Thoughts on vp$ip

[MattHH]

I have been thinking about ways to use vp$ip to help put opponents on hand ranges.

What I am concerned about is figuring out a rule of thumb to deduct the vp$ip in the small blind, to figure out what their vp$ip is when not the small blind. First of all, do y'all think it is a safe assumption that most will play 2x as many hands from the small blind? (I don't have enough data in PT right now to verify this with evidence.)

If this is correct, this means that if you are at a 10 handed table they are 2x as likely to vp$ip one out of every ten hands. Therefore you can divide their vp$ip stat by 10, multiply the result by 2 and then subtract that from their vp$ip stat to figure out their vp$ip when not sb. I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but here is an example:

Let's say that PT says they have a vp$ip of 30%

30% / 10 = 3% x 2 = 6%

30% - 6% = 24%

Their vp$ip when not sb is 24%.


Is this logic flawed or no?