Equity Matrix

So, I'm at work and bored and am thinking, since I suck at Poker, why not make a cheat sheet for my equity after the flop for certain boards with top hands, so I created this spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. When I get home later I'll plug the numbers into Pokerstove and enter into each cell and then print it out for easy reference when I'm playing. Just curious what anyone might think of the concept.

Btw: I picked some typical hand distributions but this doesn't count every possible range of hands so if anyone has any ideas about a quick 'mental slider' method (sorry, Owen!) of computing Equity if your villain's range falls somewhere between the ranges I chose for this. Also I chose very coordinated boards as these are the trickiest to deal with when you have a pair, 2 pair or a set and are facing a large raise. I using rainbow examples and not flush draws as I figured adding or subtracting equity based on the flush should be relatively easy but if I'm wrong please let me know.

Looking fiorward to input

Thanks

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How are you planning on using this information?

By using my equity against a given range witha specific starting hand on one of the boards listed to determine whether I should fold, re-raise or call.

It isn't a bad idea to look at your equity and villain ranges in common situations, aswell as looking at lines etc. However I think a chart like this just isn't a good idea. It's too rigid and that is not poker. Again I love the idea but perhaps when you're playing and you notice a spot where you're unsure, mark it and run it through pokerstove and analysis it. Go through your database and look for common spots, perhaps filter for all the times you had TPTK on a dry flop and see how you played. Then think through how you should have played vs each opponent you did play. Pokerstove it, post it here if you're still unsure.

I think charts are more useful for SnG's, not so much cash.

I was mainly thinking of using it as a learning tool, sort of like training wheels and that fairly soon I could look at a board, check villain's Call PFR stats and make a quick estimation of my equity. Once I got to that point the chart would become superfluous.

I know, and it's an excellent idea but I think it's too rigid and artificial. Looking at super common situations that you actually encounter and getting to the point where you know how to play them is a more effective way imo. Give it a go though, I don't think it can hurt.

you show you have a 4.5x BB/100 at 48,000 hands on PTR , just stick with the game you were winning the money with..

Thanks

My confidence is low right now after another failed attempt to move up. Tried 3 times over the past week and have 5 BI lost to show for it. (I'm at 55 BI for 2nl as of this morning )

You will get there man, you just need to keep at it. It took me moths to get to a point where I knew I could beat 5NL evenafter I was sure I could leave 2NL behind.

Reading some of your posts its clear that you understand concepts that well well ahead ahead of my learning curve. I just get by on ABC poker and a solid default strategy though I feel tilt control and being able to rationalize variance has one of my biggest leaks fairly well plugged.

PM me if you wanna pick my brain on anything ABC