After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

After 5,000 hands my stats read: VPIP 24.61, PFR 10.96, Aggression 2.64, went to showdown, 34.90, BB/100 +1.32.

Pokertracker has allotted me a [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] symbol - an overplayer and a gambler and aggressive with it. This somewhat surprised me as I never saw my play as being particularly reckless.

I guess we all need to strive to be a 'good player' - the little green bag symbol, but has anybody else been winning long-term having been allotted the [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] symbol?

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

Why do I always think these are troll posts, then I look at their location and just realize they're british.

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

Sorry - I didn't understand that. Was it meant to be funny?

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

Raise more. What's your ATSB?

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

ATSB is 23.05 - is this too low?

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

30% should be an absolute minimum, IMO. I'm guessing many here are in the 35-40% range.

You need to consider who is in the blinds, of course. Against some you can get away with raising just about any two, but if blinds are loose you need to tighten up.

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

Those icons in PT are subjective. They don't tell you if you are good or not, just what collection of VP$IP, PFR, and agg. factor you belong to according to it's autorate rules. If you are using the rules built in to PT, than the smiley is fine. The stats assigned to the money bag icon are good for full-ring, but way to tight for 6-max.

WiteKnite

P.S. PFR more (prob. not stealing/isolation enough)

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

Maybe I should be trying to steal more with the likes of K9o, K8o. I've ususally been folding these. However, I find it hard to believe that raising on the button to steal with the likes of Q9o, Q8o is +EV. Any thoughts?

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

Keep in mind that CO open-raises count as steals too. What's your PFR there? Also, it isn't a question of finding the top 30% of hands and raising them everytime. Some tables I steal only with hands with SD value because the BB is an absolute station. Others I have weak TAG that makes up his mind before I act wether he will play his hand or not. He insta-folds to my steal raise a bunch. Here I'm raising quite liberally. Especially if he doesn't play back without hitting the flop.

The times I don't steal much + the times I steal a bunch balances out to 35%.

WiteKnite

Re: After 5K hands - should I be worried?
 

I generally don't steal with Q8o.

I'm about 26/22.

There's no way your PFR should only be 10.
I'm guessing you're doing a lot of open-limping...big no-no.