Top 10 Poker HUD Stats

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“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
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1. VPIP - Voluntarily Put $ in the Pot
Description: This is how often they choose
to put $ in the pot (not including blinds).
Gives a great idea of how loose the player is.
The higher the number, the looser they are
and the wider the pre-flop range is.
Exploitation: Give more respect to Nits (10%
VPIP = 55+, A8s+, ATo+). Target the Fish
(35% VPIP = any pp, Ax, Kx many Qx and Jx
hands in their range).
2. PFR - Pre-Flop Raise
Description: This is how often they raise pre
-flop, either open-raising, isolating limpers
or re-raising. Gives a great idea of how ag-
gressive or passive the player is.
Exploitation: Low PFR = tight range, so re-
strict your re-raise range. You can also call
with suited connectors or small pocket pairs
to exploit their tight range. High PFR = wide
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
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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,
Low Stakes High Stakes punish their weak opening range by 3betting
3bet*
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.
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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
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9. Cbet Flop - Continuation Bet
Description: How often they fire with initia-
tive on the flop, turn or river. Most hands hit
flops only 33% of the time.
Exploitation: Cbet > 60% means they like to
bluff, so call or raise to steal if the flop
doesn’t hit their range. Beware of calling a
cbet (except for value) from a low Cbet %.
Play in position for easier defense. Consider
how the board interacts with their range.
10. Fold to Flop Cbet
Description: How often they fold without
initiative post-flop. A very reliable indicator
of which street they’re ‘honest’ on.
Exploitation: The higher the % the more
honest on that street. Make sure to cbet w/
equity on most flops, and being in position is
best. If they’re turn honest, then you need
to have enough chips to double-barrel the
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. within a pop-up by relative position.

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#2 Singular Stat Focus and Make Reads!

For each session you play, until you learn them all, choose ONE of the Top 10
Stats to focus on for the entire session (start with #1 VPIP). Every time a play-
er makes a play related to the stat, you look at the % then make a read on it.
Examples:
• VPIP Focus: they call in the BB and VPIP is 45%, so you reason they have a

very wide and weak range.

• 3bet Focus: they 3bet in the MP vs the EP and their 3bet = 1%. You reason

they’re on a very tight and strong range.

• Fold to Cbet Focus: before cbet bluffing, you see they fold 72%. Your bluff

is likely to work.
Focus on ONE stat over and over again until you know it like the back of your
hand, then move on to the next stat.

#3 Exploit at the Extremes

Any stat %’s closer to 0% or 100% are more easily exploited. Exploit at every
opportunity when their stat is at one of the extremes. Examples: 3bet bluff
when RFI is > 35%, fold a lot vs Cbet < 35%, etc.

Action is the greatest teacher… so get to work!

-Sky