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06-02-2005, 05:05 PM
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What\'s my next step? Need advice
Background: I've been playing since last December, though not a lot (as evident from the number of hands) as school takes up quite a bit of my time. After an initial $100 investment (which I withdrew awhile ago), through bonuses I've gotten my bankroll to a point where, following the 300BB rule, I am just shy of having 2/4 covered.
Now here's where the asking for advice comes in: I want to increase my income from poker, but I'm not sure where to proceed. I'm beating the .50/1 games at Party (and Paradise, when I was clearing that bonus). However, 1/2 has been causing me problems. Note: All of my 1/2 hands have been at Crypto sites while clearing bonuses. It seems that at the 1/2 games, I'm winning a bunch of small pots, but the ones I lose, be it from suckouts or me going too far with a second-best hand, are proportionally huge. I'm unsure of where to proceed. Should I move up to the 1/2 on another site, avoiding the rock garden-like atmosphere that plagues the Crypto sites? 1/2 6-max? What about multi-tabling .50/1? I generally play one table, sometimes two, and on very rare occassions, four. Four is a bit hectic because of the screen resolution I'm running, but I can still manage. Here are some stats/graphs for my play. I've hesitated asking this question before because I'm simply ashamed of my 1/2 numbers. But I'm at the point where I need to take a step forward. I just don't know which way to step.  .50/1 Graph  1/2 Graph 
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#2
06-02-2005, 05:12 PM
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Re: What\'s my next step? Need advice
If it's any consolation, your 1/2 stats look much better than your .5/1 stats, but there's still a lot you haven't shown us (look in the position summary tab and the more details button).
--Dave.
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#3
06-02-2005, 05:47 PM
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Re: What\'s my next step? Need advice
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I've hesitated asking this question before because I'm simply ashamed of my 1/2 numbers. [/ QUOTE ] Don't be. Could you post your "More Detail" stats? And also your Position Stats? What's your SD/100? I am firmly convinced that it is possible to have this negative winrate over 10k hands due primarily to variance. My advice would be to keep playing 1/2. Do you play at Party? If not, play there.
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#4
06-02-2005, 05:50 PM
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Re: What\'s my next step? Need advice
Would a players stats fluctuate much when moving up? The number of hands between the two levels are close enough, but there are a few catagories with a significant difference, like Att. to Steal Blinds, for example. Would one expect to see these numbers change much?
JunkHead
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#5
06-02-2005, 06:17 PM
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Re: What\'s my next step? Need advice
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Would a players stats fluctuate much when moving up? The number of hands between the two levels are close enough, but there are a few catagories with a significant difference, like Att. to Steal Blinds, for example. Would one expect to see these numbers change much? JunkHead [/ QUOTE ] Yes. 1/2 is far tighter than .5/1 and therefore att to steal blinds should go up. Just noticed something to OP. You're calling down waaaay too much.
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06-02-2005, 06:41 PM
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Re: What\'s my next step? Need advice
Oh, and the graphs, while pretty (and hell, I make them too), don't really tell us anything: you could just include your SD/100 from the session summary more details button. That would tell us the same thing.
--Dave.
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#7
06-02-2005, 10:51 PM
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More details
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#8
06-03-2005, 07:38 AM
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Re: More details (changed)
Actually, the above is a composite. Here are the seperate details for .5/1 and 1/2 respectively.
 
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#9
06-03-2005, 08:25 AM
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Re: More details (changed)
Your WSD is very high but your AF and fold to river bet are very high too. So I think you bet-raise or fold a lot more than calling.
Agression is generally good but it's not bad to call especially in these limits where pots are generally bigger, ppl play more hands and they don't fold that easily.
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#10
06-03-2005, 08:57 AM
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Re: What\'s my next step? Need advice
Definitely play 1/2 at other sites. Winning a bunch of small pots and losing pots from suckouts and taking your 2nd best hands too far is the usual fare of playing at the weak-tight rock-garden Cryptos.
FWIW, when playing at the Cryptos, try to limp-reraise with your big hands (AA, KK, AKs). You will get more action. If you limp and there is no preflop raise, that's fine. You'll have some deception going for you with your big hand. It's worth the risk of letting the blinds see a flop. Also, make sure to go for more blind steal attempts. Many of the weak-tight players at the Cryptos don't seem to defend blinds there much.
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