Dollar to Big Blind Converter Coming Soon

For those of us who grind cash games about every day of the week, it is very easy to let the size of our bankroll influence the way we play.  When we have to move down in stakes due to a big downswing, we oftentimes leak money at the tables by playing pots we wouldn’t have at our normal level.  We feel like we’re stuck and need make up ground quickly, which usually leads to riding the downswing even further.

On the flip side, when we move up in stakes, there are many times that we miss out on +EV situations due to playing too tight because losing a buy-in hurts much more that it used to at the level we played previously.  If you are used to playing $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em and move up to $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em, then you always have a $400 stack staring you in the face as you think about how much it would hurt to get stacked.  If there were a way to remove certain elements from the table so that we aren’t constantly thinking about the monetary value of each hand we play, we would most likely play better poker.  In the very near future, we will have a tool available that will allow us to customize our stacks in a way that makes playing higher stakes less intimidating and makes lower stakes not seem so insignificant.

For quite some time now, the poker forums have been buzzing with a very specific software request.  Players want a GUI interface, script, or some type of modifier that removes the dollar amount from our stack sizes and presents it in big blinds instead. This concept can have a very significant impact on our overall profitability when moving up and down in levels.  This way, you will always be staring at the same information, big blinds.

If you are a player who started out grinding eight tables at the $0.25/$0.50 level and now play $2/$4, the transitions between the levels were probably tough to get used to. One of the reasons the adjustments are difficult is because a standard opening raise is $12 at the $2/$4 level, not $1.50 like it was at $0.25/$0.50.  Playing with traditional dollar amounts shown in our stacks is much different than simply raising three big blinds regardless of the stakes you play.

Although the software remains nameless so far, we should have something to announce to you in the near future with all of the details.  A dollar to big blind converter could provide you with just the edge you need at the tables by allowing you to worry about making the right decisions in a hand instead of thinking about how much money is involved.

If you have comments on the new program, please make a post in the Software Discussion Forum and we will do our best to find out what we can.  Also, if you have any feature suggestions, please post those as well and we will get them to the developers.  Stay tuned!  A great new program is just around the corner.