50k hands please rate my stats because I suck at poker

And just to show that there was at least a few hands where I did win before my $6000 downswing:

See my main problem is that because I'm new to Party and 6max I'm not sure whats acceptable as normal variance. I know I never used to have swings like this at Fortune FR, but I wasn't playing as many hands over there and I was basically set hunting because the players are so shit.

Have I got any glaring problems?

Thanks in advance for any help, I really appreciate it.

Hey man.

Looking over your stats you don't seem to have any big problems with your game. If anything maybe you should loosen up a little bit. You may be one of the only players that are tighter from the SB than I am. I think you should raise more in LP with marginal hands like Ax, unsuited connectors and gappers, suited junk, etc. I haven't played a whole lot with you, but from my limited experience with you I consider you a good solid player. I'm generally looking to stay out of your way and just focus on beating the fish.

Your downswing is not really too abnormal, keep at it and play solid and things will turn around. If you want you can AIM me at alaskandevil81 and we can chat, good luck.

work on ways to increase your winrate. mostly this comes from postflop, not anything that can really be put into stats

Is 31% Bet an ok "First action after a preflop raise"? I think cbetting too much could be one of my leaks.

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What probably contributed to your immediate success and then downswing is predictability. At first you were an unknown and people didn't realize how tight you are or how you play. Over time you run into the same players that know you are tight. They know they can stay out of your way, and they probably figured out how to bluff you out of some pots. So, that percentage of players that caught on can take advantage. Factor that with variance and there you go. I'm not saying that's the exact issue, but it may be part of it.

I think as you move up in stakes, you'll run into regulars more often and you must adapt. Gabe alluded to it by mentioning postflop play. It's obvious he's adapted to the regulars at his tables.

Is 17.69 VP$IP tight for 6max? I thought you'd need to be a little looser than that (I mostly play FR).

I made an abrupt direct change to from pretty much only 200NL FR. That probably explains the tightness.

i dont think there is an ideal. ive seen people with 17 crush the game, and theres a player with 40+ that i play with that beats the game. its just a style thing.

how often are you pushing people off hands post flop?

you are probably throwing away huge value preflop in hands like AT and A7s and medium-big connecting cards like T9 and QT.

Its 2:30 am and I'm half drunk btw <3 mifty

Because when I am playing 17 vpip at 6 max these are the hands I find I am not playing.

I dunno. I deffinitly play those hands. AT I raise everywhere except the blinds and even JT I'll raise over a limper on the CO.

you probably could stand to open up your limp-behind-on-the-button range.

If a couple of bad players limp in EP and HJ, I will limp behind on the button with any suited or connected, including hands like T7o.

Ya ok I'll look into that. ty

when you think about it, you are playing less than one hand every orbit. Which means that you are 1.5bb in the hole (from this orbits blinds) with every hand you play.

Your attempt to steal blinds stat is way too low, and as a result, all of the +EV situations you put yourself in take a 1.5bb hit.

http://mypokermatch.com/poker-articles/Pokey-s-Guide-to-Advanced-Blind-Stealing-195

Read this, and increase attempt to steal blinds stat to around 30-35%. Stealing blinds is extremely significant money that you are leaving on the table.

This is true renton. I actually have read that stealing guide and it's something I deffinitly need to work on.

I'd say if I seperated my first 10k hands and my last 10k the difference in attempt to steal % would be significant.

These are all good suggestions though.

Here's a way Ive found to increase my EV. Say I raise Ts7s from the button, and get 1 caller. the board goes Jh 9c 2h As 7d. I make a standard cbet on the flop and get called. Villan checks the turn to me and I check behind. River comes and the villan bets full pot into me, Ive found hes got a busted heart draw enough to make calling with a crappy pair really profitable.

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