Raising my Att. to steal blinds

[Silly String]

I am playing 100NL 6 max right now. I am only a small winner at these stakes(<2BB/100) and will admit my sample size is small ~13K. I have been on a downswing lately and I have gone into review mode. I see that I am less able to overcome the cost of the blinds with my win rate declining as I move up. I have been trying to increase this number, but I have been spewing more as I do this. Spews are directly related to villains calling cbets and I am forced to give up with no hand/no draw. I also feel I am being 3bet more from the blinds, and this is causing me to spew by taking more flops with marginal holdings like AQo, PP's, etc. I am weak/bad at playing PP's in 3bet pots that do not set.

need tips on increasing my Att. to steal blinds. I am sitting on approx. 22% right now and my pos. stats are fairly appropriate for TAG play.
Stats are as follows:
18.5/12/1.86
cbet 47%
My won $ WSF is 39% which is as high as it has ever been, so I'm either running hot or getting better with my aggression.
I know I call too much as my AF is 1.86, but I try not to inflate pots with marginal holdings and I try to let aggro's continue their spew into me with decent hands that are ahead.
Position stats:
BU: 25/17
CO: 18/14.5
MP: 14.5/12
UTG: 14/11.5
BB: 11/5
SB: 26/11

Can anyone give me tips on raising my Att. to steal % without spewing too much?

[Miffed22001]

CO- any two cards above a ten, any Axs most Axo
Button- just about anything
SB- auto raise

this assumes the pot hasnt been opener before you. If you have a limper id open the same ranges.

this pushed up my vpip to 20/17 levels (supposedly optimal) and raised my steal % toward 30%

[Silly String]

How much of this are you cbetting?

[Miffed22001]

lots, probably 60% because i play more tentativly OOP

Sorry to link to another forum, but try this thread for PT as it should let you look at some stats that will give you mroe ideas, not just stealing.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...=0#Post4946669

[IowaSkinsFan]

Pretty much the less aggressive your opponents are, the more you should be stealing and the more you should be cbetting. That being said people you may consider aggressive at your stakes i would consider passive, so you should be stealing the blinds and cbetting a lot.

It sounds like your postflop play is pretty weak, and you know this obviously. I mean in general my best advice is dont be afraid to just bet bet bet bet bet bet bet raise raise raise, its not going to lose you much money in the long run, especially on early streets. Two barrel bluffs are something you really seem to have a problem with. Here's some quick tips with that.

1. Read this post, it should help a lot especially on boards to two barrel (the link in my sig, ISF theorem).
2. In general good boards to two barrel are one that are spread out between high card and low cards. For example a Q53 board is great to two barrel. Any board like T65 when an overcard comes on the turn is great too. Anytime you have a draw is good, even if its just a gutshot. As far as board textures go, ill let you figure out why two barrelling a Q53 flop would be good. Hint: If the turn came a 5 or a 3 we wouldn't want to two barrel as badly.

In position you really should be cbetting 98% of the time versus the type of players you play. OOP it should be less but still probably greater than 70%.

Hope that helps.

[snugglez88]

Your aggression factor is too low, play looser on the co/btn.

[Silly String]

Thank you very much for your responses.
ISF, I assume you would 2 barrel a Q53 flop b/c the villain will call with any piece or mid-PP thinking I couldn't possibly have the Q since it is the only broadway here. The 2 barrel says: "I have a Q and am going yard, so you better have your seat belt." I assume you don't 3 barrel this unless under certain circumstances b/c if they have made up their mind to call the turn, they are likely calling a river bet too.

I have incorporated 2 barreling more lately. I 2 barrel most broadway cards, especially A's or K's. I found that suggestion in one of your posts and it works like a charm. I guess you note up the passives/counterplayers and avoid 2 barreling them after a few donations.

[Silly String]

(Crickets chirping)

[Pelion]

Button- just about anything
SB- auto raise

Im sure this is a massive leak if you are playing against anyone remotely aggressive. You are going to get 3bet a tonne here and you are hardly ever going to have a hand worth a 4bet or a call (and being OOP in the SB with a shit hand isnt going to be fun either). Its good against tight-passives but about anyone else its going to suck.

[Miffed22001]

Button- just about anything
SB- auto raise

Im sure this is a massive leak if you are playing against anyone remotely aggressive. You are going to get 3bet a tonne here and you are hardly ever going to have a hand worth a 4bet or a call (and being OOP in the SB with a shit hand isnt going to be fun either). Its good against tight-passives but about anyone else its going to suck.

i might on US sites, i wont on euro sites.

wnat to 70k's worth of proof?

fwiw, yes as i move up i will get 3 bet much more, but then i usually have a nitty/super aggro image

[Pelion]

its sick if that actually works at 100nL

[Miffed22001]

its sick if that actually works at 100nL

it does on bodog where even multitablers are auto folding on only 3 tables.
You just have to remember that you dont 'have' to c-bet afterwards, as if your raising ATC's, your mostly c-bet spewing.