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MilkFish
01-27-2009, 02:00 AM
Hi,
Sorry for asking this as im sure you have been asked before. But from all the other posts and threads that I have read I am still not quite sure how to interpret an EV line.
Heres a Graph
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/640/evgraphjan09tm9.th.jpg (http://img259.imageshack.us/my.php?image=evgraphjan09tm9.jpg)

So does this mean that this person(me, I know I suck:))
a) is running approx $700 below EV, i.e with average luck the winnings would be positive??
Or
b) that if he had run with average luck he would have lost $700 and is therefore running slightly better than average??

I thought it was (a) but i've seen people say (b) so now I'm confused :P

Extra info:
I bought and downloaded HEM 2 days ago through CardRunners so I assume its the latest version. The version I'm running is 1.07.
This graph was created using hands from January 2009
I play on pokerstars and all these hands are from there.
I run HEM on Windows Vista Ultimate
I am the nittiest retard on the planet :)

Help much appreciated, Thanks.

Holdem Manager Training
01-27-2009, 05:49 AM
EV is what you should have for your roll. It takes the bad beats you give and take to come up with the number. Lets say you were all-in PF with $100 stacks. You are 50% to win, and the villian is 50% to win. And you won for the sake of argument. Your graph would go up $100 because you won a $200 pot right? Since you were 50/50 to win the hand, your EV will stay the same because if you did this same hand a gazillion times, you would break even. That's why the EV doesn't change in this spot.

All-in Pre and you are 90% favorite but lose. EV line will go up $90 while your winnings drops $100.

All-in Pre and you are 90% favorite and win. Ev line goes up $90 while your winnings go up $100.

If you EV line is above your winnings line, yes, you are running bad.
If your EV line is below your winnings line, you are running good.