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Introduction:

The intent of this post is NOT to have players change their game in an effort
to make their stats look more like those presented.

This post is intended to give people, who are curious about their stats, an idea as
to where other winning players stand. The one-half standard deviation range around
the mean is probably a good range for your stats to be in.

It is very likely that winning players exist whose stats fall outside of many
or all of these ranges. Likewise, it is very likely that some losing players
have stats which fall within all of these ranges.

Stats are great for plugging large leaks. If a player has a VPIP of 8.2% or 34.1%,
they clearly are not playing an optimal portion of their hands. Examining stats will not
take a 1.5BB/100 winner and magically turn him or her into a 2.2BB/100 winner. But they may help to close some costly leaks.

Always remember: You might be calling the correct percentage of river bets, but that doesn't tell us
that you are calling the RIGHT rivers.