Tight Play

[waffle]

47vpip and 43went.. rofl dude, you need to learn how to fold. 6k hands is a drop in the ocean. if i saw you at the tables i would definitely think 'aggro fish'.

[Gene2x]

Well, my full-table stats are pretty similar and I have another 4,000 hands from that (see above). Nevertheless, I might experiment with tighter play to see what happens.

I've tried before but just found it frustrating to wait for good starting hands only to have them go down in flames. Maybe multi-tabling would be the solution to address having to wait so long.

[RunDownHouse]

In addition, filter your stats for 5-6 handed. It should drop your numbers some (although I doubt much, in your case).

[kidcolin]

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Well, my full-table stats are pretty similar and I have another 4,000 hands from that (see above). Nevertheless, I might experiment with tighter play to see what happens.

I've tried before but just found it frustrating to wait for good starting hands only to have them go down in flames. Maybe multi-tabling would be the solution to address having to wait so long.

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Granted, .5/1 has a lot of really bad players, your VPIP is way too high for both short and full ring. I have plenty of players in my DB with 45/20 stats over 2K hands making 5BB/100, but they're bad. I can't see you maintaining that over the next 50K hands and coming out in the green.

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I've tried before but just found it frustrating to wait for good starting hands only to have them go down in flames. Maybe multi-tabling would be the solution to address having to wait so long.

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Maybe you've hit on the problem here and should work on your emotional control.

[Spicymoose]

It could be profitible to have a VPIP over 30, but it is almost certainly less profitable than if your VPIP was at 30 or below. Even then, you would have to be a really good player.

[imported_leader]

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Well, here are my numbers straight from PT. Isn't anyone else profitable above 30% VPIP?



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Variance is sweet [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Seriously though, you're too loose tighten up.

[car ramrod]

we had this argument in the micro forum. 45% vpip is too high. I think you can win with a 30% vpip or maybe even a little higher.
You have 6K hands, that is not enough to bother looking at. I would like to see your winrate after 50K hands and playing 45% vpip.

[Gene2x]

I don't want to commit poker seppuku to prove a point. If I will do better to play more selectively, I will give it a go.

But I do admit, this sounds like an interesting challenge. Anyone out there with 50k hands and VPIP > 40%??

[Jinx]

tight play for short handed is overated. However if your vpip is mainly for 6 max tables with 5 or 6 people sitting there you have to be really good postflop for that to be optaimal.