Quote Originally Posted by aokrongly

What that list tells me is that you need to have a good preflop game when you raise preflop, because you're putting alot of money into the pot preflop with alot of hands. Alot of this depends on table dynamics. If the average % of players seeing the flop is less than 40% then your agressions should pay off. If it's 50% or more then you're going to have to catch cards to keep from losing your ass. So you need to watch that. Also, watch the average pot. If it's less than 15x the BB then it shows a willingness for players to fold postflop (i.e. postflop tightness). If, however it's more than 20x then it shows that you're going to have to win with cards and not just agression.

You're calling way too many unpaired hands into raised pots, IMO. It's one thing to be agressive with a wide range of cards, but what value is there in calling KJ with a raise in front, or AJ or AT. AQ is a judgement call.

Your hand selection tells me that you better be able to pin down where you stand on the flop and where others stand as well. Or you will have wild swings - because, when the cards fall for you it'll be great. You'll get callers. But when they don't - EVEN IF YOU FOLD RIGHT AWAY which is unlikely - then you're putting way too much money in the pot preflop. Which probably causes you to FEEL like you're falling behind after a while when things don't go your way and you LOOSEN UP and get a little tilty to try to "get back on pace" or "back on track" or "catch up" or "get back to even at least before you stop playing", etc. etc.

If you don't have the right mentality for high variance poker then you need to examine how much money you are putting into pots. If you like your hand selection and method of play then you'll see alot of variance. When you are ON it will be GREAT!!! When you are OFF it's going to get ugly. (The difference between ON and OFF is going to be what flops and whether it hits other people harder than you.)

That's my view. When it goes south for you what normally happens? Where do you have the most exposure and in what type of hands do you lose the biggest chunk of chips?
Yeah, admittedly, I could tighten up a little. My VP$IP floats between 23-25%. Playing 19 hand strategy would cut that approx in half. My problems do come postflop when I feel like I have committed money to the pot, and I occasionally pay too much to draw thinking I will get paid if I hit. I really should stop playing KJ, KQ in raised pots, and stop playing the PP to raises….I need to look at AT in Pokertracker to see what it is doing for me.

When it goes south for me, I lose 2 pair to sets ( I have a hard time detecting sets for some reason), 2 pair to straights. I do get outkicked in large pots at times, or I lose TPTK or to a flukey 2 pair on a raggy board when someone stays in with 68 suited. I pay off a little too much with second best hands. Then, you have me pegged, aokrongly, I start to pressure myself to do too much and it snowballs. Tightening up both preflop and postflop should help that. My c-bets commit me too much. Renton told me that, too. I am seeing that wisdom more and more. But as you said, when it runs good, it runs really good!!! I need to temper the swings a little more. I can handle a little swing, but not a roller coaster.

Once again, all you guys have been helpful…..