Epic Poker Main Event Statistics
Updated through September Main Event
For our Epic Poker League members, we track five statistics that give insight into each player’s playing style. These stats are VHP, Aggression Index (AI), PRFA Index, POFA Index and SDWN. Explained in detail below, these five simple stats provide a picture of how loose or tight and how aggressive or passive a player is. It is the understanding of where a player falls on the spectrum of loose/tight and aggressive/passive that is the most crucial to proper evaluation of a player or opponent at the poker table.
Below you will find the combined results from the 6-Max and 8-Max Main Events. You can click on the individual tabs to get specific statistics from each event.
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Player |
Hands |
|||||
|
Erik Seidel |
32.00% |
1.6 |
1 |
2.2 |
48.50% |
765 |
|
Mike McDonald |
29.70% |
2.3 |
2 |
2.6 |
51.50% |
491 |
|
David Steicke |
36.60% |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2 |
61.00% |
486 |
|
Fabrice Soulier |
27.00% |
1.6 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
44.80% |
466 |
|
Chino Rheem |
36.40% |
2.1 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
51.30% |
449 |
|
Adam Levy |
20.60% |
3.6 |
1.9 |
5.2 |
50.00% |
393 |
|
Jason Mercier |
31.40% |
3 |
2.3 |
3.7 |
45.50% |
350 |
|
Isaac Baron |
30.30% |
2.2 |
1.5 |
2.9 |
52.90% |
347 |
|
Hasan Habib |
39.60% |
2.1 |
1.4 |
2.7 |
50.00% |
331 |
|
Gavin Smith |
30.40% |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
55.20% |
326 |
|
Huck Seed |
22.20% |
1.7 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
68.80% |
284 |
|
Nam Le |
19.00% |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
38.50% |
263 |
|
Matt Glantz |
16.70% |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
50.00% |
222 |
|
Dutch Boyd |
21.70% |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
33.30% |
212 |
|
Sean Getzwiller |
17.50% |
3.4 |
1.3 |
5.5 |
66.70% |
206 |
|
Amit Makhija |
19.40% |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1 |
87.50% |
175 |
|
Tim West |
14.60% |
3.1 |
5 |
1.2 |
40.00% |
164 |
|
Allen Bari |
24.80% |
2.7 |
3 |
2.3 |
43.80% |
145 |
|
Mike Watson |
25.20% |
1.6 |
2 |
1.2 |
18.20% |
143 |
|
Jonathan Little |
20.30% |
3.7 |
1.3 |
6 |
60.00% |
138 |
|
Eugene Katchalov |
35.20% |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
30.00% |
128 |
|
Brandon Meyers |
23.40% |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
25.00% |
128 |
|
Sam Trickett |
34.70% |
1.6 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
25.00% |
95 |
|
Ted Lawson |
15.10% |
|
0.8 |
-- |
0.00% |
73 |
|
Matt Marafioti |
16.70% |
|
2.7 |
-- |
33.30% |
66 |
|
Noah Schwartz |
33.30% |
1.9 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
50.00% |
63 |
|
Christian Harder |
25.00% |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
50.00% |
52 |
|
Marco Johnson |
19.20% |
|
1.5 |
-- |
0.00% |
52 |
|
Chris Moore |
26.90% |
|
2.5 |
-- |
33.30% |
52 |
|
Dan Fleyshman |
18.00% |
|
8 |
-- |
0.00% |
50 |
|
Hafiz Khan |
32.50% |
|
2.3 |
-- |
0.00% |
40 |
|
Hoyt Corkins |
27.60% |
|
7 |
-- |
0.00% |
29 |
|
Dan O'Brien |
17.60% |
|
-- |
-- |
0.00% |
17 |
|
Jaime Kaplan |
38.50% |
3.5 |
4 |
3 |
0.00% |
13 |
|
Justin Bonomo |
41.70% |
|
1.5 |
-- |
66.70% |
12 |
|
David "Bakes" Baker |
33.30% |
|
1 |
-- |
0.00% |
6 |
VHP: Voluntarily Hands Played (Also known as VPIP)
Simply: how often does a player voluntarily enter a pot? VHP records the percentage of hands where a player chooses to voluntarily put money into the pot before the flop. Put another way, VHP is the percentage of hands a player chooses to play rather than fold pre-flop.
VHP answers the question about whether a player is loose or tight. The higher the VHP, the looser the player. The lower the VHP, the tighter the player.
In general, in a 9-handed game of poker, you will see a VHP range of about 15% to 25% among the top poker players in the world. As the number of players at the table goes down, a player’s VHP will generally go up. In a 6-Max game, for example, you will usually see a VHP range between 20% and 30% among the game’s top players. When play gets very short-handed, with 4 players or fewer, VHP can reach well above 40%. In heads-up play you will often see VHP’s over 90%.
AI: Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressive is a player across both preflop and postflop action? The higher the index, the more aggressive the player is. Any player with an index above 1.5 is considered aggressive since they are choosing an aggressive action one and a half times as often as they are choosing a passive action.
The Aggression Index is derived by taking a ratio of the number of overall aggressive actions to the number of overall passive actions.
Specifically:
Numerator: (Number of times the player enters the pot raising) + (The number of times the player bets or raises postflop)
Denominator: (The number of times the player enters a pot limping or calling preflop) + (The number of times a player folds or calls postflop)
An Aggression Index above 1 means the player chooses aggressive actions more often than more passive choices, that the player chooses raising more than calling. Below 1 means the player chooses to call more than raise. Professional players almost always have Aggression Indices above 1.
PRFA INDEX: PReFlop Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressively does a player choose to enter a pot? When a player is first into a pot before the flop, they can enter by just calling the big blind amount or by raising. The PRFA Index measures a player’s pre-flop aggressiveness by looking at the balance between entering the pot raising and entering the pot calling.
The PRFA Index is calculated by taking the number of times a player chooses to enter a pot with a raising action pre-flop divided by the number of times the player enters a pot with a calling action pre-flop, creating a ratio of pre-flop raises to pre-flop calls.
Because pre-flop raises are in the numerator and pre-flop calls are in the denominator, a PRFA of over 1 will indicate a player who raises more often than they call when they enter the pot. A PRFA index of 2 indicates a player who enters the pot with a raise twice as often as they enter the pot with a call, obviously, a highly aggressive player. A PRFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or limp into pots more often than they raise to enter.
Among top players, the PRFA Index will generally range between 1 and 2 but you will occasionally see a PRFA of above 3, especially in shorter handed situations.
POFA INDEX: POst Flop Aggression Index
Simply, how aggressive is the player after the flop? How often does the play attempt to win the pot post-flop with either a bet or a raise? Aggressive post-flop actions are actions where a player gives their opponent the opportunity to fold, thereby giving themselves the opportunity to win the pot right then without a showdown. For the purposed of the POFA Index, bets and raises post-flop are considered aggressive actions as those actions can win the pot right there, giving their opponent(s) the opportunity to fold. Calls and folds are considered passive actions. If a player folds post-flop they obviously cannot win the pot. If a player just calls a bet they are not giving their opponent an opportunity to fold. Checks are considered neutral and are not counted in the index.
The POFA Index is calculated by taking the number of actions post-flop that are bets and raises divided by the number of post-flop actions that are calls and folds, creating a ratio of post-flop bets and raises to post-flop calls and folds.
Because the aggressive actions are in the numerator and the passive actions are in the denominator, the higher the POFA, the more aggressive the player is post-flop, the more a player attempts to win hands without a showdown. A POFA Index of over 1 indicates a player who bets and raises more often than they call or fold post-flop. A POFA index of 2 indicates a player who bets or raises twice as often as they call or fold, obviously, a highly aggressive post-flop player whose hands do not go to showdown that often. A POFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or fold post-flop often than they bet or raise which you will rarely see among professional players.
Among top players, the POFA Index will generally range between 1.5 and 2.5 but you will occasionally see a P0FA well above 3, especially in shorter handed or bubble situations.
SDWN: ShowDown WiN percentage
Simply: SDWN tells you how adept a player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand. The higher the percentage of time that a player wins the pot when the hand goes to showdown, when the pot is won because the cards have gone face-up, the better the player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand.
SDWN is calculated by taking the percentage of pots a player wins.
Among the best players in the world, SDWN should range around 50%. At 50% that means the player is winning the hand 50% of the time a pot goes to showdown, meaning they are unlikely to get their money in worse than a race situation.
|
Player |
Hands |
|||||
|
Chino Rheem |
42.70% |
1.6 |
1 |
2.2 |
60.30% |
417 |
|
Erik Seidel |
38.20% |
1.4 |
0.7 |
2.1 |
47.20% |
398 |
|
Jason Mercier |
31.70% |
2.7 |
2 |
3.3 |
43.60% |
350 |
|
Hasan Habib |
39.60% |
1 |
1.4 |
2.7 |
50.00% |
331 |
|
Gavin Smith |
30.40% |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
55.20% |
326 |
|
Huck Seed |
22.20% |
1.7 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
68.80% |
284 |
|
Adam Levy |
21.40% |
3.3 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
50.00% |
196 |
|
Eugene Katchalov |
35.20% |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
30.00% |
128 |
|
Brandon Meyers |
23.40% |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
25.00% |
128 |
|
Isaac Baron |
36.80% |
1.9 |
1 |
2.7 |
60.00% |
106 |
|
Sam Trickett |
34.70% |
1.6 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
25.00% |
95 |
|
Ted Lawson |
15.10% |
|
0.8 |
- |
0.00% |
73 |
|
Noah Schwartz |
33.30% |
1.9 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
50.00% |
63 |
|
Matt Glantz |
15.30% |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0.00% |
59 |
|
Dan Fleyshman |
18.00% |
|
8 |
- |
0.00% |
50 |
|
Hafiz Khan |
32.50% |
|
2.3 |
- |
0.00% |
40 |
|
Hoyt Corkins |
27.60% |
|
7 |
- |
0.00% |
29 |
|
Justin Bonomo |
41.70% |
|
1.5 |
- |
66.70% |
12 |
VHP: Voluntarily Hands Played (Also known as VPIP)
Simply: how often does a player voluntarily enter a pot? VHP records the percentage of hands where a player chooses to voluntarily put money into the pot before the flop. Put another way, VHP is the percentage of hands a player chooses to play rather than fold pre-flop.
VHP answers the question about whether a player is loose or tight. The higher the VHP, the looser the player. The lower the VHP, the tighter the player.
In general, in a 9-handed game of poker, you will see a VHP range of about 15% to 25% among the top poker players in the world. As the number of players at the table goes down, a player’s VHP will generally go up. In a 6-Max game, for example, you will usually see a VHP range between 20% and 30% among the game’s top players. When play gets very short-handed, with 4 players or fewer, VHP can reach well above 40%. In heads-up play you will often see VHP’s over 90%.
AI: Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressive is a player across both preflop and postflop action? The higher the index, the more aggressive the player is. Any player with an index above 1.5 is considered aggressive since they are choosing an aggressive action one and a half times as often as they are choosing a passive action.
The Aggression Index is derived by taking a ratio of the number of overall aggressive actions to the number of overall passive actions.
Specifically:
Numerator: (Number of times the player enters the pot raising) + (The number of times the player bets or raises postflop)
Denominator: (The number of times the player enters a pot limping or calling preflop) + (The number of times a player folds or calls postflop)
An Aggression Index above 1 means the player chooses aggressive actions more often than more passive choices, that the player chooses raising more than calling. Below 1 means the player chooses to call more than raise. Professional players almost always have Aggression Indices above 1.
PRFA INDEX: PReFlop Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressively does a player choose to enter a pot? When a player is first into a pot before the flop, they can enter by just calling the big blind amount or by raising. The PRFA Index measures a player’s pre-flop aggressiveness by looking at the balance between entering the pot raising and entering the pot calling.
The PRFA Index is calculated by taking the number of times a player chooses to enter a pot with a raising action pre-flop divided by the number of times the player enters a pot with a calling action pre-flop, creating a ratio of pre-flop raises to pre-flop calls.
Because pre-flop raises are in the numerator and pre-flop calls are in the denominator, a PRFA of over 1 will indicate a player who raises more often than they call when they enter the pot. A PRFA index of 2 indicates a player who enters the pot with a raise twice as often as they enter the pot with a call, obviously, a highly aggressive player. A PRFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or limp into pots more often than they raise to enter.
Among top players, the PRFA Index will generally range between 1 and 2 but you will occasionally see a PRFA of above 3, especially in shorter handed situations.
POFA INDEX: POst Flop Aggression Index
Simply, how aggressive is the player after the flop? How often does the play attempt to win the pot post-flop with either a bet or a raise? Aggressive post-flop actions are actions where a player gives their opponent the opportunity to fold, thereby giving themselves the opportunity to win the pot right then without a showdown. For the purposed of the POFA Index, bets and raises post-flop are considered aggressive actions as those actions can win the pot right there, giving their opponent(s) the opportunity to fold. Calls and folds are considered passive actions. If a player folds post-flop they obviously cannot win the pot. If a player just calls a bet they are not giving their opponent an opportunity to fold. Checks are considered neutral and are not counted in the index.
The POFA Index is calculated by taking the number of actions post-flop that are bets and raises divided by the number of post-flop actions that are calls and folds, creating a ratio of post-flop bets and raises to post-flop calls and folds.
Because the aggressive actions are in the numerator and the passive actions are in the denominator, the higher the POFA, the more aggressive the player is post-flop, the more a player attempts to win hands without a showdown. A POFA Index of over 1 indicates a player who bets and raises more often than they call or fold post-flop. A POFA index of 2 indicates a player who bets or raises twice as often as they call or fold, obviously, a highly aggressive post-flop player whose hands do not go to showdown that often. A POFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or fold post-flop often than they bet or raise which you will rarely see among professional players.
Among top players, the POFA Index will generally range between 1.5 and 2.5 but you will occasionally see a P0FA well above 3, especially in shorter handed or bubble situations.
SDWN: ShowDown WiN percentage
Simply: SDWN tells you how adept a player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand. The higher the percentage of time that a player wins the pot when the hand goes to showdown, when the pot is won because the cards have gone face-up, the better the player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand.
SDWN is calculated by taking the percentage of pots a player wins.
Among the best players in the world, SDWN should range around 50%. At 50% that means the player is winning the hand 50% of the time a pot goes to showdown, meaning they are unlikely to get their money in worse than a race situation.
|
Player |
Hands |
|||||
|
Mike McDonald |
35.20% |
2 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
52.20% |
491 |
|
David Steicke |
41.60% |
1.7 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
60.40% |
486 |
|
Fabrice Soulier |
28.50% |
1.6 |
1.2 |
1.9 |
41.70% |
466 |
|
Erik Seidel |
33.50% |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2 |
42.10% |
367 |
|
Nam Le |
19.00% |
2.2 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
38.50% |
263 |
|
Isaac Baron |
27.40% |
2.6 |
2 |
3.1 |
50.00% |
241 |
|
Dutch Boyd |
21.70% |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.7 |
33.30% |
212 |
|
Sean Getzwiller |
17.50% |
3.4 |
1.3 |
5.5 |
66.70% |
206 |
|
Adam Levy |
19.80% |
4.4 |
1.3 |
7.5 |
50.00% |
197 |
|
Amit Makhija |
19.40% |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1 |
87.50% |
175 |
|
Tim West |
14.60% |
3.1 |
5 |
1.2 |
40.00% |
164 |
|
Matt Glantz |
17.20% |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2 |
55.60% |
163 |
|
Allen Bari |
24.80% |
2.7 |
3 |
2.3 |
43.80% |
145 |
|
Mike Watson |
25.20% |
1.6 |
2 |
1.2 |
18.20% |
143 |
|
Jonathan Little |
20.30% |
3.65 |
1.3 |
6 |
60.00% |
138 |
|
Matt Marafioti |
16.70% |
|
2.7 |
- |
33.30% |
66 |
|
Christian Harder |
25.00% |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
50.00% |
52 |
|
Marco Johnson |
19.20% |
|
1.5 |
- |
0.00% |
52 |
|
Chris Moore |
26.90% |
|
2.5 |
- |
33.30% |
52 |
|
Chino Rheem |
37.50% |
|
2 |
- |
25.00% |
32 |
|
Dan O'Brien |
17.60% |
|
- |
- |
0.00% |
17 |
|
Jaime Kaplan |
38.50% |
3.5 |
4 |
3 |
0.00% |
13 |
|
David "Bakes "Baker |
33.30% |
|
1 |
- |
0.00% |
6 |
VHP: Voluntarily Hands Played (Also known as VPIP)
Simply: how often does a player voluntarily enter a pot? VHP records the percentage of hands where a player chooses to voluntarily put money into the pot before the flop. Put another way, VHP is the percentage of hands a player chooses to play rather than fold pre-flop.
VHP answers the question about whether a player is loose or tight. The higher the VHP, the looser the player. The lower the VHP, the tighter the player.
In general, in a 9-handed game of poker, you will see a VHP range of about 15% to 25% among the top poker players in the world. As the number of players at the table goes down, a player’s VHP will generally go up. In a 6-Max game, for example, you will usually see a VHP range between 20% and 30% among the game’s top players. When play gets very short-handed, with 4 players or fewer, VHP can reach well above 40%. In heads-up play you will often see VHP’s over 90%.
AI: Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressive is a player across both preflop and postflop action? The higher the index, the more aggressive the player is. Any player with an index above 1.5 is considered aggressive since they are choosing an aggressive action one and a half times as often as they are choosing a passive action.
The Aggression Index is derived by taking a ratio of the number of overall aggressive actions to the number of overall passive actions.
Specifically:
Numerator: (Number of times the player enters the pot raising) + (The number of times the player bets or raises postflop)
Denominator: (The number of times the player enters a pot limping or calling preflop) + (The number of times a player folds or calls postflop)
An Aggression Index above 1 means the player chooses aggressive actions more often than more passive choices, that the player chooses raising more than calling. Below 1 means the player chooses to call more than raise. Professional players almost always have Aggression Indices above 1.
PRFA INDEX: PReFlop Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressively does a player choose to enter a pot? When a player is first into a pot before the flop, they can enter by just calling the big blind amount or by raising. The PRFA Index measures a player’s pre-flop aggressiveness by looking at the balance between entering the pot raising and entering the pot calling.
The PRFA Index is calculated by taking the number of times a player chooses to enter a pot with a raising action pre-flop divided by the number of times the player enters a pot with a calling action pre-flop, creating a ratio of pre-flop raises to pre-flop calls.
Because pre-flop raises are in the numerator and pre-flop calls are in the denominator, a PRFA of over 1 will indicate a player who raises more often than they call when they enter the pot. A PRFA index of 2 indicates a player who enters the pot with a raise twice as often as they enter the pot with a call, obviously, a highly aggressive player. A PRFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or limp into pots more often than they raise to enter.
Among top players, the PRFA Index will generally range between 1 and 2 but you will occasionally see a PRFA of above 3, especially in shorter handed situations.
POFA INDEX: POst Flop Aggression Index
Simply, how aggressive is the player after the flop? How often does the play attempt to win the pot post-flop with either a bet or a raise? Aggressive post-flop actions are actions where a player gives their opponent the opportunity to fold, thereby giving themselves the opportunity to win the pot right then without a showdown. For the purposed of the POFA Index, bets and raises post-flop are considered aggressive actions as those actions can win the pot right there, giving their opponent(s) the opportunity to fold. Calls and folds are considered passive actions. If a player folds post-flop they obviously cannot win the pot. If a player just calls a bet they are not giving their opponent an opportunity to fold. Checks are considered neutral and are not counted in the index.
The POFA Index is calculated by taking the number of actions post-flop that are bets and raises divided by the number of post-flop actions that are calls and folds, creating a ratio of post-flop bets and raises to post-flop calls and folds.
Because the aggressive actions are in the numerator and the passive actions are in the denominator, the higher the POFA, the more aggressive the player is post-flop, the more a player attempts to win hands without a showdown. A POFA Index of over 1 indicates a player who bets and raises more often than they call or fold post-flop. A POFA index of 2 indicates a player who bets or raises twice as often as they call or fold, obviously, a highly aggressive post-flop player whose hands do not go to showdown that often. A POFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or fold post-flop often than they bet or raise which you will rarely see among professional players.
Among top players, the POFA Index will generally range between 1.5 and 2.5 but you will occasionally see a P0FA well above 3, especially in shorter handed or bubble situations.
SDWN: ShowDown WiN percentage
Simply: SDWN tells you how adept a player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand. The higher the percentage of time that a player wins the pot when the hand goes to showdown, when the pot is won because the cards have gone face-up, the better the player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand.
SDWN is calculated by taking the percentage of pots a player wins.
Among the best players in the world, SDWN should range around 50%. At 50% that means the player is winning the hand 50% of the time a pot goes to showdown, meaning they are unlikely to get their money in worse than a race situation.
VHP: Voluntarily Hands Played (Also known as VPIP)
Simply: how often does a player voluntarily enter a pot? VHP records the percentage of hands where a player chooses to voluntarily put money into the pot before the flop. Put another way, VHP is the percentage of hands a player chooses to play rather than fold pre-flop.
VHP answers the question about whether a player is loose or tight. The higher the VHP, the looser the player. The lower the VHP, the tighter the player.
In general, in a 9-handed game of poker, you will see a VHP range of about 15% to 25% among the top poker players in the world. As the number of players at the table goes down, a player’s VHP will generally go up. In a 6-Max game, for example, you will usually see a VHP range between 20% and 30% among the game’s top players. When play gets very short-handed, with 4 players or fewer, VHP can reach well above 40%. In heads-up play you will often see VHP’s over 90%.
AI: Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressive is a player across both preflop and postflop action? The higher the index, the more aggressive the player is. Any player with an index above 1.5 is considered aggressive since they are choosing an aggressive action one and a half times as often as they are choosing a passive action.
The Aggression Index is derived by taking a ratio of the number of overall aggressive actions to the number of overall passive actions.
Specifically:
Numerator: (Number of times the player enters the pot raising) + (The number of times the player bets or raises postflop)
Denominator: (The number of times the player enters a pot limping or calling preflop) + (The number of times a player folds or calls postflop)
An Aggression Index above 1 means the player chooses aggressive actions more often than more passive choices, that the player chooses raising more than calling. Below 1 means the player chooses to call more than raise. Professional players almost always have Aggression Indices above 1.
PRFA INDEX: PReFlop Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressively does a player choose to enter a pot? When a player is first into a pot before the flop, they can enter by just calling the big blind amount or by raising. The PRFA Index measures a player’s pre-flop aggressiveness by looking at the balance between entering the pot raising and entering the pot calling.
The PRFA Index is calculated by taking the number of times a player chooses to enter a pot with a raising action pre-flop divided by the number of times the player enters a pot with a calling action pre-flop, creating a ratio of pre-flop raises to pre-flop calls.
Because pre-flop raises are in the numerator and pre-flop calls are in the denominator, a PRFA of over 1 will indicate a player who raises more often than they call when they enter the pot. A PRFA index of 2 indicates a player who enters the pot with a raise twice as often as they enter the pot with a call, obviously, a highly aggressive player. A PRFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or limp into pots more often than they raise to enter.
Among top players, the PRFA Index will generally range between 1 and 2 but you will occasionally see a PRFA of above 3, especially in shorter handed situations.
POFA INDEX: POst Flop Aggression Index
Simply, how aggressive is the player after the flop? How often does the play attempt to win the pot post-flop with either a bet or a raise? Aggressive post-flop actions are actions where a player gives their opponent the opportunity to fold, thereby giving themselves the opportunity to win the pot right then without a showdown. For the purposed of the POFA Index, bets and raises post-flop are considered aggressive actions as those actions can win the pot right there, giving their opponent(s) the opportunity to fold. Calls and folds are considered passive actions. If a player folds post-flop they obviously cannot win the pot. If a player just calls a bet they are not giving their opponent an opportunity to fold. Checks are considered neutral and are not counted in the index.
The POFA Index is calculated by taking the number of actions post-flop that are bets and raises divided by the number of post-flop actions that are calls and folds, creating a ratio of post-flop bets and raises to post-flop calls and folds.
Because the aggressive actions are in the numerator and the passive actions are in the denominator, the higher the POFA, the more aggressive the player is post-flop, the more a player attempts to win hands without a showdown. A POFA Index of over 1 indicates a player who bets and raises more often than they call or fold post-flop. A POFA index of 2 indicates a player who bets or raises twice as often as they call or fold, obviously, a highly aggressive post-flop player whose hands do not go to showdown that often. A POFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or fold post-flop often than they bet or raise which you will rarely see among professional players.
Among top players, the POFA Index will generally range between 1.5 and 2.5 but you will occasionally see a P0FA well above 3, especially in shorter handed or bubble situations.
SDWN: ShowDown WiN percentage
Simply: SDWN tells you how adept a player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand. The higher the percentage of time that a player wins the pot when the hand goes to showdown, when the pot is won because the cards have gone face-up, the better the player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand.
SDWN is calculated by taking the percentage of pots a player wins.
Among the best players in the world, SDWN should range around 50%. At 50% that means the player is winning the hand 50% of the time a pot goes to showdown, meaning they are unlikely to get their money in worse than a race situation.
Simply: how often does a player voluntarily enter a pot? VHP records the percentage of hands where a player chooses to voluntarily put money into the pot before the flop. Put another way, VHP is the percentage of hands a player chooses to play rather than fold pre-flop.
VHP answers the question about whether a player is loose or tight. The higher the VHP, the looser the player. The lower the VHP, the tighter the player.
In general, in a 9-handed game of poker, you will see a VHP range of about 15% to 25% among the top poker players in the world. As the number of players at the table goes down, a player’s VHP will generally go up. In a 6-Max game, for example, you will usually see a VHP range between 20% and 30% among the game’s top players. When play gets very short-handed, with 4 players or fewer, VHP can reach well above 40%. In heads-up play you will often see VHP’s over 90%.
AI: Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressive is a player across both preflop and postflop action? The higher the index, the more aggressive the player is. Any player with an index above 1.5 is considered aggressive since they are choosing an aggressive action one and a half times as often as they are choosing a passive action.
The Aggression Index is derived by taking a ratio of the number of overall aggressive actions to the number of overall passive actions.
Specifically:
Numerator: (Number of times the player enters the pot raising) + (The number of times the player bets or raises postflop)
Denominator: (The number of times the player enters a pot limping or calling preflop) + (The number of times a player folds or calls postflop)
An Aggression Index above 1 means the player chooses aggressive actions more often than more passive choices, that the player chooses raising more than calling. Below 1 means the player chooses to call more than raise. Professional players almost always have Aggression Indices above 1.
PRFA INDEX: PReFlop Aggression Index
Simply: How aggressively does a player choose to enter a pot? When a player is first into a pot before the flop, they can enter by just calling the big blind amount or by raising. The PRFA Index measures a player’s pre-flop aggressiveness by looking at the balance between entering the pot raising and entering the pot calling.
The PRFA Index is calculated by taking the number of times a player chooses to enter a pot with a raising action pre-flop divided by the number of times the player enters a pot with a calling action pre-flop, creating a ratio of pre-flop raises to pre-flop calls.
Because pre-flop raises are in the numerator and pre-flop calls are in the denominator, a PRFA of over 1 will indicate a player who raises more often than they call when they enter the pot. A PRFA index of 2 indicates a player who enters the pot with a raise twice as often as they enter the pot with a call, obviously, a highly aggressive player. A PRFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or limp into pots more often than they raise to enter.
Among top players, the PRFA Index will generally range between 1 and 2 but you will occasionally see a PRFA of above 3, especially in shorter handed situations.
POFA INDEX: POst Flop Aggression Index
Simply, how aggressive is the player after the flop? How often does the play attempt to win the pot post-flop with either a bet or a raise? Aggressive post-flop actions are actions where a player gives their opponent the opportunity to fold, thereby giving themselves the opportunity to win the pot right then without a showdown. For the purposed of the POFA Index, bets and raises post-flop are considered aggressive actions as those actions can win the pot right there, giving their opponent(s) the opportunity to fold. Calls and folds are considered passive actions. If a player folds post-flop they obviously cannot win the pot. If a player just calls a bet they are not giving their opponent an opportunity to fold. Checks are considered neutral and are not counted in the index.
The POFA Index is calculated by taking the number of actions post-flop that are bets and raises divided by the number of post-flop actions that are calls and folds, creating a ratio of post-flop bets and raises to post-flop calls and folds.
Because the aggressive actions are in the numerator and the passive actions are in the denominator, the higher the POFA, the more aggressive the player is post-flop, the more a player attempts to win hands without a showdown. A POFA Index of over 1 indicates a player who bets and raises more often than they call or fold post-flop. A POFA index of 2 indicates a player who bets or raises twice as often as they call or fold, obviously, a highly aggressive post-flop player whose hands do not go to showdown that often. A POFA of less than 1 indicates a player who tends to call or fold post-flop often than they bet or raise which you will rarely see among professional players.
Among top players, the POFA Index will generally range between 1.5 and 2.5 but you will occasionally see a P0FA well above 3, especially in shorter handed or bubble situations.
SDWN: ShowDown WiN percentage
Simply: SDWN tells you how adept a player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand. The higher the percentage of time that a player wins the pot when the hand goes to showdown, when the pot is won because the cards have gone face-up, the better the player is at getting their money in the pot with the best hand.
SDWN is calculated by taking the percentage of pots a player wins.
Among the best players in the world, SDWN should range around 50%. At 50% that means the player is winning the hand 50% of the time a pot goes to showdown, meaning they are unlikely to get their money in worse than a race situation.
