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Definition of VPIP

VPIP stands for "Voluntary Put Money Into Pot". It is the indicator of the percentage of time you put money into a pot of your own free will. This is the essential and primary statistic in your HUD. If you have a tracker like PokerTracker and you display a HUD (heads-up display) on your table, the first two basic stats you will see are VPIP and PFR (preflop raise).

Why is VPIP important?

Knowing a player's VPIP is important because it gives us an idea of their playing style. If we are playing a shorthanded table for example, we know that at most every third hand is playable, which should give a VPIP of about 33%. But if you see a player with a VPIP of 75%, they are playing too many hands and therefore will either have to bluff a lot to make those hands profitable or they will be a very poor player playing all those hands. ? Conversely, if a player has a VPIP of 8%, you know that they will only play very good hands and you will know that you will need to have very good hands to play them.

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