How to read pokertracker stats?

[franklloydwright]

I have a feeling that i'm going to get lynched for this, but nevertheless...

So i've recently picked up pokertracker to try and improve my game, but am a little unsure as to how to read the stats?

I notice that people will describe a villian by saying something like "he was 20/12/4", but what are those numbers referring to?

What should my stats look like ideally?

Any help is much appreciated.

thanks
FLW

[Bramsterdam]

HELP!!!

[franklloydwright]

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HELP!!!

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thanks, this was really helpful, but what is an ideal stat like that?

i'm currently 34/20/1.23 over 428 hands. good bad avg?

whats good, whats bad etc.

thanks all

[Bramsterdam]

This might be helpfull

VPIP: anything between ~15/28 is fine for Small stakes imo
PFR: anything between ~12/25 is fine.
AF: anything between ~1.5/5 is fine.

This isn't exact science, just an indication.

[franklloydwright]

one last thing, how do i make one of them fancy graph thangs?

[JFsports]

pokergrapher I think, but the PT website has an excellent forum which will basically answer any q you may have.

34/20/1.23 seems a little loose preflop, and a little passive postflop.

Play tighter in early position, stop calling raises so much, never limp, and postflop, look for reasons why folding or raising might be better than calling.

gl

[yegon]

I was checking my data in PT when I came across this problem in heads-up pots and also in multiway

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go to “Filters…” and under “Pre-flop Raise” select “No Raise.” This will show you how you’ve done when you didn’t raise preflop, but the hand was heads-up on the flop (this includes pure limping and when someone ELSE raised preflop, but not when you were the preflop raiser). Is this number positive? If not, it could be an indicator that you have trouble when you are not the aggressor preflop, especially without padding in the pot.

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This number is negative in my db. I really do not see how this could get positive as most of these hands are free play out of the BB or completing from the SB. My stats for play out of the blinds seem to be ok. I am just not sure how am I supposed to get enough profits from the few pots where I do not raise preflop to cover the blind losses.

What should I try to look at in my db to find out why this is negative? What can be done about it?

[yegon]

sorry posted in bad topic