Once your game is a good example, it is strongly recommended to setup extra software to trace your wins/loses. Hold 'Em Manager will track just how much you win and lose, at what stakes, etc. You can use it to find parts of your game which might be weak. It also carries a Heads Up Display put right onto the poker [167.99.67.69] table. This will show how aggressive players are, along with how frequently they play hands, the amount they've raised, etc. It will help your game immensely.
There are instructions for setting it up on websites.
OK and that means you've downloaded and installed Hold Em Manager. Once you starting playing at the table, the HUD should show up. I was pretty overwhelmed by it the first time. There are tons of numbers, and most of these don't seem sensible. I'll break them down here for the default settings
First Line:
VPIP — This is how commonly a player volunteers to put take advantage the pot and is a great measure of looseness. For six max lower than 10 is extremely nitty, 20 means they pull off stuff occasionally and it is fairly normal, 30 means something similar to they're going to play any connector suited or otherwise, and anything over 40 means more than half of their hands are trash.
PFR — Percentage of time they raise pre-flop after they choose to play a hand. This number must be compared to the VPIP to acquire useful information. If someone includes a PFR of 20 but a VPIP of 60 the majority of the pots they enter they don't really raise, along with a raise probably indicates something that isn't total trash. If someone features a PFR of 20 but a VPIP of 20 that means they always raise and are alert to aggression and in all likelihood position. If (PFR/VPIP) is 1/4 they're very passive and usually limp. 1/2 usually means they limp using worst hands and raise making use of their best hands. 3/4 is quite normal and means they raise a lot of the time, and often will limp behind sometimes hoping that low pocket pairs or connectors hit hard before they start jamming money in. 4/4 means they always raise and you can't get useful information using their holdings depending on their raises preflop.
Attempted to Steal — Percentage of times this player raised in the event the action folded to him when he what food was in the cutoff or for the button. This should be very high — no less than 70%. If you see something similar to 30% you only raises with good hands and it is unaware of how profitable stealing is, maybe he's decided it's the micros and everyone will call anyway so just why bother but that is a stupid thing to obtain stuck in your mind — should they call anyway a cbet on the flop will still go on it so frequently that you really should be stealing frequently. If you're in the blinds this stat may help tell you whether you should fold/call/reraise vs. button action.
3 Bets Preflop % — if a person raises before this player, what percentage of enough time does he reraise? 4% means he's only performing it with premium hands for value. 8% means he sometimes will reraise for isolation or as they really wants to punish a loose raiser and is also fairly normal with thinking players. 12% takes the identical ideas such as 8% and pushes them further. 20% is quite high, and a player who reraises much is according to people to play poorly postflop against his show of strength to make a profit.
Second Line:
AF — Aggression factor is often a ratio of aggressive POSTFLOP moves to passive ones. So (bet% + raise%) / (check% + call%). 1 is incredibly very passive, they will not bet with out a set or better a lot of the time, as well as then they're probably scared you will try to escape if they fart so they may not bet anyway. 2 continues to be fairly passive, but at the very least they'll protect against draws and bet at loose players who'll call anyway. 3 is fairly aggressive, they will be making plenty of Cbets with nothing, checkraising dry flops to scare away foes Cbets, etc. 4 is extremely aggressive but nonetheless about the edge of reason. Anything over four either means they've gotten lucky on each and every flop while you're watching them or they should win every pot and definately will bet to do this.
Cbet Flop — Percentage of time they'll bet the flop if they were the aggressor preflop. 30% is very low and means they only really cbet once they hit manboobs or come with an overpair that's still good. 60% implies that about half of time they whiffed, but honestly took action now too, so you'll want to Cbet at least 60% of some time. 80% is quite high and translates to they Cbet religiously on all but the grossest of flops — in case a player with a Cbet stat that way doesn't Cbet on the flop he obviously should (contains an A or K or AA-TT) keep an eye out — there is however nothing wrong with having a Cbet percentage such as this yourself.
Folds to Flop Cbet — Does he recognize that men and women cbet with nothing? If this is at 100% he doesn't, and he'll only play against aggression when he's flopped the nuts and you also should be pounding for the bet button on every flop where you raised pre. Around 60% is pretty normal here. 30% or less means they read somewhere that Cbets are bluffs and don't respect them ought to be principle or even a couple of stupidity, if not just that he would rather play chicken on the turn.
Total Hands — This is quite important, as it makes all the remaining stats relevant. You need this stat so that you don't go bonkers you may notice someone features a VPIP of 100% — if he's only played four hands thus far start a family and attempt to play normally. Most stats don't learn to matter until at 50-100 hands.
Be specific once you consult stats! Let's say someone raises, you call, the flop come A59, you hold A8, anf the husband bets at you again. You see that they features a VPIP of 60% and re-raise him, and the man shoves over you so you call as he's bluffing his VPIP is like a zillion, you may have just designed a bad decision. What was his PFR? If he's got 60% VPIP but 4% PFR meaning he only raises while using cream with the crop and is also probably has you dominated with AK-AJ. On the other side from the coin, when someone has 15 for VPIP and raises early, the flop comes low and action is reasonable before river when he starts freaking out you don't have an autofold.
What's his AF? If it's high he or she function as sort of guy who can't stand to quit a pot once he's in it — he doesn't care if his AQ whiffed the flop, he features a VPIP of 12 and thinks every pot is assigned to him. Does his Showdown Percentage confirm our suspicions which he can't find the fold button? If the AF is low and that he's abnormally raising then, he probably features a premium hand, however, if it's high along with the SD% is high and you also provide an overpair with something like 99 you should look him up. Anyway, why can you take a look at preflop stats if you're thinking of postflop action? Of course, your preflop info is hardly irrelevant, but look at the most relevant stat FIRST, then turn to other stats to assist define his range.