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Originally Posted by RobFarha
How do people feel about all the VPIP PFR CBET stats? Also the lingo regarding implied odds, reverse implied odds and somewhat advanced poker in general...
I think the show showing these stats is educating the fish. People might look into that more, and the more fish who find out how to use these stats, the less of a fish they are.
To most fish the idea of seeing stats of your opponent plays is crazy and they would have no idea how to implement this into a gameplan. But this show might spark some fish to google VPIP, and find themselves here, and get educated.
I think the general public is pretty used to statistics during sports. Especially the way televised sport abuses them. This show is the same, you see someone make a really aggressive move and the other guy folding, and then they show a chart with aggression percentage. They are only used to support the commentator's opinion when he makes a claim about anything.
Stats in sports is usually done only for entertainment and only for the viewers. I guess the average player is used to stats and doesn't really consider that their opponents have stats on them, they associate it with a flashy TV presentation. Also stats on TV sports only entertain the viewer and it's never implied that the players ever adjust their game based on them, so the average poker player doesn't really consider that his opponent raises based on his tightness rather than having good cards.