyzing your play. This can only make you a better player in the long run, keep it up!
It is good to see you are putting so much time into improving your game by studying and analyzing your play. This can only make you a better player in the long run, keep it up!
I'll chime in with my 2 cents as well. First off, I hate the idea of playing on a laptop in general. If you can afford to go out to dinner / bar one night and drop $250 on entertainment, you can easily afford $300-500 on a good machine to run your poker related endeavors on. As you start data mining more on Absolute, you will certainly need the memory and space (PAHud is chugging through a LOT of hands to calculate those stats we all love). I know you're a competent individual, but if you are anything like your brother and know 0 about computers, let me know and I can give you recommendations for CPU/graphics/etc.
As for the idea of dropping down to play more tables, I am not a fan. You are good enough to be beating 25nl at AP, you just need to stay focused on intently watching the players, taking notes, figuring out patterns, etc. They love to give their money away. I've recently been 6 tabling some, and it's really difficult to follow all of the action if you aren't used to it (especially on Absolute, since they have no time bank and it autofolds you if you time out... SUCK!). Stick to 4-tabling for now, your bankroll will thank you later.
As for the idea of dropping down to play more tables, I am not a fan. You are good enough to be beating 25nl at AP, you just need to stay focused on intently watching the players, taking notes, figuring out patterns, etc. They love to give their money away. I've recently been 6 tabling some, and it's really difficult to follow all of the action if you aren't used to it (especially on Absolute, since they have no time bank and it autofolds you if you time out... SUCK!). Stick to 4-tabling for now, your bankroll will thank you later.
I will chime in with more two cents. Listen to m0niker - he knows way more than me about computers. lol
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