[lastcoyote]

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I think your turn aggression is too high which is leading to you not going to showdown as much as you should. I bet you are bet-folding the turn when you should be checking a lot. If your hand is shaky and you are HU it is okay to check behind on the turn and call a river bet rather than bet-fold. I think a lot of the time if you are going to bet-fold the turn with a very shaky but showdownable hand you are better off checking behind and calling a river bet unless your opponent is a calling station type of player. The shorthanded games aren't loose passive where you can bet bet bet and throw your marginal hand away when you encounter resistance. Plus if your hand is shaky and you check behind you might a) pick off a bluff or b) suck out. The pots are small when it is HU so giving a free card really isn't that big a deal anymore, especially when there is a good chance you are the one getting a free card instead of giving. I think I play more passive than most of the HUSH posters though, but that is what has worked for me.

Your blind defense numbers are great-- you don't have to play a million hands from the blinds to do well. Your VPIP is 23%, which is nice and low. Your positional VPIP is sort of messed up a little bit though-- I think you can probably play more hands in late position than you are currently playing. Your BB won on the button is only .11 and I think you might be playing a little too tight there (and in the CO). I wouldn't mess with this until I straightened out my turn betting a bit, though.

But it's only 40k hands-- you could easily just be running bad. But next time you are unsure about a turn bet heads up, try checking behind and seeing how that works out for you.

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You guys say what you want about these stats posts but I like 'em simply because Rory seems to have a soft spot for them and he always takes the time to give a nice analysis that anyone can learn from.

FWIW - I am never not surpised the wonders that checking the turn HU can do. You catch so many total river bluffs that you win with A-high or 3rd pair.