Put hero on a goddamn range part II- The 6max years
The original full ring version of this operation basically sucked because I didn’t have a clear direction to take it. I think I was hoping to start with a good idea and it would set its own course, eventually creating a solid foundation to build from. Basically all I got from it was a hand chart on a desktop sticky. Black Friday dealt the final blow to that op as well as my poker aspirations, at least for a little while.
After black Friday I wandered around the wasteland of US friendly poker sites trying to get a fix from anywhere I could; freerolls, play money on stars and even Zinga poker on facebook (pathetic). If Zinga chips were real money I’d be a millionaire. Eventually I binked a freeroll on Cake for $5. With the gods on my side I played $1 sngs and somehow drove my roll up to $20. I started grinding 4nl and eventually started taking shots at 10. With help from rakeback and some more freeroll moniez I’m solidly rolled for 10nl and taking shots at 20.
I switched to 6max because fullring on cake is a fucking nitfest and was boring the crap out of me. Over 20k hands I have a decent winrate at 6max but that’s pretty much from just mashing buttons and running good against mega whales. Which has been fine but I’d like to get out of the micros someday so I guess it’s time to try to start learning again.
For this operation I’m using HEMs “perfect your game” articles as a guide. It’s written for 50nl+ and I’m not sure how outdated it is but it’s a good place to start. I’ll be copy pasting basically everything from the articles and compare my stats with those from winning 6max players. I realize just mimicking good players isn’t the best way to become a great poker player but that’s not what this is about, it’s about building a solid foundation.
So let’s kick this thing off. Here’s the link to the first article for anyone that wants to play along. res://HMArticles.exe/PluggingLeaks1.html *edit- dunno why the link isn't working, I'll try to fix that.
And here are my 'plugging leaks 01 – overall’ stats for 6max.
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There are some glaringly obvious leaks here even without the comparisons. The gap between vpip and pfr is way too big and I’ve actually started working on that. Somehow I just got a little too cally. I didn’t have a HUD for most of these hands and it seems to help keep me in line if I can see my own stats during the session. I realize this is a leak in itself but I need to focus on one thing at a time. I like having a place to start so I think I’ll leave it at the introduction and get down to business later. As always, all comments, suggestions and beratements are encouraged.