First time EVER playing online.

[suprblah]

Hi. So I've never played poker online before but I tried out an instant bankroll promotion at party poker. What the hell, $75 free money.

So I sit down at $0.50/$1.00 kinda nervous and ready to play TAG and honest. My plan: grind it out, hit, then get paid off. This worked in the beginning but I have this pattern of win a big pot (10BB) then slowly lose it again... Win another big pot, then slowly lose it again. Up and down and up and down. I was up as much as 50 big bets in my first 400 hands, but I dropped back down to 30, after I sat at a table too long and 2 better players got reads on me. (I left)


I don't have poker tracker but do these (ghettto) partypoker stats tell u anything? Thanks for any input.

First Ever Session:

Hands Played: 452
Hands Won: 16%
Showdowns Won: 64%

Flops Seen: 47%
Win% if flops seen: 33%

[aK13]

Nothing. Going up 30BBs in 462 hands is actually doing really good if you compare to the long run winrate. Get pokertracker ASAP, or at least get the trial and keep a record.

[ArturiusX]

Pokertracker is worth every cent.

[AussieBattler]

Hi, looks to me like youve been running way HOT and experiencing the positive side of variance....watch out cos the negative sucks. Your winning SD% of 64 is high and winning 16% of the time is goot for 10seat ring....very tough to maintain these numbers over any reasonable period of time unfortunately

The main indicator here is that your saw flop of 47% is way too high. you need to tighten up considerably preflop....I recommend getting a starting hand chart and going from there.

gl

ps these comments assume mostly full 10 seat ring...

[suprblah]

Yah, most 10-ring game. I agree my flops seen is very high, but I am playing nut flush draws and suited connectors more than say AT cuz it's low limit with chasers everywhere. Anyway, here's my stats with the demo version of Pokertracker

game_level $0.50/$1.00
num_sessions 4
won_amt 21.47
hands_played 564
hours_played 10.0167
bb_100_sum 3.8067
vpip_sum 41.6667
pfr_sum 9.9291
wsd_sum 47.0588
vpip_sb 62.3188
sf_all 46.8085
sf_no_blind 40.4255
fold_sb_steal 100
fold_bb_steal 50
fold_bb_steal_hu 0
sb_defended 0
sb_def_fold 0
sb_def_won_no_sd 0
sb_def_wsd 0
sb_def_won_wsd 0
bb_defended 3
bb_def_fold 66.6667
bb_def_won_no_sd 0
bb_def_wsd 33.3333
bb_def_won_wsd 100
steal_att 33.3333
sa_no_flop 42.8571
sa_fold 28.5714
sa_won_no_sd 71.4286
sa_wsd 0
sa_won_wsd 0
won_wsf 31.4394
amt_won 21.47
wr_100 3.8067
wr_bb 3.8067
wsd 32.197
won_wsd 47.0588
pfr 9.9291
lcpf 0.1773
fa_raise 14.2857
fa_bet 58.9286
fa_call 1.7857
fa_check 14.2857
fa_cr 0
fa_fold 1.7857
fa_no_flop 8.9286
p_actions 604
p_raise 9.2715
p_call 35.0993
p_check 6.7881
p_fold 48.8411
p_af 0.2642
f_actions 353
f_raise 7.3654
f_bet 28.0453
f_call 15.2975
f_check 28.8952
f_fold 20.3966
f_af 2.3148
t_actions 212
t_raise 2.8302
t_bet 37.7358
t_call 13.6792
t_check 25.4717
t_fold 20.283
t_af 2.9655
r_actions 132
r_raise 4.5455
r_bet 28.7879
r_call 16.6667
r_check 34.0909
r_fold 15.9091
r_af 2
tot_actions 1301
tot_raise 7.2252
tot_bet 16.6795
tot_call 24.3659
tot_check 18.6011
tot_fold 33.1284
tot_af 0.9811
pfr_won_no_sd 41.0714
pfr_fold_no_sd 32.1429
pfr_wsd 26.7857
pfr_won_wsd 46.6667
fbet_won_no_sd 30.4
fbet_fold_no_sd 29.6
fbet_wsd 40
fbet_won_wsd 46
tbet_won_no_sd 29.4118
tbet_fold_no_sd 18.8235
tbet_wsd 51.7647
tbet_won_wsd 52.2727
rbet_won_no_sd 14.6341
rbet_fold_no_sd 4.878
rbet_wsd 80.4878
rbet_won_wsd 63.6364
pfc_won_no_sd 12.2905
pfc_fold_no_sd 57.5419
pfc_wsd 30.1676
pfc_won_wsd 46.2963
fcall_won_no_sd 6.6667
fcall_fold_no_sd 53.3333
fcall_wsd 40
fcall_won_wsd 41.6667
tcall_won_no_sd 4.3478
tcall_fold_no_sd 13.0435
tcall_wsd 82.6087
tcall_won_wsd 36.8421
rcall_won_no_sd 0
rcall_fold_no_sd 0
rcall_wsd 100
rcall_won_wsd 31.25
fold_to_rb 52.9412
wf_no_fold 23.5816
wf_pf 52.305
wf_flop 12.766
wf_turn 7.6241
wf_river 3.7234
cr_times 8
cr_pct_act 1.1478
cr_flop 62.5
cr_turn 25
cr_river 12.5

Ah, I bet you're playing in the Beginners tables. Man, those things are great. Loosest, worst players online. I wish I could get back into them.

[Redd]

Assuming your VPIP is accurately converging (which we'd need a few thousand more hands to determine), you should be playing about half of the hands that you're playing preflop, especially since you're just starting out and might not have that much of a postflop skill edge. Do you use some sort of pf chart?

[POKhER]

Starting hand chart your might want to use?
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1...dschart3ky.jpg


VPIP looks high, but maybe you've been running hot so played lots of nice hands.

[ QUOTE ]
Hi. So I've never played poker online before but I tried out an instant bankroll promotion at party poker. What the hell, $75 free money.


[/ QUOTE ]

At the risk of sounding like a n00b, what is the instant bankroll promotion at PP and how long is it going on for? I have only played EP and have never created a PP account ...

[POKhER]

If your going to play poker for a while, Dont do it.
Chip in $10 play micros, work your way up, learn the game, go to party with $500 or so to clear full bonus and get a RAKEBACK DEAL.

Thats my advice anyhow.