HHSmithy.com http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog Experts in Poker Hand Histories & Datamining Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:57:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How to deal with a slow roll in poker http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/deal-slow-roll-poker/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/deal-slow-roll-poker/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:57:04 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=479 I was playing in this home game the other day. There were a few drunks guys at the game and one of them thought he was just the funniest person to ever live. When you’re stone cold sober, trying to converse with a drunk person can be somewhat difficult and frustrating. Trying to play a [...]

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]]> http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/deal-slow-roll-poker/feed/ 0 4 Things You Need to Know at the Beginning of Your Poker Career http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/5-things-need-know-beginning-poker-career/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/5-things-need-know-beginning-poker-career/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:24:16 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=474 When you first start anything in life, there is always a bit of a learning curve. At first you may make many mistakes, but you learn from them. Some quicker than others, but learn; none the less. The “unknown unknowns” are usually what catch people out when they start something new. This holds true when [...]

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]]> http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/5-things-need-know-beginning-poker-career/feed/ 0 How to Deal with Variance in Poker: Some Quick Tips http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/deal-variance-poker-quick-tips/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/deal-variance-poker-quick-tips/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:39:04 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=470 Poker is a great game that has many aspects to love, but also many to despise. The thrill of scooping up a big pot and the rush you get from pulling off a monster bluff is a feeling you can’t get anywhere else. This is what makes poker so amazing. But, poker does have an [...]

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]]> http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/sites-added-winamax-and-microgaming/feed/ 0 PTR Take Down & Poker Stars Datamining http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/ptr-take-down-poker-stars-datamining/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/ptr-take-down-poker-stars-datamining/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:50:10 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=387 As you are all well aware of by this point, PokerTableRatings will no longer sell Poker Stars hand-histories. Our users our asking for our stance so here it is. We firmly believe that the advantage hand-histories offer is fair and discuss this in detail in our ‘Ethical Datamining‘ blog post. There are many misconceptions on [...]

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]]> http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/ptr-take-down-poker-stars-datamining/feed/ 0 The Ethics of Datamining Poker Sites, Part Two (The Positive Effects of Datamining) http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/the-ethics-of-datamining-poker-sites-part-two-the-positive-effects-of-datamining/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/the-ethics-of-datamining-poker-sites-part-two-the-positive-effects-of-datamining/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:11 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=250 In our last blog post, The Ethics of Datamining Poker Sites, Part One (Common Complaints), we outlined some common arguments given against the practice of datamining poker sites and gave counter-arguments from our personal viewpoint on the situation. In part two of this two part series, we are going to talk about the positive effects [...]

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]]> http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/the-ethics-of-datamining-poker-sites-part-two-the-positive-effects-of-datamining/feed/ 0 The Ethics of Datamining Poker Sites, Part One (Common Complaints) http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/the-ethics-of-datamining-poker-sites-part-one-common-complaints/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/the-ethics-of-datamining-poker-sites-part-one-common-complaints/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:00:19 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=230 Poker data mining services are the most important third-party for anyone who wants to play online poker in a safe and secure environment. At the time of writing, online poker is at a tremendous transition point: Countries are finally regulating, poker sites are starting to consolidate, and the DOJ finally shut down US online poker in [...]

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]]> http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/our-big-1-year-sale/feed/ 0 Why Did Full Tilt Need Your Windows Key? http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/why-did-full-tilt-need-your-windows-key/ http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/why-did-full-tilt-need-your-windows-key/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:06:39 +0000 hhSmithy http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=220 Ah yes, Full Tilt Poker. We all remember them, don’t we? A paragon of security, fairness, and timely payouts. Well, we’ve been sitting on this information for awhile, and since they’re dead and gone, we thought it might be interesting to share with the end users just how… invasive Full Tilt’s reporting tools were. Most [...]

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