PartyPoker $3/$6 is NOT LOOSE nor FISHY

[goodguy_1]

The generic $3-6 online game at Party right now plays like a crappy $15-30 B&M game.

You must get to decent tables-that should be your top priority. It sounds to me that you really need to work on your game.My first $3-6 attempt about a year ago I failed not becuase I lost I just could not make much..I was making like $3.00 an hour for my first 20K-30K ..what a fuggin loser I was very depressed about that.I soldiered on thu and finally figured 2 things out: I had run really poorly my first 25K hands and I also was not playing well enough to make consistent good money.I needed to improve parts of my game. I absolutely crushed $2-4 hideously for 1-2 years so this was so fuggin frustrating for me.It pushed back my progress where IF I had beaten those games the way I am now I would now be playing $15-30. That means my stumbling at that level probably cost me at a minimum $100K by not getting into the $15-30 games when they were at their best last year [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Oh well I wasnt up to the task I think I was complacent I needed to work on my game and I've done that. I didnt really utilize 2+2 for all it was worth and I was arrogant in that I'd made a fair living playing B&M poker for 2 full years-silly dumb me..what a waste of time. Now I feel better cause I'm beating both $3-6 and $5-10 the way I want-kinda-still not ready for $15-30 swings thu.

Areas I had to improve on were multi-fold.My really problem was a lack of awareness.I wasnt focusing enough on each hand and in $3-6 you are playing better opponents must often withn better holdings.Even if all the $3-6 TAGS play horrible post flop they still are tight and that means paper-that measn if you can blow them off the flop they are most likely hanging around w/ gutshots,overcards or pocket pairs all semi-powerful holdings.The idea that TAGS all play bad on Party is just silly.
You must recognize that $3-6 with it's blind structure the game plays much different than $2-4. The 1/3 blind structure makes the game tighter post-flop unless you are at a particularly good game. The blind structure is the driving force behind correct $3-6 play and for me particualry the adjustments I had to make.

I could get away w/ being LAGY and lazy postflop in $2-4 were players held drek and were passive but I could not do that in $3-6. I still am a LAG postflop but off of a 16%VPIP [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
You need to play well around the blinds in $3-6 Full. You need to defend you blinds liberally and you need to steal often..it is required if you want to beat this game handily that you are very aggressive around the blinds. The only way you can get better at that is to do it and continue to play alot and adapt hopefully. IF you cant adapt go back down and try again next quarter.After all making money is more important than what limit you play at right??-you can $1000-$1200 a week playing $2-4 Fulltime [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. I know of a solid $2-4 player that has been playing $2-4 for 2 years he probably makes ~$8 an hour per table or ~3.25 per 100 hands at $2-4. He moved up to $3-6 early this year and he ran well at first but he could not make the adjustments he just had no play in his game he was too tight in the blinds and didnt steal enough. His lack of aggression made it so he could only beat the game for probable half or three-quarters of his $2-4 winrate. You can't win any decent money at $3-6 being just tight you need to pump up the aggression.My problem is I've always been too aggressive on the flop and my aggression tails off on the Turn and River.This is costing me money but I'm aware of it now and working on it.I need to maintain aggression on the turn and river.Missing value bets on the end in pots w/ less than 3 way action probably costs 0.125-0.25bb/100 hands overall I would guess.
Initially to succesfully beat the game I played much tighter than my $2-4 numbers.My $2-4 numbers were like 18%VPIP/9%PFR/w/high TA numbers dont have them offhand.I was like 15% VPIP/9%PFR.MY current stats at $3-6 are like this 16.50% VPIP/10%PFR/2.80.ASB is 32%.Wtsd is 30% Won$at SD is 61.50%.But my aggression stats are unorthodox:3.81/2.65/1.75..so are my other stats.my went to showdown too low and my win$ at showdown too high.These stats are from my whole db.. my newer play I play more hands and I'm trying to tone down the obvious over-aggression on the flop also trying to maintian more aggression throughout most hands.By being aggressive on the flop I tend to make alot of laydowns everywhere on flop,turn and even river maybe too much so on the river but I play well post-flop and have very good reading skills.I still should possibly attempt to tone my style down-but it works.But I feel I need to improve on some things bigtime.

Dont use my stats cause they are funky here is a better post to gauge and dissect your game vs.the "better $3-6 2+2'ers" purely on numbers: Stats Re: I hate you tiger woods.... AKA: Stats post