Welcome to my Operation!

A quick background:
- Started playing poker in late Nov 2010. I did not know how to play any form of poker prior to this date.
- I am a new player but not a young player.
- IRL, I am a professional investor managing mutual funds and pension funds.
- I currently play 5NL on Pokerstars. I have played about 20K hands at this level and PT3 is telling me that my winrate is about 3BB/100.

Main Objective:
I want to put together a solid poker game as I progress through the micros. For each level, I will give myself "Learning Goals" that will need to be achieved prior to moving up. In addition to achieving these goals, I will use proper BRM as I go from one level to the next.

Part of knowing that I have achieved my goals will be qualitative (feeling better about my game, getting lost less often, feeling in control, ...) but I also expect to see improvements in the various stats provided by PT3. As such, prior to moving to the next level, I will post in this thread statistics supporting my conclusions that I have achieve my goals.

This thread should help monitor my progress and keep me honest.

5NL Goals:

1- Pre-flop: Use appropriate ranges for open pots, raise pots, .... that are positionally aware and are modified based on who the villains are. <--- I feel good about this goal as I have made solid improvements to my game.

2- Pre-flop: Use appropriate ranges for 3bet/4bet ... positionally and villain type aware. <--- I am still struggling with this one. My 3bet range is static and I am still unsure about how I should modify it based on my position and villains. Also, I have been 3betting AK and this is one of my biggest losing hand. I need to figure this out.

3- Have a Cbet strategy that take into consideration position/villains/board texture. Better recognize board texture and why Cbetting is appropriate or not. <--- Vastly improved but I still get myself into bad spots when OOP.

4- Incorporate some blind defense and steals into my game. <--- I think I have recently achieved this one. Interestingly, I have dramatically altered the shape of my red line (much flatter now) without affecting the blue line. In terms of blind stealing, I have not included 3betting light in my blind defense strategy yet. I have tried but it turned into a spew fest. I guess I have to leave room for future improvements.

5- Have a better understanding of how to play draws post flop. When to bet/fold/raise ... based on type of draw, board texture and villain. Includes work on pot odds, outs, combos, .... <--- work in progress.

6- Put villain on a range. <--- This has been very difficult but as I get better at figuring out what I should do with my own cards, I am also getting better at putting people on ranges. Work in progress.

Here, I am not talking about "mastering" any of this but only to put the foundation of a solid ABC game of poker together.


If you are still with me, thanks for reading. I welcome any criticism, encouragements, ...

Cheers,

P

P.S. my portfolios are kicking ass today ... Nice!