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When posters talk about their/villains image the use x/y/z. What do these mean and do they come from a system like PokerAce HUD.(which I am vaguely familiar with)

x = % voluntary put $$ into pot, indicates a players preflop habit, how many flops do they take, how wide or tight ranges do they play

y = % preflop raise, how many hands does he raise before the flop

z = total aggression factor, calculated as times bet + times raised/ times called, indicates how aggressive villain plays postflop.

Stats are pulled out of pokersoftware tools like pokertracker, pokeroffice, holdem manager and others.

Heard pokerstars doesnt allow these softwares, is this true?

Yes they come from software like pokertracker or a HUD which reads from PT's database & displayes players' stats on the table.

in x/y/z,
x = voluntarily put in pot preflop
y = preflop raise %
z = aggression factor = aggression / passivity = (bet+raise) / call

Originally Posted by Ification

Heard pokerstars doesnt allow these softwares, is this true?

no.

Originally Posted by Ification

When posters talk about their/villains image the use x/y/z. What do these mean and do they come from a system like PokerAce HUD.(which I am vaguely familiar with)

Just quickly, stats like 14/10/3 are typical TAGG (tight-aggressive). They bet/raise preflop 10% of the time and play 14% of their hands total.

For aggression, it seems that AF = 2 is about neutral. AF < 2 is passive, with AF's like 0.8 to 1.2 being classic "calling stations." AF's between and 2 and 3 are typical aggressive players who generally bet/raise their good hands and fold their bad ones. AF > 3 generally mean villains likes cbetting, semi-bluffing and outright bluffing. AF > 5 often means maniac agro postflop.

Stats like 40/3/1.4 are pretty typical at the micros, loose-passive preflop and generally weak-tight postflop.

Solid players tend to raise at least half to 2/3's of their opening hands, so stats like 18/12 and 15/7 mean they probably have a coupe working brain cells.

Hope this helps.