What is the Heads-Up Display (HUD)?

CoinPoker’s Heads-Up Display (HUD) is a poker feature that all players can use in cash games and tournaments.

Using your HUD, you can get a good idea about how your opponents play. As they play, their actions are tracked and tallied up. Then, when you want to learn about their style and habits, those statistics are just a click away.

Here’s how to use CoinPoker’s Heads-Up Display during games.

How to Use CoinPoker’s Heads-Up Display

Using the Heads-Up Display is easy, but interpreting the statistics is where the true skill lies.

Step 1: Enter Poker Games

Before you can gaze upon your Heads-Up Display, you’ll need to be sitting at CoinPoker cash game or tournament tables.

We’ve got games at all stakes running 24/7. Just pick your stakes and hop into the games.

Step 2: Click On Your Opponent’s Avatar

When you’re curious about your opponents, just click on their avatar.

Their profile will pop up on screen, including useful statistics and a place for you to add player notes or tag them in a certain color.

Step 3: Understand & Use the Statistics

At first, you probably won’t understand some of the figures you’re seeing, but these statistics are powerful if you understand them.

We’ll explain some of the acronyms next.

Glossary of Heads-Up Display Terms

Get familiar with HUD acronyms and terms so you can understand their meaning and use them to your advantage.

• VPIP: Stands for Voluntarily Put In Pot. It’s the number of times you call, raise, or go all in as your first action preflop.
• PFR: Stands for Pre-Flop Raise. It is the number of times you raise preflop.
• WTSD: Stands for Went To ShowDown. It is the percentage of times you go to showdown after seeing a flop.
• WSD: Stands for Won money at Showdown. It is the percentage of times you win the pot at showdown.
• 3-BET: A 3-bet is when there is a raise ahead of you, and you raise. It is the third bet, because there was a bet, then a raise, then your raise (the third bet).
• C-BET: When a player raises preflop, then bets again on the flop, this is a continuation bet (c-bet).
• STEAL: When you raise preflop and all the other players fold without any prior action, it means you steal (win) the pot.
• CHECK/RAISE: Check/Raise means you check, hoping another player will make a bet, so you can later raise.