I can't beat .5/1 Party

sexdrugsmoney · #1 07-06-2005, 09:16 AM

Guys I need your help.

I can't beat .5/1 Party, I'm down 150BB's in the last 3-4 days and my confidence is shot to pieces.

My V$PIP is around 25, pfr 8-9, I'm going to SD about 37 and winning just over 40.

SCfuji (thanks fuji) asked me to post these stats. The norm is as-is, my numbers for comparison are in brackets to the right of the norm numbers: (% from the Won $ at SD % column in PT under misc stats)

One pair ---- 21.9% (35.90%)
Two pair ---- 24.7% (41.28)
Three ------- 14.5% (64.62)
Straight ---- 12.0% (88.00)
Flush ------- 11.4% (80.43)
Full House -- 10.7% (76.00)

These players keep outdrawing me coming in with dominated hands, I honestly can't take it.

I don't want to move up in limits because I'm determined to step up each limit as a "stepping stone" and if I can't beat .5/1 then I'm going nowhere until I can.

I haven't read SSH (its in the mail) but have read Lee Jones book.

If I follow Jones' advice I'm folding too much when a scare card hits, if I follow Millers' (from the threads I've read of his in these forums) then someone always has those scare cards.

What prompted me to post this thread is that today a player sat down at Party with $20 and turned it into $100 within about 2 hours.

He was jokingly confident and had a V$Pip of 95! and a pfr of 12, he was crushing the table and PT has him pegged as "Loose Passive/Passive" (so he wasn't a maniac)

I then thought to myself, "is this how you're supposed to play the really low limits? virtually never fold pre-flop and cold call infinate raises?" ... I just don't know.

I hear about people "crushing" tables and limits but whenever I play I never feel like I'm crushing anything even if I win a few hands in a row.

Where does this confidence come from to say you can "crush" something?

Any advice is appreciated, I really need help, I'm not touching the game for a while.

Cheers,
SDM

Here's a recent hand if you guys wish to comment, UTG+1 was the guy who played 95% of hands BTW. (table had a pfr of around 4 and tightness of about 17-20)

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.5.
Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, 4 folds, CO (poster) checks, 2 folds, BB raises, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, CO folds.

Flop: (7.50 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, Hero calls, UTG+1 raises, BB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.75 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets, BB calls, Hero raises, UTG+1 calls, BB calls.

River: (12.75 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, UTG+1 calls, BB raises, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 18.75 BB