party36master
02-26-2005, 03:27 AM
Here's my story.
Was a small winner in 5/10 Stud at Foxwoods (small sample size) for a couple of years. As the hold'em explosion grew, got tired of the longer and longer waits for fewer and fewer tables. So I decided to switch to hold'em.
So I bought all the right books, and started playing online in April. Started at 2/4. The game clicked for me in July, broke even by August, started 4 tabling in September.
By October, I had accumulated 750 BB, so I moved up to 3/6.
I bought PokerTracker in November.
I won 5.13 BB/100 through my first 10,500 hands.
Then I went through a rough 20 days, where I lost -2.33 BB/100 over 11,300 hands.
I was playing poorly. In retrospect, there were lots of problems that came from misapplying SSHE concepts. I was raising multiway pots on the flop to buy outs way too often. Also, Party 3/6 was much more tight than I gave it credit for.
I played this streak at 24.25 VPIP, and 13.47% PFR, with 1.4 PostFlop Aggression.
Over the past 1 1/2 months since the bottom, I've been making lots of adjustments in my game, some more consistently than others.
1) Better use of buddy lists- By focusing on it, I now consistently have someone either 70% VPIP or looser, or 50% VPIP w/20% or higher PFR at one of my tables. Beating on bad players has certainly helped.
2) Stopped playing any pair, any position. I still do this if the table is loose, but I really toned it town.
3) Stopped playing AX suited from UTG or UTG +1. It was a leak.
4) Stopped taking the "do not fold decent hands for one bet" advice to the extreme. I had become too much of a calling station. I'm still trying to figure out the optimal "fold to river bet" spot.
My recent stats are about 18.5 VPIP, and 11.3% PFR, w/1.6 PostFlop Aggression which is a bit looser than most people who multi-table.
Recently, I've been trying to work on 3 things. One is my blind play.
Read the "You play too tight" thread from a few days ago, its awesome.
Also, given my buddy list, I'm constantly playing with maniacs. I think I alter my game too much against them, a little too fancy. Trying to find the right balance.
Here's an example:
Maniac raised UTG. I'm in UTG+2, with 66. I reraise. The maniac and one other caller are in.
The flop comes J 7 4 rainbow. Maniac bets. I raise. Other player folds, maniac calls.
Turn is 2. Maniac bets, now what?
I end up calling it down, sometime I win, sometimes I don't.
Maybe I'm altering my game too much, and should just fold pre-flop.
Also, focusing on getting in the extra bet on the turn wherever I can.
Anyway, I've ended the streak at 38,000 hands.
Good luck anyone else on a long losing streak, and hang in there!
Was a small winner in 5/10 Stud at Foxwoods (small sample size) for a couple of years. As the hold'em explosion grew, got tired of the longer and longer waits for fewer and fewer tables. So I decided to switch to hold'em.
So I bought all the right books, and started playing online in April. Started at 2/4. The game clicked for me in July, broke even by August, started 4 tabling in September.
By October, I had accumulated 750 BB, so I moved up to 3/6.
I bought PokerTracker in November.
I won 5.13 BB/100 through my first 10,500 hands.
Then I went through a rough 20 days, where I lost -2.33 BB/100 over 11,300 hands.
I was playing poorly. In retrospect, there were lots of problems that came from misapplying SSHE concepts. I was raising multiway pots on the flop to buy outs way too often. Also, Party 3/6 was much more tight than I gave it credit for.
I played this streak at 24.25 VPIP, and 13.47% PFR, with 1.4 PostFlop Aggression.
Over the past 1 1/2 months since the bottom, I've been making lots of adjustments in my game, some more consistently than others.
1) Better use of buddy lists- By focusing on it, I now consistently have someone either 70% VPIP or looser, or 50% VPIP w/20% or higher PFR at one of my tables. Beating on bad players has certainly helped.
2) Stopped playing any pair, any position. I still do this if the table is loose, but I really toned it town.
3) Stopped playing AX suited from UTG or UTG +1. It was a leak.
4) Stopped taking the "do not fold decent hands for one bet" advice to the extreme. I had become too much of a calling station. I'm still trying to figure out the optimal "fold to river bet" spot.
My recent stats are about 18.5 VPIP, and 11.3% PFR, w/1.6 PostFlop Aggression which is a bit looser than most people who multi-table.
Recently, I've been trying to work on 3 things. One is my blind play.
Read the "You play too tight" thread from a few days ago, its awesome.
Also, given my buddy list, I'm constantly playing with maniacs. I think I alter my game too much against them, a little too fancy. Trying to find the right balance.
Here's an example:
Maniac raised UTG. I'm in UTG+2, with 66. I reraise. The maniac and one other caller are in.
The flop comes J 7 4 rainbow. Maniac bets. I raise. Other player folds, maniac calls.
Turn is 2. Maniac bets, now what?
I end up calling it down, sometime I win, sometimes I don't.
Maybe I'm altering my game too much, and should just fold pre-flop.
Also, focusing on getting in the extra bet on the turn wherever I can.
Anyway, I've ended the streak at 38,000 hands.
Good luck anyone else on a long losing streak, and hang in there!