VPIP
Also: voluntarily put money in pot, VP$IP
Voluntarily Put money In Pot: the percentage of hands a player enters by calling or raising (not counting the blinds). It is the quickest measure of how loose or tight someone is.
Full-ring regulars run around 15–22% VPIP, six-max regulars 22–28%, and recreational players anything from 35% upward. Read together with PFR it tells you the style: a big gap between VPIP and PFR means a passive caller, a small gap an aggressive player.
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What does VPIP mean in poker?
Voluntarily put in pot — the percentage of hands where a player chose to put money in before the flop by calling or raising. Posting a blind does not count, because it is not voluntary.
Why is VPIP always read with PFR?
Because the gap between them describes the style. VPIP says how often someone plays a hand; PFR says how often they raise. A small gap means an aggressive player, a large gap a passive, calling-heavy one.
How many hands do you need before VPIP is reliable?
More than most players assume. It stabilises faster than other statistics because a decision is recorded nearly every hand, but over a few dozen hands it mostly reflects the cards dealt rather than how someone plays. Acting firmly on a tiny sample is a common and costly error.
Does table size affect VPIP?
Yes. A player's VPIP is naturally higher six-handed than nine-handed, because there are fewer opponents to get through. Comparing the same figure across different table sizes is not meaningful.