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PFR

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:12:43 +0000

PFR (Pr Flop Raise) shows the percentage of how often a player raises before the flop. PFR is a more specific version of VPIP. This stat is useful when comparing it with VPIP stat. PFR is usually lower or close to VPIP.

If a large part of a player’s VPIP is made up by his PFR (e. g. 25/22), he’s an aggressive player.

If PFR makes only a small part of VPIP (e. g. 25 / 5), a player is passive.

So VPIP alone tells if a player is tight or loose. And a combination of VPIP/PFR tell if he’s aggressive or passive.

You should ideally be raising at least 70% of the time you enter a pot (e. g. 20%/>=14%). If your VPIP/PFR ratio is less than that, you should be more aggressive and raise more instead of calling preflop.

VPIP/PFR shows a player’s playing style.

VPIP/PFR		Type of player
Mid VPIP, High PFR	e.g. 22/18	TAG. A tight aggressive player.
High VPIP, low PFR	e.g. 34/5	Calling station. A loose passive player.
Low VPIP, High PFR	e.g. 7/5	Rock. A super tight-aggressive player.
High VPIP, High PFR	e.g. 40/35	LAG. A loose-aggressive player.

More @ http://www.thepokerbank.com/articles/software/pfr/

VPIP

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:43:55 +0000

VPIP (Voluntarily Putting money In to the Pot) shows how often a player is getting involved in pots (calling or raising) before the flop. E. g. if you played 100 hands and called/raised 25 hands, your VPIP will be 25%. Note: The small blind and big blind do not count toward your VPIP, as you did not voluntarily put this money in to the pot.

VPIP < 24% – indicates a tighter play. The player will not be raising to steal blinds, will not be calling with lower connectors. He only plays when he has something.

VPIP > 30 % – indicates a looser play. The player will be raising to steal blinds, will be calling with connectors, etc.

It’s hard to win long term with a high VPIP.

More @ http://www.thepokerbank.com/articles/software/vpip/

Heads or Tails – The Game

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:57:20 +0000

Heads or Tails is a coin flipping (tossing) game. Why is it called “Heads or Tails” you may ask. Well a coin has two sides technically known as the obverse and reverse. Most coins have an imprint of a person’s head (like a head of the ruler or emperor) on its obverse. This side is known as ”head” of a coin. The other side is called the “tails” side. “Tail” probably comes from the fact that the head is the top of your body and the extreme opposite of that would be the tip of your tail – if you had one .

Most of the time heads or tails game is played like this – one person throws the coin up in the air, and the second person must predict which side of the coin will lie face up when it reaches the ground. A correct guess results in a win. “Heads” or “tails” can be called before throwing a coin or while a coin is in the air. You can also throw a coin, catch it in one hand and slap it on the back of your other hand. That is another variations of the game.

shinypile on twitter

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:36:20 +0000

You can now follow us on twitter for the latest news and updates from www.shinypile.com. All the new winnings will be announced on twitter. You’ll be able to check your current and previous winnings by searching for a Liberty Reserve batch number. See how others are doing.

If you don’t have a Twitter account it takes seconds to sign up for one. The registration is very easy. Just visit www.twitter.com. Most phones have a Twitter app that you can use to interact with the people you’re following.

See you on Twitter.

Donkeymails

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:54:47 +0000

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What is Liberty Reserve?

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:59:59 +0000

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