Aleksei
Legend
Silver Level
Frankly I think the standard base stats of VPIP/PFR/3bet are kind of borderline-useless. They just give you this super-stereotyped general image of how someone plays, and no real info that you can actually use to spot or exploit specific weaknesses.
Like, say someone has a VPIP/PFR of 38/15. What does that even mean? Does that mean they open-raise tight but then flat a ton? Do they limp a lot and raise the top of their range, but fold very often to someone else's open? And so on and so forth. It's just such a general stat that tracks so many completely different (and potentially unrelated) situations it doesn't tell you anything about any of them individually.
3bet preflop is much worse, because 3bets are an inherently polarizing situation so you want to have a good idea of exactly what someone is 3betting with in a spot -- which you will not get from a general 3bet stat because 3betting OOP is a completely different situation from 3betting IP, and then 3betting OOP vs early open is also completely different than restealing. so you generally wanna, you know, actually know how often Villain does each.
I don't even use the 3bet PF stat. I have a few 3bet vs position stats in my HUD and then use the popup for the rest. My HUD right now looks like this:
Notes/Player Name/hands/Live Amt BB
Limp/Call Any PF Raise/Open-Raise/Fold vs BTN Open/Fold vs CO Open
BB vs SB Open - Fold/Call/3Bet
3Bet vs BTN Open/3Bet vs CO Open/4Bet PF
Then I just use the popup for everything else.
Like, say someone has a VPIP/PFR of 38/15. What does that even mean? Does that mean they open-raise tight but then flat a ton? Do they limp a lot and raise the top of their range, but fold very often to someone else's open? And so on and so forth. It's just such a general stat that tracks so many completely different (and potentially unrelated) situations it doesn't tell you anything about any of them individually.
3bet preflop is much worse, because 3bets are an inherently polarizing situation so you want to have a good idea of exactly what someone is 3betting with in a spot -- which you will not get from a general 3bet stat because 3betting OOP is a completely different situation from 3betting IP, and then 3betting OOP vs early open is also completely different than restealing. so you generally wanna, you know, actually know how often Villain does each.
I don't even use the 3bet PF stat. I have a few 3bet vs position stats in my HUD and then use the popup for the rest. My HUD right now looks like this:
Notes/Player Name/hands/Live Amt BB
Limp/Call Any PF Raise/Open-Raise/Fold vs BTN Open/Fold vs CO Open
BB vs SB Open - Fold/Call/3Bet
3Bet vs BTN Open/3Bet vs CO Open/4Bet PF
Then I just use the popup for everything else.