Why use a HUD (Heads Up Display)?

A. Learn card odds
B. Profile others
C. Make better decisions
*Note: I just installed HM2 I'll have HM2 tips later

Firstly, you should know your card odds by now. Most of the time I just have my HUD set to show stats and mini-view the main window. You can however learn card odds quickly and in-play by having your main window open and viewing your win odds and outs. Merge has a free download for their HUD and it's less annoying than you think. Aside from the point though, you can quickly learn card odds. Right now. Without the HUD. They're very easy and take little to no practice to apply.

Profiling others is a huge advantage you have when you have your HUD open, obviously. After 50 hands the Carbon HUD automatically profiles players for you. There's categories like Fish, Rock, LAG, TAG (shark), and many more. This is the simplest way to read your HUD, but trust me it gets even better. As you play, remember to use the "quick tags" to tag people who are labeled (if you don't know how to read the stats and decipher who you're playing against).

Decision Making and the HUD go hand in hand. I'd really love to go into detail about this, but I'll stop here for now. Comments and feedback greatly appreciated.

Sorry about the dryness of the material, hopefully you're not crying yourself to sorrow by this point.

More later.