Limit O/8 VP$IP

[DasLeben]

I ran a search for this, but didn't find anything. If this is a reposted question, I apologize.

Anyways, I've been haunting the $0.5/$1 O/8 tables at Party for a few days, and I've got about 1k hands in PTO. Obviously this is only a drop in the bucket in terms of proper sampling, but I've noticed a bit of a trend lately with my VP$IP.

Over 1,000 hands, it's stayed relatively constant at 10-11%. Of course this could just be an anomaly over this small of a sample, but if this trend continues for several more thousand hands, is ~10% VP$IP something to be concerned about?

[arcticfire]

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I ran a search for this, but didn't find anything. If this is a reposted question, I apologize.

Anyways, I've been haunting the $0.5/$1 O/8 tables at Party for a few days, and I've got about 1k hands in PTO. Obviously this is only a drop in the bucket in terms of proper sampling, but I've noticed a bit of a trend lately with my VP$IP.

Over 1,000 hands, it's stayed relatively constant at 10-11%. Of course this could just be an anomaly over this small of a sample, but if this trend continues for several more thousand hands, is ~10% VP$IP something to be concerned about?

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10% seems awfully low to me. What is your starting hand selection ?

[BradleyT]

You can add a few more marginal hands like A3sxx.

[djr]

limp a few more hands from mid-late position such as A3xx (with the ace suited, a 3rd wheel, or otherwise enhanced), or on the button with 234x or 235x or 4 broadways (preferably suited up). Obviously the 23xx two are predominantly low hands but if x is another low card (6 or a 7) you stand a good chance of hitting a straight and scooping if your low comes in.

I'm suffering the reverse problem you are, my VPIP is too high because I keep convincing myself to play the weaker hands out of position.