Pad percentage

One type of hand I've been forgetting to consider in my recent spate of poker statistics is the revenue-neutral one. This is when you're not the big or small blind (and therefore have no forced bet), and fold before the flop without betting. These types of hands can extend your session, so they can be thought of as session padding. You don't want to have no padding, but you also don't want to have too much of it. At a 7 player table, every player has 5 possible revenue-neutral hands every 7 hands, which is 71.4%. Clearly, you don't want your pad percentage to go anywhere near that high. However, it behooves you to adjust your pad percentage based on the style of play of your opponents. If you're at a table with players who like to go all in before the flop, prudent play dictates that you'll have a higher pad percentage than you normally would.

Last night, I had a pad percentage of 11.5, and an agoal of 4.1.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 87 hands and saw flop:
- 17 out of 18 times while in big blind (94%)
- 16 out of 19 times while in small blind (84%)
- 34 out of 50 times in other positions (68%)
- a total of 67 out of 87 (77%)
Pots won at showdown - 8 of 12 (66%)
Pots won without showdown - 10

delta: $8,750
balance: $2,745,706