PFR
also called preflop raise percentage
PFR is the share of hands a player raises with before the flop, written as a percentage of the hands they were dealt.
On its own it says how often somebody takes the lead. Read next to VPIP, which counts every hand they put money in with, it says something more useful: a small gap means an aggressive player, and a large gap means one who calls a great deal.
The number depends on the table size, so it cannot be compared across formats. A figure that is aggressive at a nine handed table is passive at a six handed one, where far more hands are worth raising.
an example
your cards
An opponent shows 40% of hands played and 5% raised. They are entering pots with almost anything and almost never taking the lead, so raising ace king for value against them is straightforward and bluffing them is not.
This example is made up. The real one is in your own hand history: find pfr in your own hands and see how often it came up and what it cost you.
related terms
VPIP
VPIP is the share of hands in which a player puts money in the pot of their own accord, which counts calls and raises bu ...
HUD
A HUD is a display that overlays statistics about each opponent onto the table, drawn from the hands you have already pl ...
Open raise
An open raise is the first voluntary raise of a hand, made when everyone before you has folded and nobody has yet put mo ...
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Knowing the word is not the same as seeing it.
Forty hands against a bot, no account, and your own hand history at the end.