Couldt find an official combined small/low holdem thread to ask this question in, pls move if not appropriate here

Question: What is a good number for the filter of hands (how many last months) in your HUD? Not datamining so its quite difficult to get a decent sample on someone. My main site is also not being tracked so the online db's dont do anything for me.

If I choose something like last 12 months i have plenty of hands on people (so that certain stats like fold to river cb are meaningful) but i dont pick up on any big changes in their game

If I choose something like 3 months i pick up on changes but also have low samples that render a lot of stats meaningless

Just wondering what do you guys use or is there an advisory number?

I don't know, but i think stats are overrated

well i play mostly 100nl where i think a hud is quite useful to see where certain stats are "off"

Prob. I'm not 'against' basic usage. I'm just unconvinced you aren't better directing mental energy elsewhere.


To address main question: I always thought #hands were more important than time?

I can see the case for it but as you said there isn't really a sweet spot given approximating human progress in a vacuum is probably impossible.

I have no definitive answer nor proof of what is better. For MDA purposes, I usually don't go more than 12 months into the past, so I use the same timeframe for HUD stats in my personal DB, just to be consistent.

I played 30k hands in about 4.5 weeks, imported them into H2N to check my own stats, and I still didn't get enough good sample for most river stuff other than overall river fold vs any bet, and river bet, so be very careful when making any deviation based on river stats you see in your HUD.

thnx p&l, thats helpful. I play around 50k hands a month so not that meaningful for river stats either

agree. few hundred hands on villian use to be good enough for hud