shit's and giggles.

[jyms]

Since moving back to Stars

[kmind]

Since moving back to Stars

What about position stats, cbet% and cbet success%?

I'd cc less preflop and maybe even in general play a tad tighter in early positions depending on your stats. A 30min video would be cool too.

[Alexos]

I'd cc less preflop and maybe even in general play a tad tighter in early positions depending on your stats. A 30min video would be cool too.

This. The CC% is a huge issue. Also steal more from LP/SB.

[Stacks]

This. The CC% is a huge issue. Also steal more from LP/SB.

Regarding CC% and Co/Bu/Sb steal numbers what sort of numbers do you think he should be looking for overall?

[Alexos]

Regarding CC% and Co/Bu/Sb steal numbers what sort of numbers do you think he should be looking for overall?

CC% def below 10, but prob 5% would be optimal for him? That said, the better you are postflop (creativity, hand reading, etc) the more you can afford to just call a wider range pre.

CO/BU/SB : Like bikes mentionned, his SB steal success % seems rly high, so selectively start stealing a lot more and get it up to 50% or so. Steal 90% from players that fold a lot, then just c/f lot of bad flops, until they realize.
CO like 35%, BTN like 60%. But again do it selectively, based on the players in BTN/SB/BB.

*These steal % could be a bit too high if you're not used to having trash that often, so stick to what you're comfortable at and gradually increase these. The only obvious one is to increase the SB steal, based on the success rate it's been getting.

[Icanhastreebet]

CC% def below 10, but prob 5% would be optimal for him? That said, the better you are postflop (creativity, hand reading, etc) the more you can afford to just call a wider range pre.

I really disagree with this. Sure you can play a little wider if you are really good but at micros people just aren't folding in general and you are going to bleed money to the rake.

[daven]

Biggest issues for me are not playing properly during variance(tilt), button smashing (too many hands), lack of study and not thinking enough during hands. My old habits of playing robotically are very hard habits to break.

All things that are within your control and separate from poker theory. Discipline, fewer tables, routine are all relevant here.

Re first set of stats. Call and/or limp behind way less often. Whenever you are about to call pre start to consider folding or 3betting also. Folding preflop isn't as weak or passive as some people think (consider, e.g., how AF is calculated). Post position stats. Steal more. How are you responding vs 3bets? likely calling these too often too.

ow, not cold calling is hard. Particularly when it's such a habit vs bad players that stack off with TP like it's the nuts.

this is really telling. You're calling with speculative hands planning on winning big pots at showdown vs strong ranges a lot, right? Thing is, if they're getting super-aggro with TPTK and anything better then it's going to be hard for you to identify whether your nuttish hands are ahead or behind. I mean, we all fall into the habit of 'yeah, they're bad, i'll call and outplay them postflop', but it's easy to over-estimate how much of a skill edge is present, and to underestimate how much this skill edge is negated by fps and card disadvantage.
Run a few filters based on vpip=true, pfr=false, separating it into card groupings (e.g. 22-66, 77-TT, Axs, scs and 1-gappers, all other shit you are calling with pre) and look at what is happening. I easily remember the 100bb wins when i called with J9s, and forget the 30 times i called and lost between 3 and 25bb, and to over-justify the postflop flip spots with that holding as 'standard' when there were probably better lines available.

Re second set of stats. Your 3b looks pretty high, maybe some of those spots could be folds. Or sample size could be relevant here. It's hard to tell whether you are calling too often as first action preflop without knowing how hem treats calls vs 3bets and/or a call-call line when you flat an open then call the squeeze. You know that there are spots where calling pre is the best decision, aiming to eliminate it entirely seems bad. It's interesting to note what has happened to your flop aggression, probably due to having initiative more often.

[Alexos]

I really disagree with this. Sure you can play a little wider if you are really good but at micros people just aren't folding in general and you are going to bleed money to the rake.

I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with? I mentioned he should prolly cold call 5% or so, then followed it up by a general statement about cold calling - not specific to micros

[jyms]

earlier stats

Wow, not cold calling is hard. Particularly when it's such a habit vs bad players that stack off with TP like it's the nuts. I do know a lot of places to work on this that I am still doing it out of bad habits though. I think overall I have taken what's been said and started doing better.

This is since I posted