How to Use Hold Em Manager

At first, the Hold Em Manager can seem a little overwhelming, but once you get used to its features, it is very manageable and informative.

The following are the instructions on how to use it.

On the First Line, you will see:

• VPIP: This basically gives you an indication as to how often a player volunteers to put money in the pot during a game. It can be said that if they put it in around 10 times, then they are very tight and restricted, 20 indicates that they move ahead with playing faulty cards occasionally, 30 shows that they will play any connector whether it is suited or not and over 40 means that more than half of their hand is just rubbish.
• PFR: This will show you the number of times they raise pre-flop when they decide to play a hand. in order to get the best results, one must compare this data with the VPIP. for example, if someone has a PFR of 30 but a VPIP of 70, then most of the pots they enter will not raise, and if they raise, then it says it out loud that it's not complete trash.
• Attempted to Steal: This indicates the percentage of times a player raised when the action folded to him when he was in the cutoff or on the button. in order for this to happen it should be around 70% or more.
• 3 Bets Preflop%: This indicator will tell you about someone when he raises ahead of the player, then what percentage of the time does he re-raise? The lower percentages mean more value and higher percentages mean lesser value. On the Second Line, you will see:
• AF: This is the Aggression Factor, which is a ratio of aggressive postflop moves to passive ones.
• Cbet Flop: This shows the percentage of times they will bet the flop if they were the aggressor preflop.
• Total Hands: This is a very important statistic that will make all the other statistics relevant. This is important because sometimes you might see someone with a VPIP of 100% and that might make you feel like you are losing. This is probably because he has played very few hands. It only begins to make sense after around 60-90 hands.

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