What's in Your HUD with Ricardo Teixeira (rickyt88)

We sat down with Vancouver's Ricardo "rickyt88" Teixeira to learn about his poker life and what software he uses.  Here is what he had to say.

PokerSoftware: Can you tell us about yourself and your poker career?

Ricardo Teixeira: I've been playing poker for years on and off. I've always been in love with the game, but I wasn't sure I could make a living off of it. A couple poker friends started off the year with good results and it made me realize it's definitely possible to make a living off poker and worth a shot.

In April, while working full-time, I made a commitment to play and study for 200 hours and had a great month. I was playing every day after work and all day on weekends. In May, I also had a pretty good month and I approached YugiohPro asking for a mentorship earlier in the year and he agreed to do it partway through May, but only if I could play full-time.

I liked my job, so it was a tough decision, but I felt the opportunity was too great to pass. I quit my job confident that I would make more money and enjoy my life more playing poker, especially with the help and mentorship of YugiohPro. I've been working with him since mid-May and taken my game to another level, but I still have lots to work on.

PokerSoftware: What poker software do you use while playing or for studying purposes?

Ricardo Teixeira: I mainly use Hold'em Manager 2 and the Sharkscope profit HUD while playing. I study a lot of push/fold spots with ICMIZER after sessions and occasionally run hands and scenarios through Flopzilla or Simple Post-Flop with my coach.

PokerSoftware: How is your Hold'em Manager 2 HUD set up line by line?

Ricardo Teixeira:
1st line: Total Hands, Total VPIP, Total PFR, Total Limp, Postflop Aggression Factor, Total Raise First In, BB raise vs 1 limper

2nd line: SB Open Limp, Total 3-bet, Total Fold to 3-bet, Bet vs Missed C-bet Total

3rd Line: Flop Cbet, Fold to Flop Cbet, Flop Check-Raise CB OOP, Flop Donk Bet, BB Call steal, BB fold vs SB steal

4th Line: EP RFI (Raise First In), MP RFI, CO steal, BTN steal, SB steal

PokerSoftware: Which stats are most important to you?

Ricardo Teixeira: I think the stats I use the most are the raise first in and steal stats. It helps put people on ranges and I can decide to 3-bet light versus people who are taking raise first in spots from different positions too often.

PokerSoftware: How important is your HUD to your game?

Ricardo Teixeira: I think I could play well without it, but having it really helps, especially multi-tabling where I won't notice how tight or loose a player is playing otherwise.

PokerSoftware: You mentioned you also use the Sharkscope HUD.  How are you using it?

Ricardo Teixeira: I toggle it on and off when I'm deep in a poker tournament and color-code opponents based on profits, so a losing player I would mark purple and a good player I'd mark red.

PokerSoftware: What about Flopzilla? Can you tell us how you are using this software?

Ricardo Teixeira: I've used it to analyze spots to see how my range hits certain boards versus other players' ranges. I've mainly tested it to see how my CO steal does versus a BU flatting and my BU steal versus a BB flatting and how well my range does in BB versus tight EP raises and BU steals.

PokerSoftware: Have you tried mobile poker?

Ricardo Teixeira: I don't have a cell phone and my iPad broke, but I have tried it during work breaks in the past. I think it's pretty cool. I wouldn't play higher stakes tournaments on a mobile, though, since I feel people are missing out on too much information.

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