Are you guys insane?
If a guy's VPIP is 85% at 1000 hands, I promise you he's a maniac. Let him play another 1000 hands and maybe he VPIP will swing all the way to 80% or 90%, but what's the difference? At 100 hands, you knew he was well over 60%, and that's all you needed to know. At 25 hands, I'm certain he wasn't under 30%. It was enough for a read, way back then.
Of course the more data you have, the more meaning the numbers have, but don't be afraid to use them much, much sooner - at least as far as identifying extreme players goes.
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