I'm so tight...

[cold_cash]

... you couldn't fit a greased BB up my butt.

Seriously though, here's my question: If I know that my VPIP is way too low, is there a way I can use PokerTracker to help me figure out in what spots I should be loosening up? I think the answer to this is no, but I just thought I'd put it out there.

Thanks.

[Evan]

you can look at your VPIP for each hand and each position.

Just out of curiosity, what's you VPIP?

[cold_cash]

After about 15,000 hands from .50/1 to 2/4 and including about 300 from 3/6 it's at about %13.5. My PFR is also a little low I'm guessing, at %7.5.

I can't figure out where I need to be loosening up though.

[Rudbaeck]

You're in the CO with 87s, there are three limpers before you, do you limp?

[cold_cash]

Yeah.

What I'm thinking it might be, (at least part of it), is that I very, very, VERY rarely play any offsuit broadway cards like KT, QJ, JT, etc., unless I'm stealing. I know there are times when these are playable, but I simply don't do it.

I doubt this is the sole reason for my low VPIP, but I'm seriously at a loss as to where I could find another say 5%-6% worth of playable hands to raise it up. I know my sample is hardly huge, but I think it's definetely big enough to determine I'm at least a little bit too tight, no?

[eric5148]

My overall VPIP is 15.54 with 25K hands, which is a little tighter than the 2+2 norm, I think. Here's some VPIP for specific hands:

KJo: 55.7
QJo: 50
ATo: 28.18
KTo: 21.5
QTo: 10.78
JTo: 13.32
T9s: 85.48
98s: 81.97
87s: 50
76s: 33.33
J9s: 46.88
T8s: 15.3
97s: 14.7

[Qhorin]

My favorite PT view is the VPIP$ on position stats.

Should show a nice ramp up from 7 to Button (my diff from button to 7 is 2x and that's probably not enough). If not, you might sift through your 2,1, button spots and find some good limpers.

[MarkL444]

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What I'm thinking it might be, (at least part of it), is that I very, very, VERY rarely play any offsuit broadway cards like KT, QJ, JT, etc., unless I'm stealing.

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Be careful with this, trying to encorporate these hands where they do not belong can be expensive.

[littledave]

Yeh Mark is correct, it's not necessarily the hands, it's the hands in combination with the situation. You just can't add starters and say ok now I'm going to ... because you can play KT a dozen times and every time might be different.

Then also, you can have a time period where tight-tight can be just what the doctor ordered, and another time where it's the wrong thing to do.

I know this is no solution for you. Keep studying, keep playing hands. If there are hands that bother you, the guys around here are pretty good at analyzing your play if you ask nicely. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Diplomatdcm]

Dude are you winning, i assume so and if yes then don't worry too much about it, it is basically impossible to play too tight and loosing up can cost you a lot and lead to tricky and expensive situations.
Dave

[Rudbaeck]

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Dude are you winning, i assume so and if yes then don't worry too much about it, it is basically impossible to play too tight and loosing up can cost you a lot and lead to tricky and expensive situations.

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Though he could definitely be winning more if he played a few more hands. If a hand in your table position is +EV given your skill relative that of your opponents then it should be played.