5000 Hand Checkup (Party $1/$2 6-max)

[Jeff W]

First, I'll include a dump of most of my stats. Then I'll reply w/ comments on which areas I think may be off and concerns I have with the evolution of my game. Without further adieu; My Pokertracker Stats:

Game: $1/$2 (6 max)
Total Hands: 4699
VPIP$: 25.7714
VPIP$ in SB: 43.5502
Folded SB to Steal: 78.2609
Folded BB to Steal: 55.8824
Steal Attempts: 34.1246
Won$ When Seen Flop%: 35.6412
Net Won: $444.9400
BB/100: 4.7344
Went to Showdown%: 38.8922
Won$ At Showdown: 50.3096
PF Raise%: 16.4077
Total Rake: $374.5000

Pre Flop Aggression Factor: 1.41
Flop AF: 3.05
Turn AF: 2.78
River AF: 2.07
Total AF: 2.10

Folded to River Bet%: 29.74
Check Raise%: 1.13%

[Jeff W]

My general concern is that my strategy for these games is only useful in a loose-passive game where the other players are limping and cold-calling with weak hands-anywhere from A5o to 86o or worse.

It seemed like for 3500 hands or so I was doing excellent because the players were so terrible, but in the last 1200 I've been getting raised, reraised and checkraised when I have marginal hands on the turn and being shown down strong hands. This might be a game selection problem-I'm not being disciplined in looking for games with high avg. pot sizes or I'm playing too much during off peak hours. It could also reflect my inexperience and my game not being fundamentally strong.

My preflop raise% is very high and it tends to get me massacred in Tight-Aggressive games or sometimes even games that show one or the other of those characteristics. I'd be interested in seeing my 3bet% because it is also very high. Raising a lot does very well against poor players who won't fold Q7s, but it does poorly against players who limp 77.

Another concern is my showdown percentages. It seems I am going to showdown to often and winning only 50% of the time. This can't be good, can it?

I also fear that I'm folding to River Bets too often and check-raising too little on all streets(both useful traits in passive games but poor in aggressive games).

Thanks for all the help. If you need help or clarification, don't hesitate to ask.

[kiddo]

All your stats looks good. Nothing special you must adjust, I think.

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in the last 1200 I've been getting raised, reraised and checkraised when I have marginal hands on the turn and being shown down strong hands

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5k hands is a very small sample, I have had 10 K hands at 5/10 where I am losing, and 10K where I am winning 5BB/h. IF u were runnig good first 3.5K maybe last hands havent been that good. Learning to fold, fold, fold when you are running bad is important. Dont start to think: "Oh no, he cant hit AGAIN, even if he never raised turn before without at least 2pair, im calling with my 2nd pair."

[MisterKing]

VPIP$: 25.7714 -- looking good.
VPIP$ in SB: 43.5502 -- not bad.
Folded SB to Steal: 78.2609 -- nice.
Folded BB to Steal: 55.8824 -- bring this a little closer to 60.

Steal Attempts: 34.1246 -- a little high, but I like it.

Won$ When Seen Flop%: 35.6412 -- not sure if this is good or not.

Net Won: $444.9400 -- for 5K hands this isn't too shabby!
BB/100: 4.7344
Went to Showdown%: 38.8922

Won$ At Showdown: 50.3096 -- good, but maybe you could call down a little more to reduce this, as you'd probably increase your BB/100 as a result.

PF Raise%: 16.4077 -- nice.
Total Rake: $374.5000

Pre Flop Aggression Factor: 1.41 -- nice.
Flop AF: 3.05 -- solid.
Turn AF: 2.78 -- ditto.
River AF: 2.07 -- ditto.
Total AF: 2.10 -- score.

Folded to River Bet%: 29.74 -- not sure what's good here
Check Raise%: 1.13% -- MORE! Protect your TPNK hands when you're in the blinds with a C/R. Big money in that play, IMO.

[kiddo]

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Won$ When Seen Flop%: 35.6412 -- not sure if this is good or not.

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This would be low at 5/10 or 10/20 but 1/2 is loser, guess its ok.

50% won showdowns is normal.

Yep, a little more checkraising is good. I got 2%.

Im playing a little less lose in blinds and a little less stealing.

[manpower]

i have definitly found my won$ when seeing flop to be lower at 1/2. Mine's 34% after 11,000 hands

[Scotch78]

You need the Ghostbusters, not a different style.

Scott