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Top 10 Poker HUD Stats Cheat Sheet Top 10 Poker HUD Stats Cheat Sheet “Knowing your opponent’s tendencies allows you to take advantage of them to help you get what you want in the hand.” - Sky It’s a good thing you’re an online player because you have access to the #1 tool for information on your opponents: a HUD (heads-up display). Your HUD reveals a player’s tendencies. Sure, paying attention to the action, watching showdowns and making reads are still critical skills in online poker just as they are in LIVE poker. But a HUD gives free information that you can use, assuming you know how to use it. This Cheat Sheet will teach you how to use the Top 10 Poker HUD Stats to ex- ploit your opponents to the max. Now, just reading through this Cheat Sheet won’t be enough. It’s critical that you take action with the 3 action steps on page 6. These will develop a habit of referring to HUD stats and making reads in every hand you play, then ultimately taking action on those reads to ex- ploit your opponents. Good luck and enjoy the process of learning how to exploit with stats! -Sky Top 10 Poker HUD Stats Cheat Sheet 1. VPIP - Voluntarily Put $ in the Pot 2. PFR - Pre-Flop Raise Description: This is how often they choose Description: This is how often they raise pre to put $ in the pot (not including blinds). -flop, either open-raising, isolating limpers Gives a great idea of how loose the player is. or re-raising. Gives a great idea of how ag- The higher the number, the looser they are gressive or passive the player is. and the wider the pre-flop range is. Exploitation:Low PFR = tight range, so re- Exploitation:Give more respect to Nits (10% strict your re-raise range. You can also call VPIP = 55+, A8s+, ATo+). Target the Fish with suited connectors or small pocket pairs (35% VPIP = any pp, Ax, Kx many Qx and Jx to exploit their tight range. High PFR = wide hands in their range). ranges so you can 3bet more often. VPIP* Low Stakes High Stakes PFR* Low Stakes High Stakes Full Ring 11.2 - 22.8% 14.2 - 31.6% Full Ring 7.6 - 14.3% 9.9 - 16.9% Short-Handed 16.5 - 30.1% 19.3 - 35.0% Short-Handed 12.7 - 20.0% 14.9 - 22.9% Heads-up 42.5 - 58.9% 46.7 - 63.1% Heads-up 31.9 - 47.7% 38.1 - 51.2% Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and within a pop-up by position. within a pop-up by position. The VPIP & PFR Gap The bigger the gap between VPIP and PFR, the fishier the opponent. If their VPIP-PFR gap > PFR, you’ve found a fishy player who gives too much Bread & Butter to their opponents (ex. 30/10 = gap = 20 > 10). The smaller the gap, the more aggressive they are. Exploitation:Target players with large gaps. They limp and call a lot because they love seeing flops. Go for max value against them when you have a strong hand. A small gap means they’re very aggressive preflop, and probably aggressive post-flop. Expect aggression when they’re in- volved in the hand. Make sure your own gap isn’t too big by never limping and call less often preflop. * Average Winning Statistical Ranges taken from PokerTracker 4 LeakTracker Training Videos Top 10 Poker HUD Stats Cheat Sheet 3. RFI - Raise First In Pre-flop Description: This is how often they open-raise. This is a key stat to have by position in a popup because it gives a great idea of their RFI range. Exploitation: > 20% RFI (in a given position) is perfect to attack with 3bet bluffs, and you may want to 3bet smaller with your best hands to entice them to stay in the hand (if they fold a lot, 2bet/Fold to 3bet stat below). < 20% RFI means they have a narrow and strong range, so you should think twice before 3bet bluffing. Although, you can 3bet larger for value with your strongest hands because they are folding less often. Most player’s RFI starts to increase in the CO (the first steal position) and are largest on either the BTN or the SB. Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and within a pop-up by position. 4. 3bet Preflop 5. 2bet/Fold to 3bet Description: How often they 3bet pre-flop Description: This is how often they raise then given the chance to do so. > 6% = aggres- fold to a 3bet pre-flop (NOT the simpler and sive, wider ranges and more likely a bluff. less useful Fold to 3bet stat). Exploitation:Low 3bet = tight ranges so fold Exploitation:Low 2bet/Fold to 3bet means all but your strongest hands. 4bet over the you should mostly 3bet with value hands. You top of high 3bet %’s (but first look at their can 3bet with AX, suited connectors and small Fold to 4bet % to gauge whether a 4bet bluff -medium pp’s if they just call 3bets a lot and will likely succeed). Try to play IP vs 3bets. also fold vs cbets a lot. If 2bet/Fold to 3bet > Before calling a 3bet check their Cbet stats. 60% with high RFI > 20% in the same position, 3bet* Low Stakes High Stakes punish their weak opening range by 3betting relentlessly. Before 3betting, make sure to Full Ring 2.2 - 6.0% 3.9 - 6.9% check their Fold to Cbet stats to see which Short-Handed 4.2 - 8.9% 5.5 - 10.3% street they’re honest on, and ensure you’ve Heads-up 10.7 - 22.3% 11.7 - 23.3% got enough chips to get there. Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and within a pop-up by position. within a pop-up by position. Top 10 Poker HUD Stats Cheat Sheet 6. ATS - Attempt to Steal 7. Fold to Steal (SB or BB) Description: How often the SB player folds Description: How often a player opens the to a CO or BTN steal, and how often the BB pot by raising in the CO, BTN or SB. folds to a CO, BTN or SB steal. Exploitation:Take advantage of low %’s by Exploitation:High ATS numbers mean they opening a lot w/playable hands as you’re in open with wide ranges to steal a lot, so you position. High %’s will fold a lot, so steal lib- can 3bet re-steal from the blinds. But, use erally from them. Steal more liberally from hands that have some playability post-flop post-flop weak players. Before you defend in case you get called (check their 2bet/Fold your blinds, realize you’re playing OOP post. to 3bet stat). Low ATS means they have a Fold SB to Steal* Low Stakes High Stakes stronger range, so fight back at your discre- Full Ring 75.0 - 92.2% 70.8 - 92.8% tion. Opponents might make adjustments to your own ATS %, so consider this before you Short-Handed 75.4 - 91.0% 67.0 - 88.8% steal. Heads-up N/A N/A ATS* Low Stakes High Stakes Fold BB to Steal* Low Stakes High Stakes Full Ring 15.2 - 39.7% 24.5 - 45.5% Full Ring 67.2 - 88.4% 52.1 - 74.6% Short-Handed 24.4 - 39.4% 27.0 - 45.6% Short-Handed 64.1 - 84.4% 49.4 - 80.6% Heads-up N/A N/A Heads-up 39.1 - 68.1% 34.7 - 67.7% Placement: HUD and popup by position Placement: HUD and popup by position 8. Live Amount BB’s - for MTT’s and SNG’s Description: This is how many BB’s the player has at the current blind level. Exploitation: For MTT and SNG players, this is a key stat to have as it calculates stack sizes in BB’s, freeing up your mind to think about other matters at hand. With bubble play and mov- ing up the pay ladder being such key components of both types of tourneys, knowing stack sizes at a glance is valuable information when considering whether to play a hand on the bubble or for making ICM decisions when in the money. Placement: Put this in your table HUD Top 10 Poker HUD Stats Cheat Sheet 9. Cbet Flop - Continuation Bet 10. Fold to Flop Cbet Description: How often they fire with initia- Description: How often they fold without tive on the flop, turn or river. Most hands hit initiative post-flop. A very reliable indicator flops only 33% of the time. of which street they’re ‘honest’ on. Exploitation:Cbet > 60% means they like to Exploitation:The higher the % the more bluff, so call or raise to steal if the flop honest on that street. Make sure to cbet w/ doesn’t hit their range. Beware of calling a equity on most flops, and being in position is cbet (except for value) from a low Cbet %. best. If they’re turn honest, then you need Play in position for easier defense. Consider to have enough chips to double-barrel the how the board interacts with their range. turn. Watch for the check/raise. Cbet* Low Stakes High Stakes Fold to F Cbet* Low Stakes High Stakes Full Ring 55.4 - 81.9% 54.7 - 78.2% Full Ring 37.0 - 66.7% 40.9 - 60.0% Short-Handed 59.7 - 83.0% 54.4 - 81.1% Short-Handed 37.9 - 62.5% 36.8 - 56.7% Heads-up 48.5 - 79.2% 51.4 - 78.7% Heads-up 33.5 - 52.6% 31.3 - 48.5% Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and Placement: Use this stat in your HUD, and within a pop-up by relative position.
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