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Too passive and my first 10K check-up

  
 
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sarbox68
Old 06-25-2007, 11:30 PM     Post subject: Too passive and my first 10K check-up #1 (permalink)  
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First 10K check-up after switching from Limit to NL (and yes, I understand this is a puny sample, but it's what I've got to learn from right now...) Played exclusively $2NL. Started out using the 19Hand strategy in the stickies, and then as got a little more comfortable, played more hands using the Sklansky guidelines from Limit.

After 10K running: 15.58/4.03/1.77
5.94/100BB

A couple of observations of my own, would like to get comments on:
1) 15.58 seems really tight, but I think part of that's legacy from 1/3 of those hands being based on playing just 19 starting hands. I'm expecting that to move on it's own over the next 10K. Is it safer to stay really tight on starting hands when just learning, or is this a guaranteed way to prevent you from making money?
2) 4.03 to me seems way too passive. This is happening for two reasons. One, I'm limping in behind other limpers on anything but premium hands. So as I've expanded my starting hands, I'm limping in with stuff and it's keeping this number down. Second, in Limit I felt more comfortable raising PF because my exposure was, well, limited. Now I worry about getting pushed out of a playable hand PF AND losing more money because I get RR w/ something that makes no sense to call.
3) 1.77 also seems too passive. This is for three reasons. If I miss the flop completely, I'm checking all round. If I get a draw, I don't bet into it as aggressively as I did in limit again because I worry about getting bounced out... so I mostly check. And when I've limped, I'm not as comfortable being agressive with TPTK cause the field wasn't thinned and MW could be looking at anything. Basically, it's the fear of being pushed out by a R or RR that has me pull back.

Anyhoo... that's them. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated as always.
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 12:37 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Do you use PT? If so, you should post some screenshots with your stats. It'll make it easier for people to give you feedback.
 
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Old 06-26-2007, 10:57 PM #3 (permalink)  
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I don't think those stats are terrible, but at that limit I would recommend something more like 30/12

Of course, you're beating the game at a good clip.

That's really the most important thing. There's no reason to change what you're doing if you're spanking everyone.
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