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Dix
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Location: W.Poland Maine - USA

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:50 am    Post subject: How do you rate? Reply with quote

Ever wonder how you really stack-up with regard to the rest of the poker world?

Well now you can find out...

http://www.donkeytest.com/

Now despite the humorous site name, this is one SERIOUS test of poker ability. Your "overall" score is broken down into over a dozen detailed categories and plotted on a graph in addition to describing your ability in each individual category in rating your playing ability.

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Personal Intelligence Profile forDonk E. McPhee

Poker IQ Score
Your General Poker IQ Score is 147 and shows how skilled you are in general. Anyone with a score this high is considered to be a poker genius. This score is better than 99.18% of all persons taking this test. You should be able to handle professional hold'em games at high stakes.You scored higher than your average percentile score in 6 individual ability categories. 2 of these better scores could be called statistically significant and may indicate special abilities, or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that counted more heavily in the other ability categories.

Big Pairs
The ability to play big pairs correctly is important for any successful NL hold'em player....


If you'd like to take it make sure to do a couple things before you start.

First, clear about 45 minutes to an hour of time. This is a timed test. However, it IS best if you take your time while doing it. Speed is actually a relatively minor part of your overall score, and if you get a couple wrong because you rushed that you would have gotten right had you taken more time to analyze the hand, your score will be better if you get those answers right rather then go for a fast time.

Second, read the instructions carefully. There are some basic principles you should understand going in that are laid out in the instructions.

I'll give you a little heads-up on a minor point that may make a point or two's difference in your score... make sure you understand if you are playing in a tournament or at a cash table (it will say so) on the hand examples and adjust your strategy accordingly.

Once you complete the 51 questions and hand examples you'll be asked for your e-mail address to set up an account which will save your results (have cookies enabled in your browser if you've disabled them). Then you will have to answer a short 3 or 4 answer survey to get your full results and charts. It's all completely free of charge.

Here's how the scores break down...

40 - 54 = Super Donkey (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 69 = Donator (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 84 = Donkey
85 - 114 = Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 129 = Low to Mid-Stakes Pro
130 - 144 = High Stakes Pro (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 160 = Poker Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)

160 is actually a typo.... 150 is the highest score possible.
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Dix
"Royal Flush - No Hat"


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Location: W.Poland Maine - USA

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok.... here's mine....

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Personal Intelligence Profile for Dix


Poker IQ Score

Your General Poker IQ Score is 129 and shows how skilled you are in general. Anyone with a score this high is considered to be an low to mid stakes pro. This score is better than 96.41% of all persons taking this test. You should expect to win in low to mid stakes NL Hold'em games.You scored higher than your average percentile score in 8 individual ability categories. 6 of these better scores could be called statistically significant and may indicate special abilities, or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that counted more heavily in the other ability categories.

Position
Solving many of the IQ Test's problems required the ability to analyze your position at the table, considering blind levels and stack sizes, the tendencies of your opponents and the strength of your hand.. Many poker situations require analysis of position. The ability to play in and out of position strongly is required for skilled NL hold'em players.

Your Positional Play score of 78% is significantly higher than your average percentile score.This score is better than 96.90% of all persons taking this test.

Blinds
Understanding what changes occur when out of position but required to put in half a bet are important. By far, the blinds will be any NL hold'em player's least profitable seats. It is important to play out of the blinds correctly in order to minimize losses over time.

Your Blinds score of 96% is exceptionally higher than your average percentile score.This score is better than 99.89% of all persons taking this test.

Tournaments
This is the ability to change your strategy, hand strengths, calling and pushing ranges as blinds and antes rise. It is most useful during tournament play, but is useful in dealing with short stacks in deeper stacked cash game play. It is important to learn tournament skills even for cash game specialists. Strong tournament skills should translate to more tournament cashes and deeper finishes.

Your Tournament Play score of 74% is not significantly different from your average percentile score.This score is better than 94.52% of all persons taking this test.

Big Pairs
The ability to play big pairs correctly is important for any successful NL hold'em player. Although over time big pairs will be the most profitable hands, playing them incorrectly can lead to disastrous results. Beginners get themselves into trouble by slow playing and/or overplaying big pairs, and often try to be excessively tricky with them. Although poor players sometimes play their big pairs correctly, it is rare. In general better players will win more and lose less with JJ+ as they gain skill and experience.

Your Big Pairs score of 81% is significantly higher than your average percentile score.This score is better than 98.06% of all persons taking this test.

Small and Medium Pairs
The ability to play small and medium pairs is typically difficult for beginners. Typically beginners will call too much pre-flop with these hands and overplay overpairs on the flop. Folding a set is rarely correct but sometimes necessary.

Your Small and Medium Pairs score of 91% is exceptionally higher than your average percentile score.This score is better than 99.69% of all persons taking this test.

Bluffing
Bluffing is big part of NL hold'em. Bluffing and semi bluffing at the right times, recognizing that an opponent is likely to be bluffing and acting accordingly is important. Balancing your own bluffs and adjusting opponent calling ranges is essential.

Your Bluffing score of 68% is significantly lower than your average percentile score.This score is better than 88.49% of all persons taking this test.

Flop Texture
Adjusting your play based on the "texture" of the flop is important. The flop cards should be analyzed in light of your opponent's tendencies, his suspected hand range, and the strength of your own hand. Failing to include the flop texture in your post flop decision making is a typical beginner mistake and is easily disastrous. As you gain experience in NL hold'em and play against more experienced opponents, it will become second nature and of paramount importance.

Your Flop Texture score of 80% is significantly higher than your average percentile score.This score is better than 97.72% of all persons taking this test.

Pot Odds
Sometimes you are required to call when you know you're losing because the price is right. Sometimes you must fold because you're facing a bet that is too big or because an opponent does not have enough money behind to justify an implied odds call. Failing to make the correct odds calls is a major error. Sometimes it is correct to call in some surprising situations.

Your Pot Odds score of 75% is not significantly different from your average percentile score.This score is better than 95.22% of all persons taking this test.

Logic
Logically analyzing the action during a hand is important. Players with strong logical ability are quicker to see where a given set of conditions is leading, better understand the technical aspects of the game, often move up quickly in stakes and have little trouble with bankroll management.

Your Logic score of 79% is not significantly different from your average percentile score.This score is better than 97.34% of all persons taking this test.

Betting Patterns
An awareness of betting patterns serves a number of purposes. It is useful for analyzing the playing styles of opponents and for finding errors in your own game. Often beginning players have no awareness of common betting patterns. Experienced players are sometimes able to watch a hand, adjust for the skill, experience and tendencies of each player and determine almost exactly what each player holds.

Your Betting Patterns score of 81% is significantly higher than your average percentile score.This score is better than 98.06% of all persons taking this test.

Hand Selection
It is important choose which hands to play by adjusting for position, stack sizes, and the tendencies of your opponents. Beginners often have no awareness of relative hand strength, often play weak hands out of position, or easily dominated hands against tight opponents.

Your Hand selection score of 78% is not significantly different from your average percentile score.This score is better than 96.90% of all persons taking this test.

Aggression
Aggression is important in poker. It increases your equity in most hands by giving you an extra way to win the pot. Your opponent may fold. Playing passively yields only one way to win -- with the best hand at showdown. Beginners typically play too loose and too passive. Excessively aggressive players will lose less than passive players. A balanced tight aggressive strategy is typically best for NL Hold'em depending on game conditions and stack sizes. Loose aggressive style is more difficult to master but can often be extremely profitable.

Your Aggression score of 77% is not significantly different from your average percentile score.This score is better than 96.41% of all persons taking this test.

Computational Speed
Solving problems quickly indicates a combination of experience and card sense. Experienced players can often play most hands automatically, and only require significant thought for the most complex situations. Experienced players should easily answer a good amount of the questions on this test, leaving extra time to focus on the more complex situations.

Your Computational Speed score of 49% is significantly lower than your average percentile score.This score is better than 47.34% of all persons taking this test.



There were a few interesting things I found out about myself.

First, that my strongest two categories were playing out of the blinds and playing small & medium pairs.

That came as a pleasant surprise actually... as I tend to play very different than most on both counts.

I find that most who consider themselves good NL Hold'Em players to be WAY to aggressive with small pairs and from the blinds.

My other "strengths" were playing position, big pairs, analyzing flop texture, and reading betting patterns.

Sure... OK.

Biggest weakness.... bluffing... Yep... it is. Very Happy

Surprising low scores for me were tournament play and pot-odds.... OK... that WAS a surprise.

But, I might understand it somewhat. There were a couple questions where I let the situation override pot-odds, because to me it was the correct decision to do so... and both were tournament hands. (one of those is a hand where I have a serious issue with what is considered the "correct" answer).

My lowest score.... speed.

Which makes a LOT of sense to me. I'm a FAR better live player than I am an on-line player. And that is purely due to time.

On-line you only have 30 seconds. There are a lot of times where (for me) that is no where NEAR enough time to put all the information together on a hand... the pot odds, the situation, how the hand played out, the player's style and apparent skill level, what he might have, what he thinks I might have, etc...

30 seconds isn't a lot of time to process all that information.

That score of 129 could be pretty close.... for live play... for online... it's likely 10-15 points lower. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Score 121

Strengths: Tournament Play, Big Pairs

Weaknesses: Pot Odds, Blinds Play, Speed.

Dix, is there somewhere that shows the 'correct' answers, as you implied?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yea Pete, there is... I had some time to kill after I took it... so I screwed around with it until I came up with a perfect score with all the correct answers.

So I don't spoil it for anyone that has yet to take it and wants to... I'll PM you the URL where I have the "answer sheet" posted.

While I can understand the reasoning behind many of the ones I missed and why the considered "correct" answers have some sound logic behind them... I do have a serious issue with a couple... but then I guess that's just my playing style.

#25 I would probably play differently

I tend to disagree with #38.

And have serious issues with the logic behind #26 & #43.
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