GGpoker Smart HUD Explained

What is Smart HUD?

Smart HUD is a feature built into the GGPoker client that shows real-time stats and is available to all players. It was launched in 2018 and has been updated several times since then. The number of available stats has increased significantly over this time.

GGPoker is the only poker site on the market with a fully-functional built-in HUD (heads-up display).

However, any third-party poker software is prohibited, including trackers. It is only allowed to download anonymized hand history, upload it to HM3, PT4, or H2N and analyze your own game away from tables.

Smart HUD collects data only for the current session and separately for each table. Visually, it appears in the form of a number near the players' avatar that displays the value of the VPIP stat. If a player recently won a big pot, the number is surrounded by flames; if lost - covered with ice.

In different poker variants, the proposed stats are slightly different.

Cash games

By hovering over the Smart HUD icon, you can see more stats: the number of hands played, profit, PFR, ATS (blind stealing frequency from CO, BTN, and SB positions), and 3Bet. The VPIP icon reveals a pop-up window with more detailed information broken down by street (flop, turn, and river). In addition to the above, the following stats are shown:

• CB and FCB (Continuation Bet and Fold to Continuation Bet);
• CCB and RCB (Call Continuation Bet and Raise Continuation Bet);
• WT and WSD (Went to Showdown and Won Money at Showdown);
• TAF (Total Aggression Frequency).

Also, you can see your biggest pots won and lost vs. this player.

МТТ tournaments

For tournaments, a graph with the results of your last 5 MTTs and the total profit is shown after the 4 primary stats.

AoF

At GGpoker All-in or Fold push-fold tables, the Smart HUD popup is slightly different. You can see the following 4 main stats: All-in (actually, it’s the same VPIP), ATS, Fold, and FTA (Fold To Aggression). The information about your jackpot winnings and a diagram showing the percentage distribution of your showdown hands is located below.

Smart HUD stats breakdown

The player can see five main stats if he hovers the mouse cursor over the GGPoker Smart HUD icon in any opponent's box.

1. VPIP (Voluntarily Put Money In Pot).
   
   The percentage of hands in which the player voluntarily put money into the pot preflop. VPIP shows how often the player participates in hands.
   
   
2. PFR (Pre-Flop Raise).
   

   The percentage of hands in which the player raised before the flop. The higher the number, the more aggressive the player's preflop style.

   It is important that there is a small difference between VPIP and PFR. With an optimal VPIP and a close PFR, the player almost always has the initiative in the hand and controls the course of the hand. If PFR is too small compared to VPIP, this indicates a passive play through calls.

3. ATS (Attempt to Steal).
   
   An indicator of attempts to steal blinds from late positions. In late positions, it is more profitable to actively take blinds without a flop.
   
   
4. 3Bet - the percentage of hands in which the player reraised preflop. Reflects the level of aggression of the player. The optimal range of 3-bets at 6-max tables is 6–9%.
   
   
5. Hands - the total number of hands played by the player. The larger the sample, the more reliable the statistics.

If you click on the icon with VPIP, an additional window opens with other stats broken down by streets.

• Continuation Bets on the flop and turn:
  1. CB (Continuation Bet). The percentage of cases when the player made a bet after being the aggressor on the preflop. The more often your opponent bets CB, the weaker the hand you can defend.
  2. FCB (Fold to Continuation Bet). How often the player folds to the opponent's CBet. If the opponent has more than 60% FCB, then you can bet CB into him more often. 
     CCB (Call Continuation Bet). The percentage of calls CBet, reflects the willingness to defend.
  3. RCB (Raise Continuation Bet). The percentage of raises against CBet, shows the willingness to defend aggressively. High CCB and RCB rates indicate that you are playing against a very stubborn opponent.
• WTS (Went to Showdown) - the percentage of hands in which the player reached the showdown. Players with a high WTS (more than 50%) are very difficult to squeeze out of the pot, so bluffing such players should be done very carefully.
• WTSD (Won Money at Showdown) - the percentage of pots won at showdown. Theoretically, players with a high WTS should have a low WTSD, and vice versa.
• TAF (Total Aggression Frequency) - the player's overall aggression on all streets. This metric is measured as the frequency of bets and raises relative to the overall action.

How to make player notes in Smart HUD?

Regardless of the poker variant, you can make a separate text note for each player via the HUD window:

1. Click the SmartHUD icon.
2. At the bottom of the window, write a note within an empty field (max. 1,000 characters) and select the desired color. Each color group of notes (10 in total) can be given its own name (TAG, fish, bluffer, whatever).
3. Click the "Label" button to save the player notes.

You can identify the tagged opponents by the color frames around their boxes during the game. Player notes can be read by hovering over the Smart HUD icon. You can edit notes via a particular section of PokerCraft.

Built-in HUD vs external HUD

The issue of using poker tracking software to display real-time player stats at the poker tables has become one of the most acute in recent years. 

PokerTracker and Holdem Manager use hand histories saved by poker clients as text files, which, once imported, allow the output of HUD. But this divided all the players into two groups: those who use such software and those who play without it. This put them in deliberately unequal conditions.

GGPoker did not want some of its players to have such advantages in having additional information about opponents. They found a “golden mean” in solving this problem: external trackers are not supported, but there’s a built-in Smart HUD instead, which gives all players access to the same stats.

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