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I have recently been doing some looking into my play during the small blind.
Two situations: a) I seem to be completing the blind (limping) about 70% of the time and then throwing the junk away on the flop frequently. This seems to be a negative return on my Pokertracker data. Does anyone have a good feeling for how loose is too loose when defending your small blind. b) When defending against a raise I throw the hand away unless I have what I would call a "good starting hand" in it's own right...A 2, A 3, four high cards working (the usual stuff). I wonder if this is too tight. Any thoughts on these two situations? (I'll save my BB questions for another time and another thread.) Thanks, Ironman Dave |
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I have recently been doing some looking into my play during the small blind. Two situations: a) I seem to be completing the blind (limping) about 70% of the time and then throwing the junk away on the flop frequently. This seems to be a negative return on my Pokertracker data. Does anyone have a good feeling for how loose is too loose when defending your small blind. [/ QUOTE ] When I first read Cappelletti's book a few months ago, he said something like, IIRC, that in a loose game with a bunch of limpers you have the pot odds to call with about anything. I can't help but think this isn't the best way to go. I've since tightened up my requirements for completing the SB and I fold it a lot more. The cost of calling with a marginal hand or worse in order to hit a lucky flop is too great vs. hitting a flop that sort of hit you and is difficult to play correctly. Add to the fact you in the worst possible position post flop as well. [ QUOTE ] b) When defending against a raise I throw the hand away unless I have what I would call a "good starting hand" in it's own right...A 2, A 3, four high cards working (the usual stuff). I wonder if this is too tight. [/ QUOTE ] I don't think it's too tight. It's sort of the same situation as above. Do you really want to be in a hand having paid 1.5 small bets with questionable holdings? I think it's worth sacrificing the SB to not have to try and get a perfect flop and just wait for a better spot to get my money in. Just my opinion...I'll have a look at my PTO stats tonight and see what they say. |
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Maybe someone can make better sense of these stats than me so I'll just throw them out.
I started playing O8 around Dec or Jan with now just under 7000 hands. I focused on my stats from the small blind and split them into two categories: games played up to 3-15 and games played from 3-16 to present. The date was chosen as a rough estimate when I started to read some O8 books. I also filtered hands that had at least 7 players. The majority of the hands are at $.50/1, the rest at $1/2 (the earlier block of hands has some at $2/4 as well). from beginning to 3-15-2005: 408 hands in the SB VP$IP: 71.32% W$SD: 57.14% BB/100: -0.16 ----------------------------------- from 3-16 to present: 320 hands in the SB VP$IP: 60.94% W$SD: 62.30% BB/100: -0.17 About all I can gather is: I got more selective about my starting hands in the SB. As a result, I won $ at showdown more often but my net loss per hand was about the same. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] |
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I think VPIP from SB should be in the 35-55% range, depending on style
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