Using Poker Tracker or an alternative hand tracking tool, there are several ways that you can filter the data.
Now, let’s talk about how you should analyze and filter your database in all these sections: How to Filter Data
Note: as most hands you play will be played in this situation, it's better to tackle the flop first for both in and out of position, then move on to the turn and then the river.Īlso, strategies in position and out of position in single raised pots differ greatly, unlike 3bet and 4bet pots, where they are very similar. How you play out of position as the caller (i.e., from the BB).How you play flop out of position as the initial raiser.How you play the flop in position as the initial raiser.I split my analysis up into four sections: Section 1: Preflop
What follows is the way I break down a player’s database and how I filter my data and my student’s data when I’m analyzing it. It still provides a good amount of data to remain significant. If you want to analyze more than this, you can, but a 10k hand sample is much more manageable and easier to work through. I would recommend a sample of at least 10k hands, depending on how frequently you play. Similarly, areas that you think you are doing well in could just be down to positive variance. You can’t prove if you’re winning or not. A few hundred hands are not enough to provide you with statistically significant data. You need a lot of poker hands in your sample due to the variance in the game. I’ll be giving you a checklist, a guide for you to follow when analyzing your own data, so you cover almost every spot. You are looking for the areas of your game that you are leaking the most cash in. One thing that is important to remember with poker is that it’s not just the frequency that’s important it's the hands you choose to play at those frequencies.įor example, a player who 3bets with the optimal frequency but chooses hands such as JTo as their 3bet bluffs will be less profitable than a player who chooses A5s as their 3bet bluffs. Using the “leak-analysis” tool is often inaccurate as many losing players will have data within what is considered the “normal range” for playing poker. There are some common pitfalls, such as relying on “leak-analysis” to tell you what you are doing wrong.