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Originally Posted by Leroy2DaBeroy
Rationality? Common sense? How can not having an opportunity to VPIP affect your VPIP and not having an opportunity to PFR affect your PFR?
I don't know the whole timeline behind HEM vs. PT3, who was first with what, etc. but I've been using PT3 (and PT3O) for close to 3 years now and I've never thought it was calculated the way it is.
Am I making a bigger deal out of it than it should be? Yeah, probably, since walks in the BB aren't a super-common occurrence (at least, not at the limits/games I've played)...
Let me ask you this, though... How does PT3 handle non-blind posting where there isn't a PFR?
Historically PokerTracker came well before HEM - by a good 3 or 4 years if not more (I don't have the exact dates handy). HEM originally started as a side project because PokerTracker v2 did not have 3-bet statistics (among others).
The original PT2 statistic - the stat that Pokey was using when he wrote
this - was VP$IP as it is in PT3. All of our stats are defined in our
Statistical Reference Guide, and as I already said earlier the HEM version is available for use from the
repository. We've never attempted to make our definitions secret - you can also see every stat's definition in the Configure Statistics window and see how the columns are calculated on the columns tab.
But changing our default - the company's default statistic, the one which 100% became the initial standard and has been calculated the same way since long before I joined 2+2 - does not seem prudent. You get used to certain numbers and get a feel for "styles" which would change if you swapped out the statistical definition.
Regarding your question about a dead blind - a person posting a dead blind is not considered to have VP$IP until they've put some more money in by either calling or raising.
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Originally Posted by Leroy2DaBeroy
At the very least, you should spell this out for HU players (where I'm sure it's probably more impactful).
What else would you like to see us do to help convey this stat's calculation method more effectively?