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VP$IP from SB: 41.88
This is mostly from unraised pots. I tend to call with any hand that has ANY sort of potential if I can see a flop for half price. This means any ace, Jxs and one-gappers, even two-gappers down to 97. I really HATE playing blinds against raises though so if the pot is raised I will be much more selective.
Unless someone is a notorious blind-stealer I won't try to defend against a real raise (4xbb+), I just don't like playing marginal hands out of position. The way I see it, every hand I play I put my stack at risk, I don't want to risk 100bb+ to defend 1bb with bad cards and horrible position. I guess I need to work on blind defense but I have felt that in NL/PL it's not as important as in FL, my "style" is to try and win few big pots instead of many small ones, if that makes sense. I see the bb's more like the fee I pay for getting cards all the time, a subscription you might say
Preflop raising
Hmm.. the way I count I pretty much do raise with 1/4 of the hands. If I count pfr/vpip=24.6% or did you mean it another way?
I do however dislike raising out of position. The only hands I pretty much always raise from the first 3 seats (unless I am trapping) are QQ+ and AK. This is an adjustment I have done somewhat recently and I haven't been able to evaluate it completely but so far I feel like I am getting away from marginal hands (AQ, JJ-) a lot easier now that I am not raising them up front. I used to have problems with that.
However, I am now moving towards raising more in position with speculative hands. Basically the idea is to raise most of the time from CO or the Button if I am going to play, both with the standard raising hands and SC's, small/medium pairs etc. This of course ruins the implied odds so I am not sure if it is a good idea.
Aggression
I've been more active in smaller pots lately, often betting middle pair and pretty much all draws if there is 3 players or less in. I'm probably going to be doing this even more so the flop aggression should be going up. I guess my River aggression is a bit low, I tend to chicken out and not bet for value if I have the option to check behind and I'm unsure of my hand. Probably need to work on this too.
Position
My vpip on the button (highest): 24.92
My vpip UTG (lowest): 12.50
Sample size
~10,000 hands
Thanks again for the feedback, much appreciated
Statistics: Posted by Stoneburg — Wed May 18, 2005 7:31 pm
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Anyway, after reading the excellent guides on this site I have been using PT a lot trying to improve my game and I feel the results have been very positive. I've identified several leaks (AK/AQ for example, which seems common) and have also found a new motivation for playing hands well... to make the stats look good.
Now since I am a relative newbie to this still I'd appreciate if someone could just check my relevant numbers and point out any obvious or not-so-obvious things I should adjust, fix immediatly or just look at. This is just the stats for May (I've changed a lot of things since April so this seems more relevant):
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Vp$ip: 22.89 (This has gone down slightly)
Vp$ip from SB: 41.88 (I am thinking this could be a bit high)
Folded SB to steal: 100 (this seems a big high..)
Folded BB to steal: 65 (I really don't bother defending blinds in cashgames, maybe I should)
Won$WSF: 38.36 (this has gone up slightly)
BB/100 Hands: 16.07 (On it's way up
)Went to SD: 31.25 (this dropped a bit)
Won $ at SD: 58.46 (This has gone up but needs work, yes?)
PF Raise: 5.65 (This has gone down a lot, used to be 7+, too passive?)
Aggression (can't get preflop aggression for some reason):
Flop: 2.74
Turn: 2.30
River: 1.56
Total: 2.33 (this has gone up a bit in general, not a lot but a bit)
Positions:
I make money from all positions except SB and UTG+1. Probably should be as tight utg+1 as I am UTG. I actually make money from BB...
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My main priority right is to get the Won $ at SD up above 60 by learning to not pay off people as much as I do (duh!). At the moment I am rated as "Ultra-Aggressor", used to be sLA. I don't feel like an UA... I feel more like "semi tight pretty aggressive" but there doesn't seem to be such a category. I'm not sure that I like how I raise less preflop now (I've taken to limping AQ/AJs and 99-JJ more often, guess that is a big part of it). Anyway, what should I be doing here? Any suggestions other than "Tie your stats around your ankles and jump off a bridge" are appriciated
Most hands are played at 0.1/0.2 No-Limit or Pot-Limit, some from 0.25/0.50
Statistics: Posted by Stoneburg — Wed May 18, 2005 4:22 pm
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