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Irisheyes
Post Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2006, 2:27pm    Post subject: 50k hands please rate my stats because I suck at poker Reply with quote
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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.
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Post Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2006, 3:01pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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.
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Post Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2006, 3:47pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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work on ways to increase your winrate. mostly this comes from postflop, not anything that can really be put into stats
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 1:41am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 8:21am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 10:41am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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.
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 10:46am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Is 17.69 VP$IP tight for 6max? I thought you'd need to be a little looser than that (I mostly play FR).
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 10:49am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Irisheyes wrote:
Is 31% Bet an ok "First action after a preflop raise"? I think cbetting too much could be one of my leaks.

mine is also 31%
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 11:01am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Warpe wrote:
Is 17.69 VP$IP tight for 6max? I thought you'd need to be a little looser than that (I mostly play FR).

His results show you don't need to be looser. He's a winning player and w/ RB he's even better. He just wants to make more money and improve - as does everbody else. When you stop and think about, it's amazing players skilled like Irisheyes don't crush these limits with all the poor players out there. It's a tough game to consistently beat. And just when you get good enough you move up and learn that you suck all over again.
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 11:14am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I made an abrupt direct change to from pretty much only 200NL FR. That probably explains the tightness.
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 11:22am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Irisheyes wrote:
I made an abrupt direct change to from pretty much only 200NL FR. That probably explains the tightness.


Yeah, I'm not criticizing. I play FR on Party and only play 6-max on Absolute because their FR tables are nitfests, and I don't have enough hands put in there to have a decent idea of what an 'ideal' number should be. I've just observed that everyone's PAHUD numbers seem higher at 6max than FR.
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 11:27am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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.
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 1:32pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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how often are you pushing people off hands post flop?
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 6:25pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Miffed22001 wrote:
how often are you pushing people off hands post flop?


Not very often at all, not enough I would say. I'm a very "make a hand, bet, bet, bet" type player. I can deal with a certain ammount of resistance and I can make some judgements as to when people are bluffing due to the history between us or whatever but I always feel that when ever I try to get tricky I always end up getting pwned.

Like even see this whole business of checking the turn with TPTK vs a TAG in position. Then when he bets into me on the river I'm like "wtf do I call now or fold?" and I don't know how to judge it. Always seem to go wrong on me. On the other hand if I just bet the turn and get raised I can easily realise I was beat and just fold. I know thats a leak but I haven't learned how to judge hands good enough yet I don't think. Like say I do check on the turn and then a flush hits on the river and then when he bets how the funk do I know whether to call or not?

I'm also very bad at getting reads, actually I don't bother at all. I'll raise AA UTG, look at FTER for a minute then look back and see how many people still have cards and just bet whatever. I should prolly do something about this but I don't really know what the important things to look for are.

Its 2:30 am and I'm half drunk btw Very Happy <3 mifty
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 7:22pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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you are probably throwing away huge value preflop in hands like AT and A7s and medium-big connecting cards like T9 and QT.
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Post Posted: Fri, 30 Jun 2006, 9:45pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Its 2:30 am and I'm half drunk btw <3 mifty


This is cool. However, check the time of my reply (pwned)

Also, how does my name become all sorts of nonsense like Muffer, Mifty, Muff etc Razz

I dont really know how to recommend 'learning to read' other players.
Perhaps play some limit to see how betting etc works along with Millers book of ToP?
Dunno, that helped my game an awful lot when i moved to mediumish stakes but maybe id just been playing long enough to begin learning.
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Post Posted: Sat, 01 Jul 2006, 4:18am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Renton wrote:
you are probably throwing away huge value preflop in hands like AT and A7s and medium-big connecting cards like T9 and QT.


What makes you say that?
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Post Posted: Sat, 01 Jul 2006, 11:23am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Because when I am playing 17 vpip at 6 max these are the hands I find I am not playing.
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Post Posted: Sat, 01 Jul 2006, 11:33am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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.
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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.
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Post Posted: Sat, 01 Jul 2006, 11:51am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Ya ok I'll look into that. ty
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Post Posted: Sat, 01 Jul 2006, 11:58am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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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.
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Post Posted: Sat, 01 Jul 2006, 12:24pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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This is true renton. I actually have read that stealing guide and it's something I deffinit