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I'm trying to figure out this "Without Blind" stat. I understand that it is the amount of money I would have made if you don't count the money posted as a blind.

What confuses me is why this stat is so much higher than the Amount Won stats for non-blind positions. Should these two stats be compared? Am I really making a higher profit from seats SB and BB, if it weren't for those pesky blinds?

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The Without Blind stat is the sum of the amount you actually won plus the blinds you paid - this is going to result in some double counting.

Imagine you had AA in the BB and get it all in for 100BBs and win. Your amount won is +100BBs. Your Without Blind is +101BBs. It's true that very often you just lose your blind, but you do win a reasonable share also, so the Without Blind stat being bigger than your other Amount Wons is not unreasonable (it's like that for me, too).

Personally I think most important is looking at BB/hand from the blinds. So long as BB/hand from the BB is significantly better than -1 and BB/hand from the SB is significantly better than -.5, you're doing just fine.