The general tab (and all the other tabs) displays information about th player that is selected in the list along the left side of the program. To analyze yourself, select your name in the list (see Preferences for how to automatically view your stats when starting PT). If you have multiple aliases at different poker sites, you can link them together using the “Aliases” button on the right about ¼ of the way down the screen.
Statistics for All the Players You've Tracked
Once you have your information, there two key sections for analysis on the general tab:
2.1.2.1 Player Summary
Game Level: Displays the level (limit or blinds) at which the play for the given stats occurred. Each level is listed separately with a total average listed at the bottom of the Player Summary Section.
Total Hands: Displays the number of hands at the given level.
Voluntarily Put $$$ In Pot (V$IP): This displays the percentage of time that a player voluntarily put money into a pot. Blinds are not counted in this calculation unless a call was made from small blind or the player called a raise. Typically, this value should be fairly low – significantly below 40% at any level. The range between 15% and 25% is often considered ideal. If your value is significantly higher, then you are almost certainly playing too many hands. Over time this will cost you money significantly.
Voluntarily Put $$$ In Pot from Small Blind (V$IPfSB): Percentage of time you called preflop from the Small Blind position. Depending on your opinion, this should either mirror your VP$IP stats (if you prefer to play tight from SB) or be a bit higher (if you prefer to see the flop for a deal). Using the position tab, you can analyze how this decision affects your bottom line to determine which of the above strategies best fits you.
Folded SB/BB to a Steal: Percentage of time you folded from SB/BB when another player attempted to steal. Poker Tracker defines a steal attempt as a player on the button or 1 off raising after everyone in before them folded.
Attempted to Steal Blinds: Percentage of time a player attempted to steal the blinds when the opportunity came up.
Won $$$ When Seeing Flop (W$WSF): Percentage of time a player won money when seeing the flop. This can tie in fairly closely with the V$IP stats. Presumably as V$IP shrinks, W$WSF will rise. Obviously the higher the value seen in W$WSF, the better (with the possible exception of a player who plays so tight they get no action when they do play).
Amount Won: Total amount won or lost at the given level.
BB/100 Hands: Big bets won per 100 hands played. For No-Limit or Pot-Limit games, BB is defined as 2 times the big blind (i.e. if blinds are $0.25/$0.50, then BB is $1). Obviously, the higher this number is, the better. This is often regarded as the truest measure of how well a player is doing. A good BB/100 in NL is often considered to be anything above 4.00. In limit, a good BB/100 is 3.00. This is arguably the most accurate way to judge how well a player is doing, since it removes the element of varying stakes from the judgment (e.g. a winning player in NL$25 will have a lower net than a player winning exactly as often in NL$100, but they may well have the same BB/hand and BB/100).
Went to Show Down (WtSD): Percentage of time a player went to show down when seeing the flop.
Won $$$ at Show Down (W$aSD): Percentage of time a player won money when going to show down. If this number is too low, it likely indicates that you are playing your hands too far when they do not hit the board. Start looking at specific plays where you are losing money and try to correct this by learning when to get out.
Preflop Raise Percent (PFR%): Percentage of time a player raised preflop. A PFR% of at least 6% is recommended. While you want to pick good hands to play (and fold most losers), you also want to raise when you have good hands, to increase the amount you are winning.
Total Rake: Tracks the total rake paid in hands the player has won. Note that this value is often inaccurate because it deducts the entire rake from each player in a split pot (rather than only attributing a fraction equal to the fraction of the winnings).
More Detail Button: Clicking on the More Detail button will produce a report-style display of all of the above information (each still meaning the same thing), and some additional analysis. The most notable feature of this display is the calculation for aggression. Aggression is calculated as (% of time raising or betting) / (% of time calling). Excluding preflop from aggression, best results will likely come from aggression greater than 2.00. Including preflop, aggression should be greater than 1.00.
2.1.2.2 Known Starting Hands
The starting hands section is great for spotting leaks with the way you play a specific hand. This is one way that Poker Tracker can be useful even on a short-term basis by allowing you to see where you lost money with given hands and thus re-evaluate how you played them.
Hand: The hand dealt. By default the starting hands section is sorted on this column. Note: hands are sorted in descending order of highest cards, not on generally accepted value (i.e. A2o comes after A2s but before KK).
Times: The number of times this hand was dealt. The best use for this section is to act as definitive proof to everyone who thinks online poker is rigged. My most common hand as of this writing is 95o. Somehow, I don't think they're making extra money off of me with that.
Win %: The percentage of times that this hand won when it was dealt to this player. This can be helpful in evaluating what hands are actually raise-worthy, call-worthy, and flat out folds according to the your style (as everything can vary at least slightly between players who play differently).
Net: The net amount won or lost by playing this hand. Again, this section can help you to evaluate your hand selection and the ways you play a given hand. It can be very helpful to sort by Net (click on the top of the net column), find your least profitable hands, and figure out what you've been doing wrong with them. Were you calling raises with AKo to the river when you didn't hit? Have you been raising too much with KTs? If it's costing you money, it will likely be reflected in this section.
Average per hand (Avg/hand): The average amount won/lost per hand on a given hand.
Big Bets per hand (BB/hand): The average amount in big bets (2x big blind) won per hand. This is perhaps the truest estimate of how well you've done with a given hand, as it removes differing levels from the calculations (e.g. a winning player in NL$25 will have a lower net than a player winning exactly as often in NL$100, but they may well have the same BB/hand and BB/100).
Blind: The number of times played in the blinds with this hand. This can help to explain some level of variation, as a poor hand which you've had multiple times while in the blinds will likely have a lower net than any other equally poor hand.
Cold Called Preflop (CCPF): The number of times you've cold-called a raise preflop. This is simply time when you call a preflop raise without raising or having previously limped (that is if you limp and then a raise is made which you call when it gets back to you, this situation is not included in CCPF).
Voluntarily Put $$$ in Pot (VP$IP): Percentage of time you have voluntarily put money into the pot with the given hand. Blinds are not included in this calculation (unless you choose to complete the small blind bet). This section can be excellent for spotting times that you play hands when you shouldn't. If you're losing money on a poor hand, check this value. For garbage hands, it should be close to zero.
Won $$$ When Seeing Flop (W$WSF): Percentage of time you have won money when seeing the flop with the given hand. Again, high values are best. This too can be used to judge the quality of a hand and the quality of your play with it.
Preflop Raise % (PFR%): Percentage of time you have raised preflop with the given hand. This value can help to reveal whether your losses associated with a hand are due to playing it too aggressively or too passively. If you're losing money with premium hands and often get drawn out, check this value. For good hands you want it to be high.
Raise First In % (RFI%): Percentage of time you have raised preflop with the given hand when you were the first to call/bet. This can help you spot leaks wherein you limp too often because you fear others will fold.
Limp with Previous Callers (LwPC): Percentage of time you have limped preflop with the given hand when you were not the first to call. Again, this can be a huge help in spotting when you limp too much. If you have a premium hand and have a high value here, you are probably going to have people draw out on you too often.
2.1.2.3 Hand History
Displayed at the very bottom of the general tab is the Hand History display. It shows every instance of whatever hand you have selected in the Known Starting Hands section. A summary is shown in this section, with a link that will show the entire hand history. The summary displays whether or not you were a blind, what position you were in relative to the button (OTB), whether or not you cold called a raise (CCPF), how much you made/loss with the hand, and the result (who won, your final hand, and the winning hand).
A good way to spot leaks is to look for the situations in which you are losing money (i.e. your net is significantly negative) and analyze what happened in each hand where this was the case. This is especially relevant with hands which you would expect to win (groups 0 through 3).
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