Possible leak, any thoughts

[rbear]

Reviewing my hh's, and I think I may have found a leak. It seems like a lot of times, after doubling up early, I test what seems to be position raises to me by raising 3x. It seems that I lose more chips than I gain. Anyone else do this, or am I just a moron? I think if anything it should be 3x, as 2x gives pot odds, and more skews risk/reward.... I am leaning towards abandoning this and just focusing on my end game... Any thoughts?
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[bluefeet]

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Are you saying you feel you take positional raise opportunities too freely? Not raising enough? Too much?

Any examples?

[jmillerdls]

thought he meant that he re-raises people that seem to be position raising.

[rbear]

sorry about that....
for example... if i have 1600-2000 early in 55 or below and am in a hand, say a BB, where the flop comes 3 rags, and it checks to button who bets half to three quarter pot, a lot of times i'll put 200-300 in to represent hitting the flop hard... and testing what i feel is nothing more than a position raise... It seems like I'm losing big when I lose, and am not picking up enough to make it worth it... Do you do anything like this... Half pot bluffs work out great, and i'm wondering if I should just stick to that... This situation also gets me into trouble defending my BB to SB's

[Scuba Chuck]

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Reviewing my hh's, and I think I may have found a leak. It seems like a lot of times, after doubling up early, I test what seems to be position raises to me by raising 3x. It seems that I lose more chips than I gain. Anyone else do this, or am I just a moron? I think if anything it should be 3x, as 2x gives pot odds, and more skews risk/reward.... I am leaning towards abandoning this and just focusing on my end game... Any thoughts?
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Yes, you are a moron. What buyin? Does your hand generally fair well post flop? What size blinds? What color is your hair?

Edit: How much meta-game do you think you need to beat the $55s and below?

[rbear]

usually the 22's.... I don't know when/why I started doin this... and I think it's most likely -ev.. p.s. Thanks for being gentle

I dont think most players at the 22s are disciplined enough for this play to work. they are to content with middle pair or top pair lowsy kicker. i say steer clear of these type of plays as much as possible especially early on.

[bluefeet]

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I dont think most players at the 22s are disciplined enough for this play to work

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That's the biggest problem. Not enough "smart" players will get off any reasonable post-flop hand.

I'm personally not making any adjustments early in the tourney...big stack or not. Throwing your weight around during the intermediate levels (open aggression) would be more advantageous IMO.

[rbear]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I'm considering this a huge leak that could be responsible for downswing. Think I was forgetting my goals here, due to a lot of MTTing as of late. Appreciate the help.