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Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by skulk on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @05:17PM (#45520750)
what do you think about OP's 40% VPIP? It seems to me that in low-stakes online play you'd want to play tighter than that, but I know very little about poker strategy beyond what I've absorbed from seeing people talk about it.
Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by splonk on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @05:23PM (#45520797)
It's a fairly meaningless stat without knowing the number of the players at the table. At a quick glance he seems to be playing 6-max, but sometimes 3-handed. In any case 40% is within the reasonable range for 6-max.
Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by reillychase on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @05:32PM (#45520886)
This is true, when I played live poker with full ring I got destroyed, you can be much more loose with 6 or less
Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by vmg12 on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @09:38PM (#45522541)
Assuming they are playing 6 max with full tables 40% vpip is egregious and I do not see how they could have a winning strategy playing like that. (Looking at their results they are not winning).
Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by rokkamokka on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @05:20PM (#45520767)
I mean, according to the graph he's losing money, so not that great I guess? :)
Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by jjxw on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:25PM (#45521310)
To be fair, 1k hands is a pretty meaningless sample - I think most pros would say you need at least 50k if not 100k hands for the results to be any reliable signal as to whether or not a player is actually winning or losing in the long run.
Re:I played 1k hands of online poker and built a web app wit... by reillychase on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @05:32PM (#45520882)
Yes this was going to be my reply lol