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    Default My first 1000 partypoker/pokertracker hands, interesting

    I just started using pokertracker, and also started primarily playing on party poker for the first time.

    I decided to post some of the results of my first 1000 hands, b/c i find them pretty interesting.

    I realize this is just 1000 hands, so the trends are not necessarily important, but they leave me with some questions regardless...

    Stats on 1st 1090 hands:
    All hands (for the most part) on $100 6 Max NL tables
    $ won: $1231.07
    win %: 20%
    avg/hand: $1.13

    Hand Stats:
    Most profitable hands: 76s +$259.60, 33 +$204, 86s, 9Ts
    Least profitable hands: AKo, A5s (lots of AXs), etc

    I won't bore you w/ any additional info, but these stats bring up a point that has been bothering me for a while... I apparently suck at playing big slick .. it seems like it never hits me on the flop, and when i get checked to i put in a bluff bet and someone always calls with second pair or something. I raise fairly big preflop with it, especially out of position, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas on what i might be doing wrong?

    Also, I find it interesting the hands i win the most with, suited connectors, and small pairs, .. ive realized this for quite some time, but I did not realize (until using pokertracker) how significant the stats would be. These two trends are starting to make me wonder whether I should weaken my play on premium hands from up front, and stop giving back so much money with hands like AKo.

    I'd like to hear opinion on this, sorry for blathering, just trying to work out some kinks.
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    I'm a net ~-$125 with AKo this month in limit for like ~4k hands. It happens.
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    Personally I've been limping with big slick a lot lately, esp. out of position. I'll always give it a raise on the button, and sometimes a pot-stealing raise from one of the blinds if I feel the pot can be stolen... i.e. no serious pre-flop raises from anyone else, and few players left in the hand. In other positions, it can be rewarding to limp with because if you flop to it, it's obviously very powerful, and you're more likely to get calls because the lack of a pre-flop raise means they won't put you on it, since almost all players raise with it from any position. And if you don't flop to it, it's easy to get away from since you didn't throw down a raise up front. Basically my take on it is that in position it's still a very powerful hand, but out of position it's overrated by most players, and you have to be careful. It's almost better IMO to treat it as you would any middle-to-high connectors.

    Keep in mind, big slick loses to any pocket pair better than half the time pre-flop, and 3/4 of the time to any pair made on the flop. It feels impressive having the two overs, but a lot of times it's just not profitable. I'll take top pair after the flop over big slick & no pair any day of the week.

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