have to admit i’m not sure what alpha defense is, but i believe it’s a tracking system (correct me if i’m wrong)
but i can help with the poker terms:
- ICM: independant chip model: it’s a formula to transfer chip EV into money EV. which is a formula that proves why lost chips are worth more then won chips, and proves that this increases even more the furtehr you come to the bubble.
have to say this one can be complicaed to really understand, but if you are interested, in this forum i explained the whole thing: http://forums.replaypoker.com/t/about-icm-an-explanation-and-two-questions/6047 - EV: expected value: this is a formula to calculate the average value you will make by using a specific action. here a simple example: AA vs KK has slightly above 80% chance to win (lets just say 80 to make it easier). your opponent shoves 60$ all in and you need to call the 60$ to play your aces. obviously you will call here. so the pot contains 120$ now, which you will get 80% of teh time. so 4 out of 5 times you get +60 and 1 out of 5 times you will get -60. so it’s (60x4) - (60x1) which is 180, divide this by 5 (since we did this scenario 5 times) and we get 36. meaning calling here will give you an EV+36
- GTO: game theory optimal: this means making the best mathematical choice based on what you know. here a simple example: you know your opponent calls a river bet about 80% of the time, folds 20% of teh time and raises 0% of the time. and he don’t pay attention to bluffs of valuebets and calls the 80% with any hand. this means it’s best to valuebet 100% of teh time and bluff 0% of teh time. simply because we gonna win almost 80% of the time (i say almost because even any hand contains a few monsters) when we bet for value, and we lose almost 80% of teh time more more when we bluff.
hope this helps, if not, feel free to ask.
gl,
yiazmat.