I feel like I should already know these things since I've been playing poker for a couple years now, but I need some help. It seems like I've known certain things at points in my poker career, but after thousands and thousands of hands I tend to forget/disregard things that I probably shouldn't. Here's a little list of things I feel I need work on.
1. My river aggression is too low and I know this. Here are the numbers by street.
flop- 4.99
turn- 4.18
river- 1.41
Total- 4.09
It seems like when I get to the river I usually go into check/call mode if I'm not holding a monster. If I truly think my hand is the best I will bet. I will also bet big pairs depending on the opponent. Other than that I call value bets depending on the texture of the board. My question here is what are you guys betting on the river to have such a high AF?
2. WTSD and W$SD
WTSD 17.31%
W$SD 53.30%
These stats are only in a database of 7,500 hands at $100nl, but I can assure you that this is what the numbers have always looked like. This is the one that’s always sort of perplexed me I guess. I have been a winning player now for two plus years, but shouldn’t this be a lot higher? I was reading APerfect10’s journal and his was in the 60’s and I think I read somewhere that Ice’s was higher than that.
3. Betting Streets
A) Preflop and Flop
After I raise preflop I almost always follow up with a CB. Depending on the number of players that call my PFR I bet the flop differently. For example; if there are two limpers in front of me I will raise it to $6 and they both call I usually follow up with a $15 CB. If I raise it to $4 and get one caller I will continue with a full pot sized bet. I’ve noticed that if I bet full pot when the pot is already large people will usually fold. That;s not a bad thing, but I can't only bet full pot when I have a monster otherwise I would never get action.
B) Turn
Depending on my opponent and my hand I usually make it a ¾ pot bet. Does that sound about right?
C) River
This is the one that always gets me. When I bet the river I like to do it for value. Look at this hand to see what I’m talking about.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?439436
The pot there was $72 and I bet just under half pot hoping he would call. If the pot is only $10 I try to bet $5 or $6. I’ve been told I need to bet more on the river, but when I think I’m ahead I try to get a price where I think they will call. I think this works against me when I bluff at the river. Any advice on this would help a lot.
4. VP$IP PFR and PTBB/100
VP$IP 13.57
PFR 4.74
PTBB/100 5.27
A) I’m always trying to get my VP$IP up. Today I was up to 14.57 and I’m trying to get it to at least 15. I don’t know why this is such a struggle for me. When I was playing at $25nl I was at 18% after 100k hands. From the CO and the Button I’m over 20%, but from positions 7 to 4 I’m under 10%. An example of why my VP$IP is so low is that I fold AQ and AJ from EP.
The only upside to playing so few hands is that the Party tables are so bad right now. The average table VP$IP at the $100’s is right around 30%.
B) My PFR is 4.74. I don’t only raise monster either if that’s what you’re thinking. A lot of the times I will raise suited connectors or Ax if I’m the first in from LP. Should I be raising more? I remember when I was a 7% or 8% PFR, but that was a long time ago.
C) My PTBB/100 is 5.27, but I feel I could get it much higher. This is basically the one thing I want to improve before I jump to higher stake games. What is a good number for this to be before I jump to $200nl? I was thinking 8ish.
I would really like BTP’s suggestions on these topics in order to help me take my game to the next level. I really feel if I could get some of these things tweaked in my game it would make a world of difference.
Thanks
StealthStatistics: Posted by stealthtt385 — Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:30 pm
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