Statistics

[South Pole]

I often see comments from HH posters like "Villain is 38/24 over a smallish sample".

What does this and similar statictics mean?

I'd be grateful to anyone kind enough to enlighten me.

[chanchuan]

It's how many hands he plays/how many hands he raises pf (in percentages). Try FAQ and the sticky, it's all there.

[jacbmw]

Villian is the slang term for the opposition. When it is used, the hand is played heads up post flop.

38 = VPIP (which is how many hands the Villain puts $$ into the pot voluntarily...ie. Sees a flop) as % figure.

24= How often the Villain raises pre-flop (as a percentage figure).

Smallish sample = How many hands the Hero (you) has captured of the Villians play. These hands are captured using tracking software like Poker tracker...

hope this helps, Jake

[South Pole]

Spot on. Cheers.

btw... Is it worth getting the software?

[fuze]

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Spot on. Cheers.

btw... Is it worth getting the software?

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If you want to play online poker seriously, it is definitely worth it.

[Ace0fSpades]

You definately need to have pokertracker and pokerace hud if you intend to play poker at all seriously. It takes a little bit of getting used to, but once you learn to use the stats your game becomes infinately better.