Compare with rating classes does not decide whether your number is good or bad. It shows whether that action is more common or less common than players around your strength, and whether you should change it now.
Read three columns: You, Median, and Result. The median is the player in the middle of the list. Being above that person is not a reason to change the stat. The only candidates are rows marked Low or High.
You can compare nine stats: VPIP, PFR, Limp, four Aggression stats, WTSD, and W$SD. On the Statistics page for NLH Quick and NLH Win The Button, your last 10,000 hands sit next to players in the same rating class.
How to judge a row against the median
1. Read the gap as more often, or less often
- Your number is higher than the median. You take that action more often than the player in the middle.
- Your number is lower than the median. You take that action less often than the player in the middle.
A small gap is nearly the same. If the result is In range, stop that row at step 2. Matching the median exactly is not the goal. The player in the middle is typical, not correct.
2. Use the result to pick one row
About half the players in your rating class sit above the median. More often, by itself, is normal. Result compares you with the middle 50%: the band left after dropping the top 25% and the bottom 25% of the list.
Because each tail is 25%, about half the players are Low or High on any one row. Across nine stats, several rows falling outside the band is normal. Do not fix every one of them. Pick a single row.
| Result | What to do with that row |
|---|---|
| In range | Inside the usual band. Leave it, even if it differs from the median. |
| High | More often than typical players. A candidate to review. |
| Low | Less often than typical players. A candidate to review. |
However many rows are Low or High, review one row at a time. Choose the one you can least explain.
3. Decide whether you intended the gap
Low and High are not mistakes. There is one thing to decide.
Is this extra frequency, or this missing frequency, what you intended?
- You intended it. Leave it. If you chose to play more hands, a High VPIP is fine.
- You did not intend it. Review only the hands for that stat. Do not fix all nine at once.
Worked examples
Two readings of VPIP, the share of hands where you voluntarily put money in the pot.
| Example | You | Median | Middle 50% | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leave it | 26.0 | 24.0 | 18.0–28.0 | In range |
| Review it | 32.0 | 24.0 | 18.0–28.0 | High |
In the first example you enter pots only 2 points more often than the player in the middle. That is still inside the usual band (up to 28.0), so close this row. You do not need to drop toward the median of 24.
In the second example you are 8 points above the middle and outside the band. Decide whether playing more hands was what you intended. If it was not, start with the early-position hands you entered. If it was, a High result is fine.
What to ask for each stat
Use the questions below only on Low and High rows. Do not apply them to In range rows. The labels match the screen. The four Aggression rows are Factor and Frequency, each for all streets and for postflop. Factor is (bets + raises) ÷ calls. Frequency is the share of actions that are bets or raises. Frequency asks whether you bet often. Factor asks how bets and calls balance.
| Stat | When High | When Low |
|---|---|---|
| VPIP | Are you entering too many weak hands? | Are you folding hands you could play? |
| PFR | Are thin raises piling up? | Are you calling to enter, instead of raising? |
| Limp | Are you calling in spots where you could raise? | A low limp rate is natural if you enter by raising. Did you choose that? |
| Aggression Frequency (overall and postflop) | Are you betting and raising without a strong hand? | Are you checking strong hands and seeing a card for free? |
| Aggression Factor (overall and postflop) | Are you raising or betting in spots where a call was right, or calling too rarely? | Are you mostly calling in spots where you should bet? |
| WTSD | Are you seeing showdown with hands you could fold? | Are you folding hands that were likely to win? |
| W$SD | Are you going to showdown only with strong hands? If that is the plan, leave it. | Are you showing down hands that rarely win? |
For what VPIP and PFR mean, see VPIP and PFR. For how to review the hands, see how to find leaks from your stats. If this is your first time reading stats, how to use poker stats is enough to start.
Where to find it on Statistics
Open Statistics from the Lounge, then choose NLH Quick or NLH Win The Button in the tabs at the top. Compare with rating classes, lower on the page, is this table. It does not appear for private tables.
Your numbers are the last 10,000 hands for that game type. The comparison is not against every player. It is against people in the same rating class, such as Beginner or Regular. For where the rest of the app sits, see the nlh.poker guide.
What median and middle 50% mean
The median is the player in the middle when everyone in your rating class is lined up from low to high on that stat. In a group of 100, that is about the 50th player. It is not the average. An average is pulled by very high and very low players.
Middle 50% is the band that contains the middle half of that list, after dropping the top 25% and the bottom 25%. On screen it looks like 18.0–28.0. In range means your number sits inside that band. About half the players in the class still fall outside it.
When a number or result is missing
The table can be on screen while some rows are still too early to judge.
- Before you have a rating class, the screen says "Your rating class hasn't been determined yet. Keep playing to get one." Keep playing and a class is assigned.
- A stat with too few players in your class shows neither a median nor a band. If the whole class is still too small, the screen says "Not enough players in your rating class to compare yet."
- A stat with fewer than 30 opportunities shows the number only, and the result is —. Do not judge that row, even if the number looks Low or High.
The rating-class distribution (median and middle 50%) updates daily at 5:00 AM JST. Your own numbers move with your last 10,000 hands, but the band you are compared with moves only once a day. Your rating class itself can also change at 5:00 AM. For how to read the profit lines, see how to read the statistics graph. This table is not about whether the graph is up or down. It shows how far a habit sits from players in your rating class.
FAQ
Should I change a stat just because it is above the median?
No. About half the players in your rating class sit above the person in the middle. The only candidates to change are rows that fall outside the middle 50% and show Low or High. About half the players fall outside that band on any one row. If the result is In range, leave the row alone even when it differs a little from the median.
Will I improve if I move closer to the median?
No. The median is the player exactly in the middle of your rating class, not correct play. Chasing it erases a gap you intended. Look at two things: whether you are outside the usual band, and whether that gap is what you intended.
Do Low and High mean I am playing badly?
No. They only mean you do this less often, or more often, than typical players. If you intended the gap, leave it. If you did not, review the hands for that stat.
Can I compare stats on a private table?
No. Compare with rating classes appears only on NLH Quick and NLH Win The Button. Private tables have no rating class, so this table is not shown.
Summary
- Do not change a stat only because it is above or below the median.
- Close in-range rows. Only Low and High are candidates to review.
- If you intended the gap, leave it.
- Review only one unintended row in your hand history.
- Do not judge a stat with fewer than 30 opportunities. The distribution updates daily at 5:00 AM JST.
