1:49am: Throwing literally every single edge in your favor is key in maximizing both hourly wage and profit when it comes to poker. We have already talked about how important note taking and data mining are, but surely there’s a couple of stones we left unturned, right?

So here’s something you probably didn’t know about Sharkscope, and is GREAT, specifically for heads up sit n go players. Next time you’re logged in to Sharkscope, click “Options”, then click “Preferences”, and change your “form style” from “Hot/Tilt” to “WLLWLLPWLW” (see pictures below)

Now that you have that selected, instead of displaying “Hot” or “Tilt” in the “form” column on a Sharkscope query, it will tell you the outcome of the last eight sit n gos played by the person you’re inquiring about. (i.e WLWLWLWL)

What this does is gives you more exact information about your opponents mindset heading into your match with him/her. Before changing this setting, the only time anything was displayed under the “form” column on a Sharkscope database query is when the person in question has won or lost more than 3/4 games respectively in a row. This could be misleading because while it might say “tilt”, the person’s win/loss data for the last eight games might look something like this: LLLLWWWW, which might not necessarily qualify as “tilt”. It also leaves out information because your opponent might actually be on tilt, but has not lost four in a row yet  — i.e, LLLWLLLL. The picture below shows this preference in action:

I don’t know about you, but I like to know EXACTLY how my opponent has peformed in the preceeding hours before stepping into the ring with me. In the example above, some assumptions you might make going into the match is that your opponent:

- Might be in a bad mood/emotional because of recent results
- Might be in a period of questioning their own judgment
- Might try making moves early on to make up for recent losses
- Might be prone to calling you down too light
- Might draw without proper odds to do so

All of which we can totally agree are not optimal conditions to play poker in, and catching someone in a cluster of less-than-desirable results can throw the advantage in your favor, big time. Attention to detail is what separates break even players from winning players, and this is one detail I don’t think you should miss.