OrianasDaad
02-09-2005, 12:43 PM
I had the roll, and only played a few thousand hands at .5/1 before moving up. I did OK at 1/2, but wasn't satisfied with my play at .5/1 - I decided to move back down. I've got the first benchmark 10,000 hands at this limit, so I thought I'd post some observations about my game - and how I'll go about fixing them.
All my stats are good - except BB/100, but my sample size is too small for any real conclusions. W$SD is also a bit under 50%. I think I've been calling a bit "too" liberally on the river with marginal hands.
I'm playing a little tighter than I used to - but only by a percentage point or so. The games are more aggressive at Party than they were at Prima, and I feel it's likely that this is what causing the tightness.
Looking at my overall losing hands indicates that I need to go over these hands and figure out _why_ I'm losing money with them. QJs, KJs, A8s, KTs, 77, QTs, A7s, A6s, 22, and A4s are my top 10 money losers that I "routinely" put money into the pot with. I'm noticing a trend here - namely suited aces and big suited cards. The pocket pairs are likely variance - I'm winning with all other PP.
I've only been spending an average of 35.7 hands per table - clearly not enough to get any good reads on players. The average hands/hr rate for me has been 59/hr - which is considerably quicker than I've been used to, and has likely led to some errors in my play.
I'm a multi-tabler - I've had some reservations about it, but I'm adjusting to the quicker pace of play. I have a MT ratio of 2.58 (2 to 3 tables at once). I rarely play four - usually only when I'm getting off one table and have already joined a table I've scouted. I think I'm OK in this regard - but I definately need to stick with the tables a little longer.
I have a fairly good progression from tight to loose position-wise (early to button). The blinds are doing me in, though. I've lost twice as much in the blinds than I've netted in any other single position. I don't know how I'll fix this, though. I'll think about it more.
Yeow. I've won over $1,700 in 10,131 hands. Of course - this isn't counting all the times I folded before showdown. Factoring in the times I've folded - I've won a mere $130. I've lost $1570 folding busted draws, missed flops, and I suspect the best hand on more than a few occasions. I'm not sure that this is normal or not - never seen it discussed before (other than the generic term "variance"). It would seem that a weak-tight strategy would narrow this gap quite a bit - so mabye that's why it is so popular.
Party tables seem a bit tighter overall than is indicated. There are usually up to four or five really horrible players at a table - but the times when someone good could have been the "only" good player at a table seem to be gone. This means that positioning at a table has become so much more important. Tight players to the left, and loose players to the right. I haven't been as strict here as I should be, except that I really don't like playing with a LAG or two on my immediate left.
Average seen flop % for this block of hands is just above 41%. The highest rate that I've seen (with a meaninful amount of hands at a table) is 57%. It would seem that the tables I've been selecting rarely call for Ed Miller's loose table playlist. Average VPIP is 36% - so that gives me an easier indicator after watching a table for awhile. Add 5%.
How am I going to fix some of these problems? Well - I'm going to post some of those suited hands that I seem to be having trouble with. I'm going to practice good table and almost more importantly (to me) seat selection. I'm also going to move over to Miller's "tight" playlist as a default - only playing hands from the loose list when I'm going to be in a pot against loose players with an estimated average VPIP of over 50%. This will tighten me up a bit more, but I think it may be worth it. I also know that I've been playing overcards too strongly - so as a "general rule", I'm going to try to fold those hands that don't have backdoor draws.
Lastly, I'm going to study every single hand that I lost more than $4 with - treating my study of myself as I would studying any single opponent. This may be the best way to improve my leaks. I know I have a couple - but I'm positive there are more.
All my stats are good - except BB/100, but my sample size is too small for any real conclusions. W$SD is also a bit under 50%. I think I've been calling a bit "too" liberally on the river with marginal hands.
I'm playing a little tighter than I used to - but only by a percentage point or so. The games are more aggressive at Party than they were at Prima, and I feel it's likely that this is what causing the tightness.
Looking at my overall losing hands indicates that I need to go over these hands and figure out _why_ I'm losing money with them. QJs, KJs, A8s, KTs, 77, QTs, A7s, A6s, 22, and A4s are my top 10 money losers that I "routinely" put money into the pot with. I'm noticing a trend here - namely suited aces and big suited cards. The pocket pairs are likely variance - I'm winning with all other PP.
I've only been spending an average of 35.7 hands per table - clearly not enough to get any good reads on players. The average hands/hr rate for me has been 59/hr - which is considerably quicker than I've been used to, and has likely led to some errors in my play.
I'm a multi-tabler - I've had some reservations about it, but I'm adjusting to the quicker pace of play. I have a MT ratio of 2.58 (2 to 3 tables at once). I rarely play four - usually only when I'm getting off one table and have already joined a table I've scouted. I think I'm OK in this regard - but I definately need to stick with the tables a little longer.
I have a fairly good progression from tight to loose position-wise (early to button). The blinds are doing me in, though. I've lost twice as much in the blinds than I've netted in any other single position. I don't know how I'll fix this, though. I'll think about it more.
Yeow. I've won over $1,700 in 10,131 hands. Of course - this isn't counting all the times I folded before showdown. Factoring in the times I've folded - I've won a mere $130. I've lost $1570 folding busted draws, missed flops, and I suspect the best hand on more than a few occasions. I'm not sure that this is normal or not - never seen it discussed before (other than the generic term "variance"). It would seem that a weak-tight strategy would narrow this gap quite a bit - so mabye that's why it is so popular.
Party tables seem a bit tighter overall than is indicated. There are usually up to four or five really horrible players at a table - but the times when someone good could have been the "only" good player at a table seem to be gone. This means that positioning at a table has become so much more important. Tight players to the left, and loose players to the right. I haven't been as strict here as I should be, except that I really don't like playing with a LAG or two on my immediate left.
Average seen flop % for this block of hands is just above 41%. The highest rate that I've seen (with a meaninful amount of hands at a table) is 57%. It would seem that the tables I've been selecting rarely call for Ed Miller's loose table playlist. Average VPIP is 36% - so that gives me an easier indicator after watching a table for awhile. Add 5%.
How am I going to fix some of these problems? Well - I'm going to post some of those suited hands that I seem to be having trouble with. I'm going to practice good table and almost more importantly (to me) seat selection. I'm also going to move over to Miller's "tight" playlist as a default - only playing hands from the loose list when I'm going to be in a pot against loose players with an estimated average VPIP of over 50%. This will tighten me up a bit more, but I think it may be worth it. I also know that I've been playing overcards too strongly - so as a "general rule", I'm going to try to fold those hands that don't have backdoor draws.
Lastly, I'm going to study every single hand that I lost more than $4 with - treating my study of myself as I would studying any single opponent. This may be the best way to improve my leaks. I know I have a couple - but I'm positive there are more.