Stats of a Winning Player ($3/$6)

Note from Matthias Wahls: This content was posted in the 2+2 boards under following link:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...=0&fpart=1&vc=1

The collected data comprises of 10 data sets – a total of 313,000 hands of successful 3/6 players. “Successful” was defined by having a winning rate of at least 1.4BB/100 with a minimum of 20k hands.

Hold’em offers enough opportunities for successful gaming. There is quite a big variety of different styles that might be successful. There is nothing such as an optimal way to play. Strong poker players don’t stick to one style, anyways. They rapidly change it, depending on their opponents.

It is very important to keep the deviation range in mind. Data collection gives information about quantity, not about quality!

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.

Foreword

The two most commonly used statistics when measuring a group of data are: mean
and standard variation.

Mean: This is simply the average. You add all the numbers together, and divide
by the total number of observations.

Standard Deviation: This is the measure of spread. I will leave the complicated
formula out of this. Basically, the further the data tends to fall from the mean, the
greater the standard deviation.

For example:

{5,7,9,11,13} and {1,3,9,15,17}

have the same mean: 9, but the second set has a greater standard deviation.

In addition to these two statistics, the following will also be used:

A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: This is a range that measures from 0.5 standard deviations below the mean to 0.5 standard deviations above the mean.
For example: In a data set with: mean = 10; standard deviation = 6;
This range is: 7 - 13.

Min: Smallest value in the set.

Max: Largest value in the set.

2/4:

VPIP:
Mean: 17.9
Standard Deviation: 3.18
Min: 13.13
Max: 27.75
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 16.31-19.49

VPIP in SB:
Mean: 30.24
Standard Deviation: 6.09
Min: 20.91
Max: 48.78
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 27.19-33.28

Folded SB to steal:
Mean: 83.01
Standard Deviation: 7.20
Min: 67.88
Max: 91.43
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 79.41-86.61

Folded BB to steal:
Mean: 63.09
Standard Deviation: 13.51
Min: 20.51
Max: 79.12
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 56.33-69.84

Attempted to steal blinds:
Mean: 27.19
Standard Deviation: 4.70
Min: 19.29
Max: 33.33
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 24.84-29.54

Won $ WSF:
Mean: 33.27
Standard Deviation: 2.28
Min: 29.60
Max: 37.89
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 32.13-34.41

Went to SD %:
Mean: 31.73
Standard Deviation: 3.11
Min: 26.74
Max: 37.99
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 30.18-33.29

Won $ at SD %:
Mean: 53.87
Standard Deviation: 3.73
Min: 47.77
Max: 60.17
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 52.00-55.73

Preflop Raise %:
Mean: 9.22
Standard Deviation: 1.56
Min: 6.84
Max: 12.56
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 8.44-10.00

Flop aggression factor:
Mean: 2.85
Standard Deviation: 0.64
Min: 1.86
Max: 3.98
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 2.53-3.17

Turn aggression factor:
Mean: 2.82
Standard Deviation: 0.35
Min: 2.12
Max: 3.55
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 2.64-2.99

River aggression factor:
Mean: 2.10
Standard Deviation: 0.24
Min: 1.60
Max: 2.55
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 1.98-2.22

Folded to river bet %:
Mean: 45.84
Standard Deviation: 4.73
Min: 34.81
Max: 56.22
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 43.48-48.21

VPIP from button:
Mean: 20.02
Standard Deviation: 3.50
Min: 15.95
Max: 28.33
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 18.27-21.77

VPIP from one off-button:
Mean: 17.86
Standard Deviation: 2.96
Min: 13.16
Max: 26.82
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 16.38-19.34

VPIP from two off-button:
Mean: 16.48
Standard Deviation: 3.00
Min: 11.71
Max: 25.24
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 14.97-17.98

VPIP from three off-button:
Mean: 15.35
Standard Deviation: 3.25
Min: 11.66
Max: 25.29
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 13.72-16.97

VPIP from four off-button:
Mean: 14.79
Standard Deviation: 3.54
Min: 9.80
Max: 24.41
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 13.02-16.56

VPIP from five off-button:
Mean: 14.49
Standard Deviation: 2.92
Min: 9.58
Max: 23.72
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 13.03-15.95

VPIP from six off-button:
Mean: 14.60
Standard Deviation: 3.14
Min: 9.57
Max: 23.66
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 13.03-16.17

VPIP from seven off-button:
Mean: 14.25
Standard Deviation: 3.54
Min: 7.44
Max: 24.08
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 12.47-16.02

VPIP from BB:
Mean: 17.23
Standard Deviation: 4.39
Min: 11.86
Max: 29.46
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 15.03-19.43

Loss from BB:
Mean: 0.18
Standard Deviation: 0.05
Min: 0.08
Max: 0.28
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 0.15-0.20

Loss from SB:
Mean: 0.11
Standard Deviation: 0.05
Min: 0.02
Max: 0.21
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 0.09-0.14

3/6:

VPIP:
Mean: 17.63
Standard Deviation: 2.92
Min: 14.46
Max: 22.75
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 16.18-19.09

VPIP in SB:
Mean: 24.14
Standard Deviation: 5.17
Min: 18.64
Max: 31.21
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 21.55-26.72

Folded SB to steal:
Mean: 84.12
Standard Deviation: 5.01
Min: 77.67
Max: 91.25
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 81.61-86.62

Folded BB to steal:
Mean: 62.92
Standard Deviation: 12.92
Min: 44.69
Max: 78.65
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 56.46-69.38

Attempted to steal blinds:
Mean: 27.34
Standard Deviation: 6.29
Min: 15.67
Max: 38.62
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 24.19-30.48

Won $ WSF:
Mean: 37.00
Standard Deviation: 2.72
Min: 32.90
Max: 40.96
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 35.64-38.36

Went to SD %:
Mean: 34.50
Standard Deviation: 3.51
Min: 31.24
Max: 41.96
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 32.74-36.25

Won $ at SD %:
Mean: 53.74
Standard Deviation: 3.46
Min: 48.91
Max: 60.36
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 52.01-55.48

Preflop Raise %:
Mean: 9.63
Standard Deviation: 1.73
Min: 6.72
Max: 12.38
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 8.77-10.50

Flop aggression factor:
Mean: 2.90
Standard Deviation: 0.58
Min: 1.92
Max: 3.82
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 2.61-3.16

Turn aggression factor:
Mean: 2.89
Standard Deviation: 0.55
Min: 1.92
Max: 3.82
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 2.62-3.16

River aggression factor:
Mean: 1.94
Standard Deviation: 0.27
Min: 1.63
Max: 2.47
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 1.80-2.07

Folded to river bet %:
Mean: 40.44
Standard Deviation: 7.50
Min: 21.55
Max: 47.61
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 36.69-44.19

VPIP from button:
Mean: 20.45
Standard Deviation: 3.63
Min: 16.57
Max: 25.61
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 18.63-22.27

VPIP from one off-button:
Mean: 18.34
Standard Deviation: 2.88
Min: 14.84
Max: 23.66
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 16.90-19.78

VPIP from two off-button:
Mean: 17.36
Standard Deviation: 2.93
Min: 13.51
Max: 23.16
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 15.90-18.82

VPIP from three off-button:
Mean: 16.06
Standard Deviation: 3.71
Min: 12.79
Max: 22.29
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 14.21-17.92

VPIP from four off-button:
Mean: 15.01
Standard Deviation: 2.94
Min: 12.04
Max: 20.12
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 13.54-16.48

VPIP from five off-button:
Mean: 14.33
Standard Deviation: 2.97
Min: 10.38
Max: 19.81
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 12.84-15.82

VPIP from six off-button:
Mean: 13.70
Standard Deviation: 2.77
Min: 10.12
Max: 19.48
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 12.31-15.09

VPIP from seven off-button:
Mean: 14.35
Standard Deviation: 3.01
Min: 9.29
Max: 18.44
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 12.85-15.86

VPIP from BB:
Mean: 18.30
Standard Deviation: 4.19
Min: 12.55
Max: 23.66
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 16.21-20.40

Loss from BB:
Mean: 0.19
Standard Deviation: 0.06
Min: 0.08
Max: 0.26
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 0.16-0.22

Loss from SB:
Mean: 0.06
Standard Deviation: 0.02
Min: 0.04
Max: 0.09
A one-half standard deviation range about the mean: 0.05-0.07

Thanks go to:

I owe many thanks to all those who sent me their stats. As some did it anonymously,
I can't name all of them here. But you know who you are. Thanks again!