In short: the ideal range is where winning players sit — your yardstick for knowing whether a stat is calibrated.
Plan: concept (applies to everyone)
The concept
Every stat comes with an ideal range: the interval where winning players usually sit at that stake and format. It's your yardstick. Instead of guessing whether 24% VPIP is too much or too little, you compare it against the range.
The colors
- Within range (green): you're calibrated — keep going.
- Outside the range (colored): worth a look. It might be an adjustment opportunity — or just a small sample.
In Stats and in Diagnosis's gauges, the bar shows the ideal range in green and marks where you are relative to it.
Important: it's a reference, not a law
Being a little off isn't automatically a mistake. Poker is contextual — against specific tables, straying from the range can even be correct. The range is there to catch your attention: "look here, worth investigating." Being way off, with a good amount of volume, is what usually points to a real leak.
How to use it in practice
- In Stats, look first at what's outside the range.
- Check whether there's enough volume of hands (few hands = an unstable number).
- Take it to Diagnosis to understand what to do — the range tells you the "what," Diagnosis tells you the "how."