Poker stats: what they mean and ideal values in cash games
The stats that trackers and HUDs use, explained one by one: how each is calculated, which values are healthy in 6-max and full ring NL Hold'em cash games, and which leak it points to when you're outside them. The gold band on each card is the healthy range at 6-max.
Before the flop
How many hands you play and how you get into the pot.
- VPIP
6-max21 – 27% - PFR
6-max17 – 23% - 3-bet
6-max6 – 10% - Fold to 3-bet
6-max45 – 65% - Open-limp
6-max0 – 5% - Fold to steal in the BB
6-max40 – 60%
After the flop
Who takes the initiative and how easily you get pushed around.
- C-bet
6-max50 – 70% - Fold to c-bet
6-max40 – 55% - Aggression factor (AF)
6-max and full ring2 – 3.5
Showdown and results
How far you take your hands and how much you win.
- WTSD
6-max24 – 32% - W$SD
6-max48 – 58% - bb/100 (winrate)Measured in big blinds per 100 hands, with its margin of errorWhat bb/100 means in poker, how your cash game winrate is calculated and why you need tens of thousands of hands to know whether you really win.