PAHUD NOOB QUESTION!

I want to purchase PA hud today but I am hestitate. I know its a great program just from reading what everyone has to say. However, I've looked on Josh's site and can't seem to find exactly how to use the program, I mean I know how to set it up for Poker Stars.

But I don't know how to apply the data I get from the players into my game, and what does all the little stats mean, etc etc. I am a tourny player looking to get into ring on stars, and want to use this to help my edge.

Anyone have any links, or can explain the entire program, it's stats, and how to apply them to my game? I know this is a tall order, but from one player to the next, I really appreciate any answers you may have!

Have you ever used GameTime+ ? Same thing but only more customizable.

There's a layout manager. Select PokerStars and add what options you want. It starts out with the same ones as GameTime+ and you go from there.

The only other thing to do is go into preferences and point to the PS hand histories. You can also change refresh rates to refresh every hand for a player to keep up to date stats on the screen.

Nope never used GT, but I understand that much and I thank you, but my question is about the stats themselves. I don't know what all these abbrevations mean, and how to apply them to my game

I give some quick advice, but there have to be some good references out there somewhere. FTR veterans please correct me where you disagree.

Crucial stats: VP$IP, PFR, WTSD%, number of hands

From being around the forums I'm sure you have a good idea about these but here are some general guidelines:

- VP$IP<10 = rock, 10<VP$IP<20 = tight, 20<VP$IP<30 = loose, VP$IP>30 = very loose, likely a fish.

- PFR<5 = passive pre-flop, 5<PFR<10 = average, 10<PFR<15 = aggressive, PFR>15 = maniac

- WTSD%<15 = rock, probably can be pushed off hands post-flop, 15<WTSD%<20 = average, 20<WTSD%<25 = slightly loose post-flop, may make marginal calls, WTSD%>25 = calling station

- Number of hands: don't look at anything under 25, and use anything under 50 as a guideline only. Over 50 hands pre-flop stats start to get more reliable, but I still try not to put too much stock in them until I have 100+ hands. Post-flop stats require even more hands (250+?) to become accurate because most players are folding more than 75% of hands so the sample size is much smaller.

Other stats I have on my HUD: attempt to steal %, continuation bet %, fold to continuation bet %, flop/turn/river aggression frequency, fold to fold/turn/river bet %

These are less important and I only pay attention to them when I have at least 100 hands on a player, preferably a lot more. I'd recommend starting with a simple HUD layout, getting used to it and then adding stats as you feel comfortable or think you could get use out of them.

Just noticed that you said you don't know the abbreviations...

VP$IP = Voluntarily Put $ in the Pot (percentage) - How often you put $ into the pot pre-flop outside of the blinds.

PFR = Pre-Flop Raise (percentage) - How often you raise pre-flop.

WTSD = Went to Show Down (percentage) - How often you go to showdown after seeing a flop.

Is this program good for sngs also?

I once raised 15 consecutive pots 4 handed in a SNG.

No. Maybe if you look at just when it's 7 handed plus, but even then you have to expect people to change styles as blinds/stacks go up.