I hate actually having to work on shit but I got my balls busted today for having a shitty blog and not updating with graphs and stuff. So here are my updated stats.



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The following shows average bb/100 for players using a datamined database of NL 6 Max from NL100 to NL1000 over the last 6 months – I took results from the 1790 players with at least 5K hands in the database. For each stat I have grouped results into 5 equal ranges and then taken the median bb/100. Often it is more meaningful to look at combinations of stats but this should give you a general guide.


Median bb/100
VPIP: < 18.3 2.18
18.3 to 20.2 3.46
20.2 to 21.9 3.04
21.9 to 25.3 3.72
25.3 + -2.76
At 24.3 we’re looking good according to above but I think with my postflop skills this number could stand to be lower. Probably watching out for things like calling out of position is the best solution here. I also find myself limping behind with Axs or suited connectors which I probably should be raising. Thoughts?

Now, if you are in that bottom group what do you do? Well, if you have never had a VPIP below about 22 then taking steps to get below this would make a big impact on your game. Throw away a lot more hands from early position and the blinds to get your VPIP down and you should find that you are more profitable and can play more tables and face less difficult decisions. Once you have learned how to play very well with a lowish VPIP and you have spent a lot of time working on your postflop play, that is where you can safely return your VPIP to higher levels. Some of the most profitable players in the game have VPIP’s in that last section but they do this by exploiting players, mixing up their play and constantly making +ev decisions postflop.
Threw this in because it made sense.

Median bb/100
PFR < 12.3 -0.97
12.3 to 14.4 2.48
14.4 to 16.1 2.27
16.1 to 17.7 3.84
17.7+ + 3.64


This clearly shows that being aggressive preflop is key. Really you want to generally be above 15% here. Generally profitable ways to increase your PFR% would be raising limpers instead of calling, 3betting raisers especially when they raise from late position and stealing more blinds.
Nothing really wrong here. I’m in the higher group but not by much. Same as with vpip I could probably tighten up just a little.


I jumped ahead for this next one but I felt like it belonged here. While at 77% I’m doing ok, this shows that there is a correlation between a closer vpip/pfr ratio and I could stand to squeeze this together a little more. But as JKDS noted, this probably isn’t a good substitute for better postflop strategy.



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Do You Have Sufficient preflop Aggression?

What we are looking for here is your PFR% divided by VPIP% and in the report you just ran it appears as a PFR / VPIP value. This tells you how often are you raising preflop out of all the times you put in money preflop. In the original article Pokey suggested your ratio be at least 50% but higher is better. In todays 6 max games anything close to 50% makes it extremely difficult to be a profitable player.

Here is the data from the mined database showing a strong correlation that high values lead to profitability although there is a point where not calling once in a while begins to impact your results as well. What was consistent is that very few people with a ratio less than 0.60 were winning players. If you are in that bottom group you need to raise more often preflop and call less often. When there are players limping in ahead of you, raise them (or fold) when you would normally call. When a player open from late position, 3bet him instead of cold calling etc.

Note: The database used hands from 4 to 6 handed No Limit and only included players with at least 5000 hands - this resulted in a sample size of about 1800 players. Using the median bb/100 is an effective way of overcoming sample size issues related to bb/100.


Median bb/100
PFR / VPIP < 0.57 -2.76
0.57 to 0.72 2.04
0.72 to 0.79 3.50
0.79 to 0.83 3.93
0.83 + 2.95
This isn’t much of a start but copy/pasting/imageshacking makes me tired and I want to grind some more tonite. I promise this will get more interesting.

Here’s your graph Fat.



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