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Here's my story.
Was a small winner in 5/10 Stud at Foxwoods (small sample size) for a couple of years. As the hold'em explosion grew, got tired of the longer and longer waits for fewer and fewer tables. So I decided to switch to hold'em. So I bought all the right books, and started playing online in April. Started at 2/4. The game clicked for me in July, broke even by August, started 4 tabling in September. By October, I had accumulated 750 BB, so I moved up to 3/6. I bought PokerTracker in November. I won 5.13 BB/100 through my first 10,500 hands. Then I went through a rough 20 days, where I lost -2.33 BB/100 over 11,300 hands. I was playing poorly. In retrospect, there were lots of problems that came from misapplying SSHE concepts. I was raising multiway pots on the flop to buy outs way too often. Also, Party 3/6 was much more tight than I gave it credit for. I played this streak at 24.25 VPIP, and 13.47% PFR, with 1.4 PostFlop Aggression. Over the past 1 1/2 months since the bottom, I've been making lots of adjustments in my game, some more consistently than others. 1) Better use of buddy lists- By focusing on it, I now consistently have someone either 70% VPIP or looser, or 50% VPIP w/20% or higher PFR at one of my tables. Beating on bad players has certainly helped. 2) Stopped playing any pair, any position. I still do this if the table is loose, but I really toned it town. 3) Stopped playing AX suited from UTG or UTG +1. It was a leak. 4) Stopped taking the "do not fold decent hands for one bet" advice to the extreme. I had become too much of a calling station. I'm still trying to figure out the optimal "fold to river bet" spot. My recent stats are about 18.5 VPIP, and 11.3% PFR, w/1.6 PostFlop Aggression which is a bit looser than most people who multi-table. Recently, I've been trying to work on 3 things. One is my blind play. Read the "You play too tight" thread from a few days ago, its awesome. Also, given my buddy list, I'm constantly playing with maniacs. I think I alter my game too much against them, a little too fancy. Trying to find the right balance. Here's an example: Maniac raised UTG. I'm in UTG+2, with 66. I reraise. The maniac and one other caller are in. The flop comes J 7 4 rainbow. Maniac bets. I raise. Other player folds, maniac calls. Turn is 2. Maniac bets, now what? I end up calling it down, sometime I win, sometimes I don't. Maybe I'm altering my game too much, and should just fold pre-flop. Also, focusing on getting in the extra bet on the turn wherever I can. Anyway, I've ended the streak at 38,000 hands. Good luck anyone else on a long losing streak, and hang in there! |
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Im on an ungodly losing streak. Made $1100 last night, but im still down.
I think people fold too much on the river. Folding for 1 bet in a huge pot is not usually a good idea w/ even a moderate holding. This mainly applies to HU on the end. |
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about 14-15k hands and counting... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
It'd be nice to see a green, non bracketed number. Congrats on the climb out. b |
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100NL 6max
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22k hands and counting......
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you do realize that stud will give you greater variance than hold'em, right?
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