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Old 11-29-2005, 10:14 AM
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Default Re: Should I quit? 35k hands at 1/2 and still breaking even..Stats in

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Thank you for the great reply.

When I first started my poker career, my PFR was extremely low so it is skewing the numbers a bit. The 6k stats are much more like what I currently play at.

After looking over your three possible reasons, I think that #2 is definitely the cause. After thinking about my play, I've safely ruled out #1.

#3 is also a possibility to some degree, especially in my entire 35k hand sample. However, I have gotten ALOT better at calculating odds. Although I still do not do it as religously as I should, I definitely figure them out on drawing hands.

Now to #2. This has got to be it. Say I have AK and the flop comes with rags, how far do you push? What if you have KK and an A comes?

Stuff like that.

I've had a bunch of interesting hands tonight but they have been on Prima (no hand converter) and Multipoker 9 max since no full games are running.

Also, I do not think that the $1/$2 games are very loose at all. Especially at some of the smaller sights, and even at some the X-skins, flop %'s are usually in the high 20's, low 30's.

Much different from when I first started playing.

Since I depend on bonuses for so much of my play, I'm always playing at different sites. Especially while clearing bonuses at $1/$2, i find that many of the people are typical ABC poker players who are clearing the bonus just like me. Theoretically, I would t hink that 2/4 would be much easier.

I'm way overbankrolled for 2/4 thanks to casinos but I would like to fix at least some of the major leaks in my game before I move up.

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I think you're dead on with #2. My guess is you're pushing overcards a lot...doing bet/fold lines on the turn with them, and bloating the pot with essentially nothing. Playing unimproved overcards is difficult, but in a 1/2 game where people aren't folding, you are better off just letting go of them on the turn if they are unimproved (since it's 1/2 I'm assuming there's lots of multiway pots). Or you can raise the flop and take a free card on the turn - I think that's especially effective in a passive game where people are less likely to 3 bet you on the flop.

-dustyn
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