14k hand downswing, please make it stop

[CostaRicaBill]

New to 5/10 6max, started off ok with some moderate swings, but over my last 14k hands I just can't win. While I have been taking some god awful magically delicious beats, I've come to suspect that bad play might be part of the problem.

I think one of my problems is blind play, I'm losing quite a bit there, I know I'm not defending my big blind enough, this would also bring my total VP$P up a little. I think I was also completing too liberally in the small blind. It looks like I also might be trying to steal a little too much.

Blind Stats:
BB VP$P: 20.83
Losing .19 here
SB VP$P: 35.64
Losing .12 here

I would appreciate it if you guys could take a quick look at my stats and see if anything else stands out. Please, help me win again!

[wuarhg]

Everything looks O.K (generally). Maybe you should think about calling down more. Hey, you're +, I played 30k and was still in the red, and didn't do well after 40k hands either. I've just started running a bit better after 50k hands.

6-max rulZ tho.

[STLantny]

Im not a pokertracker expert. But it looks to me like you are +500$ over the last 14k hands??? As someoene who just went through a 300+ bb downswing over 18k hands, I can say, its just variance, most likely. Dont complete your as much in the 2/5 game though.....and im interested to hear what everyones Went to showdown % is, mine is a tad more at 35%.

[low content]

If you're gonna brag, man, just do it. If my downswings were this bad, I'd be quitting my day job.

[CostaRicaBill]

Thanks guys, always good to hear downswing horror stories worse than your's from winning players. I am winning a paltry amount but have been going downward since about 13k hands ago.

I'm still struggling to figure out which hands I should be defending in the bb with. I feel like I'm defending with all but my weakest hands (T2o, 43o, etc...) but my VP$P is still low there. What would you guys defend with from a open raise from the button or SB? What about if the SB calls the button raise? Thanks

[STLantny]

YOU ARE NOT IN A DOWNSWING [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] when you go -bb/100 for more than a few k hands THAT is a downswing. But, I dont think your VPIP is necassarily low, mine hovers between 19-22% I think. And you should be a stickler for not defending your SB much, or your BB, with other ppl besides the raiser in the pot. If SB is in the hand, Ill call with a lot of suited connectors getting 5:1 on em, and pp, and my premium hands etc. SB raises I am a little more liberal with, 3 betting A6-7 or higher depending, and 3 betting low pocket pairs, and some other hands. BUT Id also like to hear more experienced posters, as I only have about 65k hands.

[Zygote]

if you want to have a good winrate while still paying off the rake you must improve your play. You are good player, but not an optimal one.
-You steal the blinds way to much. bring it down to 33-34 max! (make sure you find out the correct and profitable stealing hands, don't just bring down your stats)
-You are too loose in the SB postflop, but should defend it slightly more preflop.
-you should be a little more aggressive on the flop turn and river.

You can make other little changes but these are the ones that stand out. With these changes effectively made, i speculate that you should be profitable.

[CostaRicaBill]

How do you mean to loose in the SB postflop? I'm calling down to the river too much here when obviously beaten?

As for defending my small blind, I almost never cold call a raise but will reraise with hands like A9s, QJs, ATo and almost any pocket pair. I will cold call if say cutoff raises and button cold calls with hands like KQo, AJo.

[Nikla]

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-You steal the blinds way to much. bring it down to 33-34 max! (make sure you find out the correct and profitable stealing hands, don't just bring down your stats)


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You are wrong.

[Zygote]

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Quote:
-You steal the blinds way to much. bring it down to 33-34 max! (make sure you find out the correct and profitable stealing hands, don't just bring down your stats)




You are wrong.

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hahaha, okay, and why is that?