This FAQ will answer most of your questions about Official Poker Rankings and the abbreviations used on the website. Let's us know, if your have additional questions but please read this FAQ before you mail us.
Q:
What is Official Poker Rankings?
A:
Official Poker Rankings (OPR) is an online poker rankings site with poker statistics, poker ratings, tournament poker results and poker rankings for online poker players
Q:
What does OPR mean?
A:
OPR is an abbreviation for Official Poker Rankings. Official Poker Rankings is the name of this site.
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What does ITM mean?
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ITM is an abbreviation for "in the money". To place high enough in a poker tournament to get prize money.
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What does MTT mean?
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MTT is an abbreviation for "multi table tournament". A poker tournament that involves more than one table of players. Commonly used for scheduled poker tournaments.
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What does SNG mean?
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SNG or SnG is an abbreviation for "sit and go" tournament. Instead of having a scheduled start time, a sit and go poker tournament begins as soon as a limited number of tables are full.
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What does ABI mean?
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Abbreviation for "average buy-in". Sum of buy-in incl. rake divided by number of tourneys played. Note: For R/A (re-buy/add-on) tournaments, buy-in is calculated as an avg. of the total prize pool divided by the number of players in that tournament (It is not possible to track how many times a player actually re-buys in a tourney)
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What does AFS mean?
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Abbreviation for "average field size".
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What do the R/A column in the poker player statistics page represent?
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Shows how many percentage of tournaments played was R/A (re-buy/add-on) tournaments.
Q:
What do the "1st ties" field in the ITM Finishes column represent?
A:
Tournament places won where seat or amount won is equal to 1st prize
Q:
What do the avg. finish column represent?
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The tournaments are divided into 5 groups:
10% Early (first 10% to burst out) 20% Early-Middle (10%-30%) 40% Middle (30%-70%) 20% Middle-Late (70%-90%) 10% Late (90%-100%)
Examples: If you finish within the first 10% of the places you finish in the Early group. If you finish 25th of 100 players (74 players burst out before you) you finish in the Middle-Late group (75%). If you finish 2nd of 100 players (98 players burst out before you) you finish in the Late group (99%).
Q:
How do you calculate average buy-in for R/A (re-buy/add-on) tournaments?
A:
For R/A (re-buy/add-on) tournaments, buy-in is calculated as an avg. of the total prize pool divided by the number of players in that tournament. (It is not possible to track how many times a player actually re-buys in a tour)
Q:
Estimated Profit. You got my tournament Prizes stated correctly, but my total Profit is not 100% correct, why?
A:
If you play a lot of R/A tournaments your Profit should be accounted as an estimate Profit. We are not able to track how many times a player actually re-buys in a tournament, so for R/A tournaments we use an average based on the prize pool and number of players in the tournament.
Q:
I did not re-buy in a particular tournament can you correct my ABI and Profit?
A:
No, that's unfortunately not an option.
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What does ROI mean?
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ROI is an abbreviation for "return on investment". Return on investment is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment. ROI=((Prizes–Expenses)/Expenses)x100. (Expenses includes buy-in, entry-fees and an average estimated number of re-buys)
Q:
Do you include final table deals?
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No, we don't include final table deals as we are not able to track deal making.
Q:
Can a chopped tourney be reflected if I send you a screenshot with the chopped results?
A:
No, that's not possible.
Q:
One of my friends borrowed my poker account and lost/won a tournament. This is messing up my OPR statistics, so could you please remove that tournament from my records?
A:
No, that's not possible.
Q:
I registered and I didn't receive my confirmation email?
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First, you should try using the "resend password" option. Second, check your spam filter. Third, send us an email with your OPR username and signup email.
Q:
My rating is 85.62% what does it mean?
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85.62% meaning that you are ranked higher than 85.62% of other ranked players.
Q:
I see losing players with percentages over 90%, how can a loosing player be rated so high ?
A:
All the players below this player has a lower rating. The percentile rating is not a "score" but an percentile indication of where you stand among other ranked players.
Q:
How are the poker rankings stars distributed?
A:
Stars
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Procentile of players
0.02%
0.18%
0.8%
3%
16%
25%
25%
15%
10%
5%
Rating needed
99.98%
99.80%
99%
96%
80%
55%
30%
15%
5%
0%
How many players will have x number of stars:
Example (600,000 ranked players)
120
1,080
4,800
18,000
96,000
150,000
150,000
90,000
60,000
30,000
Q:
How do you calculate poker rankings / OPR Rankings for players with a significant positive estimated profit.
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The OPR Rankings favour players with a significant positive estimated profit who are able to keep the good results coming again and again. One good result will not bring you all the way to the top, even if your profit is much higher than the best ranked players. Tournament results from the last 120 days are used when calculating rankings.
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How do you calculate poker rankings / OPR Rankings for players with a negative or low estimated profit
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For players with a low or negative estimated profit OPR Rankings are computed different, with more weight on where the player finishes in the tournaments he plays. Tournament results from the last 120 days are used when calculating rankings.
Q:
What kind of Full Tilt Poker tournaments do you track?
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We track Full Tilt Poker MTT's and SNG MTT with at least 18 players. (Exceptions are free rolls, private tournaments and other poker tournaments with buy-in restrictions)
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What kind of PokerStars tournaments do you track?
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We track PokerStars MTT's and SNG MTT with at least 36 players. (Exceptions are free rolls, private tournaments and other poker tournaments with buy-in restrictions)
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What kind of Ongame tournaments do you track?
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We track Ongame scheduled MTT's. (Except free rolls and poker tournaments with special buy-in restrictions)
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What kind of Party Poker tournaments do you track?
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We track Party Poker scheduled MTT's. (Except free rolls and poker tournaments with special buy-in restrictions)
Q:
Do you track free rolls and tournaments with special buy-in restrictions?
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No, normally not - with a few exceptions.
Q:
Do you track satellite tournaments?
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We track PokerStars, Ongame and Full Tilt Poker satellites
Q:
I play on PokerStars and you missed one of the poker tournaments I played, can you add the missing tournament?
A:
Yes, you can email us the PokerStars tournament id number and we will try to add the tournament to your records and recalculate your statistics. Check the front-page news-section for any delays and wait at least 24 hours after the tournament finish, to see if the tournament appear automatically. Only poker tournaments that meet the tracking criteria above will be added.
Q:
I play on a Ongame Network poker room and you missed one of the poker tournaments I played, can you add the missing tournament?
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Yes, you can email us the Ongame tournament id number and we will try to add the tournament to your records and recalculate your statistics. Check the front-page news-section for any delays and wait at least 24 hours after the tournament finish, to see if the tournament appear automatically. Only poker tournaments that meet the tracking criteria above will be added.
Q:
I play on a Full Tilt Poker / Party Poker / Paradise Poker and you missed one of the poker tournaments I played, can you add the missing tournament?
A:
Properly not, but please mail us the tournament id number and details about the tournament and maybe we will be able to recover it. Check the front-page news-section for any delays and wait 6 hours after the tournament finish, to see if the tournament appears automatically. Only tournaments that meet the criterions above will be added.
Q:
Are you owned by any of the poker rooms?
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No, we are not owned by any of the poker rooms.
Q:
Where do I find your email contact address?
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After you log-in you will find it in the upper right corner of the poker rankings section of the website.
Q:
Why don't I have any OPR rankings / rating percentile or any of the yellow stars?
A:
Play 12 tournaments or at least 3 tournaments with a total profit above $400. Tournament results from the last 120 days are used when calculating rankings.
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Why don't I have any Profit rankings / rating percentile or any blue stars?
A:
Play 12 tournaments with a positive total profit or at least 3 tournaments with a total profit above $400. Tournament results from the last 120 days are used when calculating rankings.
Q:
What's the different between Overall rankings and Room rankings?
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Overall rankings is your overall ranking for all poker rooms on Official Poker Rankings and room rankings is for a particular poker room.
Q:
I used to play on a different player name, but I got my name changed. I can prove that I changed my name legally, can you rename my Official Poker Rankings?
A:
No, that's not possible.
Q:
I won a tournament on my friend's account, can you move it to my Official Poker Rankings
A:
No, that's not possible.
Q:
I don't want my poker results and poker statistics on OPR, can you hide my data
A:
Yes, send an email to
with your player handle and where you play and we will hide your data completely.
with your player handle and where you play and we will hide your data completely.
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