On this website, you can play heads-up (two person) no-limit Texas Holdem. The blinds
are 50 and 100 chips and 2️⃣ the stack sizes are 200 big blinds (i.e., 20,000
chips).
Slumbot is one of the top no-limit poker bots in the 2️⃣ world. The 2024 version of
Slumbot placed second in the Annual Computer Poker Competition, the premier event for
poker software.
The 2️⃣ baseline statistics compare how you did to how Slumbot would have
done with your cards in your seat. A positive 2️⃣ value for baseline earnings mean you did
better than Slumbot would have done against itself given your cards and sitting 2️⃣ in your
seat.
Here's an example with a single hand. First Slumbot deals out cards for the board
(let's say AhTd4c9s3h), 2️⃣ the button (let's say AdKh) and the big blind (let's say TsTc).
Then Slumbot plays itself on these cards. Let's 2️⃣ say that the players get all-in (since
they both have strong hands). So the result is -20,000 for the button.
Now 2️⃣ you get to
play Slumbot on these same cards. Let's suppose you're the button. Perhaps you put in
8,000 chips 2️⃣ on the early streets but manage to fold to a large bet on the river. Your
outcome is -8,000 for 2️⃣ this hand.
Your baseline outcome is how much better (or worse)
you did than Slumbot did against itself. Your baseline outcome 2️⃣ here is +12,000 which is
the difference between -8,000 and -20,000.
Your baseline statistics should better
reflect the skill with which 2️⃣ you play. They eliminate much of the luck due to getting
good or bad cards by measuring your relative performance 2️⃣ to another player playing with
the same cards.