A session in review with regards to preflop

[kiemo]

At 1/2 I am a 13% VPIP over 18k hands. I posted about 2 months ago about a downswing I was having and one of the general consenses was I needed to loosen up a little preflop. Additional I saw similar other threads where the message was pretty much the same. 18% seems to be the accepted norm for solid preflop play.

So I actively made an effort to search out more spots to play. And 6k hands after I made this effort my VPIP is - 14%! And that was with playing hands I normally fold (with horrid results on most of them)

So I thought I would go over a preflop session of mine, maybe someone can point out something I am missing. I bolded what I consider questionable plays.


1: BB: 53o - 3 callers. I check
2. SB: K4o - UTG+1 raises. 3 callers. I fold
3. But: - 34o - fold
4. CO: 54o - fold
5. MP2: 53s - fold
6. MP1: K7o - fold
7. UTG+2: 73o - fold
8. UTG+1: 33 - fold
9. UTG: ATo - fold
10. BB: 83o - 3 callers. Check
11. SB: 96s - 5 callers. I call
12. But: KTs - UTG raises. 2 callers. I cold-call. BB 3-bets. UTG caps. 2 callers. I cold call again.
13. CO: K9s - MP1 raises. 1 caller. I fold
14. MP2: 72s - fold
15. MP1: J2s - fold
16. UTG+1 - 32o - fold
17. UTG: 95s - fold
18. UTG: J5o - fold (UTG twice in a row since seat to left sat back in)
19. BB: 82o - check
20. SB: K2o - fold
21. But: 72o - fold
22. CO: 95s - fold
23. MP2: Q3o - fold
24. MP1: 75s - fold
25. UTG+1: 84s - fold

At this point I notice the guy 3 seats to my right is pretty much winning 60% of all the hands. He plays every hand and bets every single flop and rarely folds. This doesnt fare well for me as everytime I play on a table with a maniac I get the snot pounded out of me. I think about leaving the table but with about 40% seeing the flop and a decent pot average of 6-7bb, I decide to stay around.

26. UTG: A7o - fold
27. BB: A5s - 3 callers. Check. check fold ace high flop when maniac bets and is reraised by button. He shows A5, button shows A4
28. SB: Q2o - fold
29. But: 55 - Only maniac calls. I call - with only one caller I normally fold this.
30. CO: Q7o - fold
31. MP3: 93s - fold
32. MP2: 64o - fold
33. MP1: AQs - folded to me. I raise. Maniac calls from BB. Final board is AAK24 - maniac of course shows AK
34. UTG+2: J5s - fold
35. UTG+2: K6o - fold
36. BB: A6o - 2 late callers - check.
37. SB: 92o - fold
38. But: QTo - 2 callers. CO raises. I fold
39. CO: K3o - fold
40. MP3: 42s - fold
41. MP2: T2o - fold

Maniac sits out.

42. UTG+2: 65s - fold
43. UTG: J2o - fold
44. BB: J3o - every folds to me - I WIN A HAND!
45. SB: AJo - folded to me. I raise. BB calls with K6o and flops his full house
46. But: 53o - fold
47. CO: 72o - fold
48. MP2: T5s - fold
49. MP1: Q9o - fold
50. UTG+1: 52o - fold
51. UTG: 93o - fold
52. SB: 53o - fold
53: But: KJo - 1 poster. I caller. I call. Blinds call. I decide to mimic the maniac and bluff at the all low flop and win my second hand!
54. CO: J5o - fold
55. MP2: T8o - fold
56. MP1: K7s - Folded to me. I fold
57. UTG+1: 72o - fold
58. UTG+1: K6o - fold
59. UTG: 73o - fold
60. BB: 83o - 1 caller. I check
61. SB: T7o - fold
62. But: T8o - fold

Maniac sits back in.

63. CO: J5s - fold
64. MP2: 97o - fold
65. MP2: Q3o - fold
66. MP1: 42o - fold
67. UTG+1: 94o - fold
68. UTG: T7o - fold
69. BB: KQs - 1 caller. MP2 raises. Maniac calls. I call.
70. SB: QTo - 2 callers. I call
71. But: Q7o - fold
72. CO: Q2o - fold
73. MP2: 42o - fold
74. MP1: T7o - fold
75. UTG+1: A9o - I decide to tilt off a raise. Folded to maniac in BB. I bet the empty flop and turn. He calls down with Q8o and catches his 8 on the river.
76. UTG: 32o - fold


VPIP for session: 11.84
Total for session: (-23BB) - My wife shakes her head at me becuase she knows the results of playing with a maniac before I even tell her.

And just for fun.

Maniac results
VPIP - 90%. W$WSF - 54%. Amount won - 20 BB, which was about 30BB about 4 hands previous to me leaving table.

Rock on my left (see hand 45)
VPIP: 14% W$SD: 100% Amount won - 25 BB

And my struggles continue. My graph for the last 6k hands looks like a perfect skiing mountain. Every time I post a nice win or series of wins, a huge losing session follows, like the one posted above.