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Track your progress and leaks

If you do not measure it, you cannot improve it. This page shows a simple system to track Texas Hold'em progress, build a clear dashboard, set realistic targets, and find leaks fast. You will learn which metrics matter for cash games and tournaments, how to slice data by position and spot, what sample sizes you need, and how to run small experiments that actually change your results.

♠️ Why Tracking Matters

  • Replaces feelings with facts so downswings do not derail your plan.
  • Turns vague goals into numbers you can hit week by week.
  • Exposes hidden leaks that cost the most money per hand or per event.
  • Shows whether study time is moving the needle in real games.

📊 Core Metrics You Should Track

Cash games

  • Win rate bb per 100 hands over 50k and 150k rolling samples.
  • Positional win rates by UTG, MP, CO, BTN, SB, BB.
  • Aggression profile VPIP, PFR, 3-bet percent, 4-bet frequency, aggression factor.
  • C-bet and fold stats by street. C-bet flop, turn barrel rate, river aggression, fold to c-bet by street.
  • Blind play steal percent, fold to steal, BB defend results, SB results.
  • Showdown profile WWSF won when saw flop, WTSD went to showdown, WSD won at showdown, non showdown line.

Tournaments

  • ROI and ABI average buy in.
  • cEV chips won per hand or per tournament. All-in adjusted versions where available.
  • ITM rate and deepest run percentile to map progress beyond min cashes.
  • Early, mid, late splits blind level or stack depth buckets such as 10 to 20 bb, 20 to 40 bb, 40 plus bb.
  • Final table and bubble outcomes for ICM review.

🗂️ Build a Simple Tracking Dashboard

  • Weekly sheet hands or hours, bb per 100 or ROI, session quality score 1 to 5, main theme studied, top leak addressed.
  • Position table win rate and hand count for each seat. Red cells mark negative seats for cash.
  • Spot table SRP IP, SRP OOP, 3-bet pot IP, 3-bet pot OOP with win rate and c-bet by street.
  • River bucket table results facing 75 to 100 percent pot and overbets and results when you bet or raise river.
  • MTT block ABI, entries, ROI, cEV trend, top finishes, satellite conversion if relevant.

Keep the dashboard short and readable. If you cannot scan it in one minute, simplify it.

📦 Sample Size And Variance Guardrails

  • Cash results at 10k hands are noise. Start judging at 50k and prefer 150k to 300k.
  • MTT ROI needs thousands of entries to settle. Use cEV trends to read early progress.
  • Use rolling windows so one heater or downswing does not dominate the view.
  • Tag big pots for review. A few pots can swing short samples by several bb per 100.

🪑 Position And Table Selection Splits

  • BTN and CO should drive most of your profit. If not, review steal, 3-bet, and thin value spots.
  • BB is normally negative. The goal is to lose less. Check defend ranges, flop continues, and river folds.
  • Live players track by time slot and table type. Soft hours and seat position improve win rate and reduce swing.

🔎 High Value Leak Filters

  • River defense vs large sizes facing 75 to 100 percent pot and overbets. Check call frequency, blockers, and EV.
  • Turn barrels after small flop c-bet on A high dry boards. Are you sizing up correctly or giving free cards.
  • Probe bets when aggressor checks turn. Look for over probing and missed value raises.
  • Check raises by street. Ensure value to bluff ratio is healthy and not value only.
  • 3-bet pots OOP small flop c-bet usage and turn plan on high boards.
  • Blind vs blind steal success, BB defend results, river thin value frequency.

🩹 Preflop KPIs To Watch

  • Open raise by position and size. Tight early, wider late, consistent sizes.
  • 3-bet percent overall and by position. Linear out of position, more polarized in position.
  • Fold to 3-bet rates. Very high numbers often mean you open too wide or size too small.
  • Cold call frequency. Out of position cold calls should be selective and profitable.
  • Squeeze percent and success. Great spot to pick up dead money with value heavy ranges.

🏁 River KPIs That Move Win Rate

  • River aggression frequency and win rate when betting river.
  • Call efficiency EV of river calls by size bucket. Tighten calls if pools under bluff big sizes.
  • Thin value frequency especially in position on safe runouts with top pair strong kicker.
  • Raise vs block bet win rate and frequency. Many players block bet too much with marginal hands.

🧪 Run Small A B Experiments

  • Pick one change such as smaller flop size on dry A high boards.
  • Apply it for 10k hands and tag the hands for that theme.
  • Compare c-bet success, turn plan EV, and river outcomes to the previous 10k hands.
  • Keep changes that improve EV and discard the rest. One change at a time to isolate impact.

📝 Live Player Tracking

  • Session log date, hours, stake, buy in, cash out, seat position notes, biggest three hands for review.
  • Quality score 1 to 5 for energy and focus. Note table texture and seat selection outcomes.
  • Weekly summary hours, net in big blinds, common spots faced, adjustments for next week.

🗓️ Review Cadence

  • Daily log result in big blinds, tag 3 to 5 hands, one quick note on a theme.
  • Weekly update dashboard, run two leak filters, write three rules and one drill for next week.
  • Monthly check stake goals, adjust table count and study plan, evaluate experiments.
  • Quarterly deep dive on positions, format mix, and bankroll plan alignment.

🏋️ Turn Tracking Into Drills

  • If river call efficiency is low versus pot and overbet sizes, drill blocker based calls and folds for 15 minutes twice a week.
  • If BTN win rate is below target, run a steal and c-bet refresh with a small solver menu and write a two size plan.
  • If BB loss rate is worse than expected, rebuild defend ranges and review flop check raises and turn probes.

🎯 Simple Targets And Red Flags

  • Cash BTN and CO should be clearly positive. If not, focus study there first.
  • River facing large sizes should not be a big losing bucket. If it is, you likely over call without blockers.
  • Very high fold to 3-bet and low 4-bet can signal opens that are too wide or sizes that invite pressure.
  • For MTTs, cEV trend up and stable ABI are early green lights even if ROI is noisy.

These are guides, not absolutes. Always confirm with hand review and pool tendencies.

⚠️ Common Tracking Mistakes

  • Chasing short term money results instead of big blind based metrics.
  • Changing five things at once so you cannot tell what worked.
  • Ignoring position splits which hide where profit is made or lost.
  • Studying random spots instead of the worst loss buckets in your database.
  • Forgetting that live notes and seat selection swing results as much as strategy.

📌 Progress And Leak Tracking Cheat Sheet

  • Track bb per 100 or ROI plus a session quality score.
  • Use position, spot, and river size buckets to find the biggest leaks.
  • Run high value filters river defense vs big bets, turn barrels, probes, check raises, 3-bet pots OOP.
  • Judge results on rolling samples 50k hands for cash and large entry counts for MTTs.
  • Run one experiment at a time for 10k hands and keep what improves EV.
  • Turn each leak into a weekly drill and a simple table rule you can apply in seconds.

Measure the right things, review the right hands, and build small rules that target your biggest leaks. That is how tracking becomes profit.