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Figaroo2 · Oct 5, 2015

66 is a cooler but the 3bet sizing I would make 10-12bb. 8 achieves very little. I would also lead out on the flop on a wet board like that. Why risk letting him take a free card on such a dangerous board.

KK is fine another cooler but we potentially lose a ton of value sitting with just 40bb.

Last hand AQ is a fold for me against an unknown. It also shows the danger of playing with 40bb it's too easy to shovel the whole lot in.
Just my opinions of course. My main point is to scale up the size of your out of position 3bet to ×3.5 - ×4.

hutzpaf · Oct 5, 2015

Thank you for your feedback good advice as usual Figaroo

John A · Oct 5, 2015

hutzpaf said:
Start calling loose in SB/BB and it is not a good idea..and they seldon bluff River bet

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 103.6 BB (VPIP: 9.09, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
SB: 95.8 BB
Hero (BB): 133.8 BB
UTG: 196.4 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 6)
MP: 213 BB
CO: 112 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 11)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7♥ T♥

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 4♦ 7♦ 8♣
Hero checks, UTG bets 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Turn: (8.4 BB, 2 players) 2♣
Hero checks, UTG bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

River: (18.4 BB, 2 players) 9♥
Hero checks, UTG bets 8.8 BB, Hero calls 8.8 BB

UTG shows J♦ 9♦ (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 63%, Flop 58%, Turn 39%)
Hero mucks 7♥ T♥ (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 37%, Flop 42%, Turn 61%)
UTG wins 34.6 BB

Yeah, if you don't have info on your opponents here yet, I'd just fold these until you get better at playing OOP. When you get a little more confidence, you can sometimes call these against the right opponents, but you don't know anything about your opponent yet.

If you do call, take charge of the hand somewhere. I'd typically just lead the flop on this kind of board. It's perfectly legit to do so w/ a whole lot of hands, including very strong hands. But if I did c/c the flop, I'm leading the turn. This kind of texture my hand is really vulnerable, and opponents will check behind a lot. When your opponents get more competent, he should be checking with the specific hand he has here a lot on that blank turn. He's just burning money by betting because he has zero FE.

(and they seldon bluff River bet) but I try sometimes

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 119.4 BB (VPIP: 20.93, PFR: 20.93, 3Bet Preflop: 18.18, Hands: 45)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 9.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 21)
SB: 126.6 BB (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 21)
BB: 148 BB (VPIP: 9.52, PFR: 4.76, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 21)
Hero (UTG): 108 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♠ Q♦

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, SB calls 2.6 BB, BB raises to 11 BB, Hero calls 8 BB, fold, SB calls 8 BB

Flop: (36 BB, 3 players) 5♠ 6♠ 9♠
SB checks, BB bets 13.8 BB, Hero calls 13.8 BB, fold

Turn: (63.6 BB, 2 players) 6♦
BB bets 24.4 BB, Hero calls 24.4 BB

River: (112.4 BB, 2 players) 9♣
BB checks, Hero bets 58.8 BB and is all-in, BB calls 58.8 BB

Hero shows A♠ Q♦ (Two Pair, Nines and Sixes)
(Pre 43%, Flop 49%, Turn 30%)
BB shows J♣ J♠ (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines)
(Pre 57%, Flop 51%, Turn 70%)
BB wins 220.4 BB

Well, here you should be folding pre-flop unless your opponent is super loose. You're opening UTG and getting squeezed by the BB. Their hand should be very strong here. I'm not sure what this hand has to do with blind play though. lol

standard - even 3-bet bigger villain call anyway (loose value in long run)

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 190.6 BB
BB: 97.2 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
UTG: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
CO: 33.6 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
BTN: 144.4 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 6♦ 6♣

fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, BTN calls 5 BB

Flop: (17 BB, 2 players) J♣ 7♣ 6♥
Hero checks, BTN bets 13 BB, Hero raises to 31 BB, BTN raises to 109.2 BB, Hero calls 78.2 BB

Turn: (235.4 BB, 2 players) K♥
Hero bets 73.4 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 27.2 BB and is all-in

River: (289.8 BB, 2 players) K♦

Hero shows 6♦ 6♣ (Full House, Sixes full of Kings)
(Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows 7♦ 7♠ (Full House, Sevens full of Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 91%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins 277.8 BB

Well, nothing you can really do here, but I'd flat pre instead of 3-bet most of the time. But I mean set over set sucks.

Start playing SSS

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)
CO: 136.2 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
Hero (BTN): 40 BB
SB: 106.6 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
BB: 49.4 BB (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
UTG: 102.4 BB (VPIP: 28.26, PFR: 23.91, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 49)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K♥ K♠

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, SB raises to 5 BB, BB calls 4 BB, Hero raises to 40 BB and is all-in, SB raises to 75 BB, fold

Flop: (85 BB, 2 players) J♥ 8♠ 5♥

Turn: (85 BB, 2 players) Q♣

River: (85 BB, 2 players) T♠

SB shows J♦ J♠ (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 18%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows K♥ K♠ (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
SB wins 81.4 BB

Same thing, nothing you can do here. But I thought the issue you wanted to g over was blind play?

Notes was - Villain tight and I should FOLD but why I still call that

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
BTN: 98.6 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
Hero (SB): 40 BB
BB: 107.6 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG: 49.4 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
MP: 102.4 BB (VPIP: 28.89, PFR: 24.44, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 48)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♠ Q♥

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, fold, BTN raises to 40 BB, Hero calls 33 BB and is all-in

Flop: (81 BB, 2 players) 4♦ 5♥ J♠

Turn: (81 BB, 2 players) 2♥

River: (81 BB, 2 players) 9♠

Hero shows A♠ Q♥ (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 28%, Flop 15%, Turn 16%)
BTN shows K♥ K♦ (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 72%, Flop 85%, Turn 84%)
BTN wins 77.6 BB

John A · Oct 5, 2015

rhombus said:
Bet Sizing
What sizes are currently used, Flop turn River and how is it affected by different variables

If you bet 50% Flop, 60% Turn, 60% River does it change based on texture, position, player and stack sizes.

Also would you change based on your hand or does that give the strength of your hand away unless you balance it like maybe bet 40% River sometimes as a blocker and sometimes to induce a bluff

I guess with 3 bets and 4bets there is more maths involved

Overall are there too many variables to give a definitive answer

Too many variables there to address honestly. That's almost a whole book of answers.

I do cover a lot of how I'd approach it in polished poker. In general, people are more apt to call bets on the flop, so how you vary your best sizing depends on your overall strategy. The key to getting those extra bbs (either for value or saving them), is how you bet based on 3 simple factors against weaker opponents:

1) Your hand strength - the better the bigger
2) Flop texture - the more vulnerable the bigger
3) The weaker the player - you can vary small when you have weak hands, or larger for value. You can really manipulate the pot a ton when you're playing small stakes because your opponents aren't aggressive enough. So the key is don't play robotic.

Against your decent regs, just keep a small variation in bet sizing depending on hand strength and texture. There's still some room to play here as long as you don't make it too obvious.

rhombus · Oct 5, 2015

John A said:
Too many variables there to address honestly. That's almost a whole book of answers. I do cover a lot of how I'd approach it in polished poker. In general, people are more apt to call bets on the flop, so how you vary your best sizing depends on your overall strategy. The key to getting those extra bbs (either for value or saving them), is how you bet based on 3 simple factors against weaker opponents:

1) Your hand strength - the better the bigger
2) Flop texture - the more vulnerable the bigger
3) The weaker the player - you can vary small when you have weak hands, or larger for value. You can really manipulate the pot a ton when you're playing small stakes because your opponents aren't aggressive enough. So the key is don't play robotic.

Against your decent regs, just keep a small variation in bet sizing depending on hand strength and texture. There's still some room to play here as long as you don't make it too obvious.

Thanks.

Since starting again at the basement level the last 2 months I'm absolutely crushing at the moment

At this rate gonna take a few million hands before I can move up

John A · Oct 5, 2015

rhombus said:
Thanks.

Since starting again at the basement level the last 2 months I'm absolutely crushing at the moment
At this rate gonna take a few million hands before I can move up

Hehe.... well, it's correctable. I mean the main thing that stands out in that stats post is your WTSD and AGG. You need to dump losing hands earlier, and you need to stay more aggressive. This is such a common thing with people who struggle at these stakes.

You need to think of it in terms if simplifying your whole poker game. If you're in charge of the hand, you push the decision onto your opponent. But if you're playing passively, and going along for the ride, you're playing a complicated check/guessing game that you're bound to not to well at online (because you just won't have enough info most of the time).

My best advice is to hyper focus on how to get your aggression up enough to simplify the game and become more profitable. It's mostly going to revolve around turn and river play obviously... so look at that a lot.

ALSO - important. Anyone jumping into group chat tomorrow and going forward, skype me your e-mail address so i can add you to google hangouts.

hutzpaf · Oct 5, 2015

John A said:
But I thought the issue you wanted to g over was blind play?

Blind play was first hand the title and added the other hands e.g. where I can't manage to bluff and 2 hand short stack strategic by playing a little time. Yep, hand selections went badly.

skrsh76 · Oct 6, 2015

What times do you guys do hangout? If time syncs up I will join.

John A · Oct 6, 2015

skrsh76 said:
What times do you guys do hangout? If time syncs up I will join.

We are doing Tues. 1:30pm PST right now to start. But the goal is to have the group open at all times so people can sweat each other and post hands and discuss strategy whenever they want to.

rhombus · Oct 6, 2015

John A said:
Hehe.... well, it's correctable. I mean the main thing that stands out in that stats post is your WTSD and AGG. You need to dump losing hands earlier, and you need to stay more aggressive. This is such a common thing with people who struggle at these stakes.

You need to think of it in terms if simplifying your whole poker game. If you're in charge of the hand, you push the decision onto your opponent. But if you're playing passively, and going along for the ride, you're playing a complicated check/guessing game that you're bound to not to well at online (because you just won't have enough info most of the time).

My best advice is to hyper focus on how to get your aggression up enough to simplify the game and become more profitable. It's mostly going to revolve around turn and river play obviously... so look at that a lot.

Thanks again.

I did run leakbuster yesterday and main thing it said was regarding calling too light and aggressiveness.

Scored a B with 24 leaks and 34 potential leaks, attached the 3 critical and 5 very important.

One thing I noticed is of the 34 potential leaks only 33 appeared and 1 didnt thave any comments. Also all leaks scored an F even the ones that said needs attention.

Should only Critical score an F.

PS noticed the GTO Hands Tab next to where it says Advice and Hands, not sure how to use it but got an error when I tried

rhombus · Oct 6, 2015

regarding the Calling down and aggressiveness is it best to solve them at the same time, i.e. check raising with bluffs and semi bluffs instead of calling down and which street is it better to CR. Flop or Turn

Figaroo2 · Oct 6, 2015

Booked a win in the sweat tonight. Not many interesting spots but this is one Id like a comment on as to whether we think our action is correct.
Good fold or too tight?

I really really didn't like this flop, tons of TT JJ QQ and AK in his 3 bet calling range. I was tempted to peel a street and then realised the only card I want to see is a K.
I know there is some KK and AQ that we beat which is why I'm asking about this hand.

poker stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players

SB: $19.72 (78.9 bb)
BB: $27.34 (109.4 bb)
UTG+2: $26.35 (105.4 bb) 13/9/35 in 236 hands, 9% from EP.
MP1: $35.93 (143.7 bb)
Hero (MP2): $34.50 (138 bb)
MP3: $25 (100 bb)
CO: $31.46 (125.8 bb)
BTN: $25.10 (100.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A:heart: A:spade:
UTG+2 raises to $0.75, MP1 folds, Hero raises to $2.60, 5 folds, UTG+2 calls $1.85

Flop: ($5.55) T:diamond: J:diamond: Q:spade: (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($5.55) 4:diamond: (2 players)
UTG+2 bets $3.81, Hero folds

Results: $5.55 pot ($0.25 rake)
Final Board: T:diamond: J:diamond: Q:spade: 4:diamond:
UTG+2 mucked and won $5.30 ($2.70 net)
Hero mucked A:heart: A:spade: and lost (-$2.60 net)

holmes · Oct 6, 2015

or3o1990 said:
I'm confused. Isn't it still a profitably call? With 10 outs I only need to be 1.6:1 to break even I thought? So I felt like it was close but I thought folding would be a mistake for sure..

That's what I thought too :argh:

rhombus · Oct 7, 2015

Figaroo2 said:
Booked a win in the sweat tonight. Not many interesting spots but this is one Id like a comment on as to whether we think our action is correct.
Good fold or too tight?

I really really didn't like this flop, tons of TT JJ QQ and AK in his 3 bet calling range. I was tempted to peel a street and then realised the only card I want to see is a K.
I know there is some KK and AQ that we beat which is why I'm asking about this hand.

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players

SB: $19.72 (78.9 bb)
BB: $27.34 (109.4 bb)
UTG+2: $26.35 (105.4 bb) 13/9/35 in 236 hands, 9% from EP.
MP1: $35.93 (143.7 bb)
Hero (MP2): $34.50 (138 bb)
MP3: $25 (100 bb)
CO: $31.46 (125.8 bb)
BTN: $25.10 (100.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A♥ A♠
UTG+2 raises to $0.75, MP1 folds, Hero raises to $2.60, 5 folds, UTG+2 calls $1.85

Flop: ($5.55) T♦ J♦ Q♠ (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($5.55) 4♦ (2 players)
UTG+2 bets $3.81, Hero folds

Results: $5.55 pot ($0.25 rake)
Final Board: T♦ J♦ Q♠ 4♦
UTG+2 mucked and won $5.30 ($2.70 net)
Hero mucked A♥ A♠ and lost (-$2.60 net)

Would have been better with Ace of diamonds, We can easily rep AK and if we did indeed have AK it would be an easy bet on the flop especially with flush draw on board.

With sets he probably calls fearfull of us having AK and if he raises our CBET then I'd reluctantly fold.

Other ideas over to others ??????

John A · Oct 8, 2015

rhombus said:
Thanks again.

I did run leakbuster yesterday and main thing it said was regarding calling too light and aggressiveness.

Scored a B with 24 leaks and 34 potential leaks, attached the 3 critical and 5 very important.

One thing I noticed is of the 34 potential leaks only 33 appeared and 1 didnt thave any comments. Also all leaks scored an F even the ones that said needs attention.

Should only Critical score an F.

PS noticed the GTO Hands Tab next to where it says Advice and Hands, not sure how to use it but got an error when I tried

Yeah, well a lot of those make sense right? You're calling flop raises probably too light, you should be folding. You need to being up your aggression, 3-bet, etc... But no, the grade is just related to the stat range. There's also winrate impact. It just means how far out it is from the overall suggested stat range.

Yeah, the GTO thing. Ugh... not even going to say anything other than I didn't even know that release was put out by HM. They didn't do the testing we normally do before release. I have no idea what happened, but I asked them to pull it. I'm kind of frustrated about it.

John A · Oct 8, 2015

Figaroo2 said:
Booked a win in the sweat tonight. Not many interesting spots but this is one Id like a comment on as to whether we think our action is correct.
Good fold or too tight?

I really really didn't like this flop, tons of TT JJ QQ and AK in his 3 bet calling range. I was tempted to peel a street and then realised the only card I want to see is a K.
I know there is some KK and AQ that we beat which is why I'm asking about this hand.

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players

SB: $19.72 (78.9 bb)
BB: $27.34 (109.4 bb)
UTG+2: $26.35 (105.4 bb) 13/9/35 in 236 hands, 9% from EP.
MP1: $35.93 (143.7 bb)
Hero (MP2): $34.50 (138 bb)
MP3: $25 (100 bb)
CO: $31.46 (125.8 bb)
BTN: $25.10 (100.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A♥ A♠
UTG+2 raises to $0.75, MP1 folds, Hero raises to $2.60, 5 folds, UTG+2 calls $1.85

Flop: ($5.55) T♦ J♦ Q♠ (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($5.55) 4♦ (2 players)
UTG+2 bets $3.81, Hero folds

Results: $5.55 pot ($0.25 rake)
Final Board: T♦ J♦ Q♠ 4♦
UTG+2 mucked and won $5.30 ($2.70 net)
Hero mucked A♥ A♠ and lost (-$2.60 net)

Yeah, if you check the flop, which I wouldn't do against this kind of player, then you need to peel the turn. If he bets again on the river, then you can likely fold (depending on sizing). But you open up his range a ton. I mean he's betting almost his whole range once you check that kind of flop. But this kind of player will slow down on the river often enough once you call the turn.

If someone is passive and tight like this, you don't want to give them free cards. You're still ahead of his range on the flop (not by much, but we need to put one SC hand in there), so just bet. If he calls, then you check the turn. If he raises, you fold.

Figaroo2 · Oct 8, 2015

Yeah it felt tight at the time and maybe I should have called the turn. I still don't like c betting here although we beat KK and AQ I think these hands are a very small part of his range. Most player's will 4bet KK a decent amount in this spot and he's so tight there isn't much AQ in his calling range, probably only suited AQ which obviously reduces the chances of the hand to 4 combo's. So c betting just bloats a pot we are beaten in a lot.
What hands do people think he's calling the 3 bet with? I'm really only giving him TT+.
You say we are ahead of his range just! I'm not sure about that.
This wasn't a snap fold as Mika and I discussed it through with the full time bank. I think without the Ace of diamonds and there now came a 3rd diamond he's going to have a flush draw to go with a lot of the time as well. That was the tipping point for me, if no diamond had come on the turn I would have peeled and likely folded to any decent river bet.

hutzpaf · Oct 8, 2015

pokerstars offers the possibility to choose the playable tables (less regs) and the place in which you can take advantage of weaker players leaks. Figaroo took the time searching for such tables but it was worth it.

Figaroo2 said:
Booked a win in the sweat tonight.

888poker offers the same opportunity and the Poker Heaven also in some of the tables.

John A · Oct 8, 2015

Figaroo2 said:
Yeah it felt tight at the time and maybe I should have called the turn. I still don't like c betting here although we beat KK and AQ I think these hands are a very small part of his range. Most player's will 4bet KK a decent amount in this spot and he's so tight there isn't much AQ in his calling range, probably only suited AQ which obviously reduces the chances of the hand to 4 combo's. So c betting just bloats a pot we are beaten in a lot.
What hands do people think he's calling the 3 bet with? I'm really only giving him TT+.
You say we are ahead of his range just! I'm not sure about that.
This wasn't a snap fold as Mika and I discussed it through with the full time bank. I think without the Ace of diamonds and there now came a 3rd diamond he's going to have a flush draw to go with a lot of the time as well. That was the tipping point for me, if no diamond had come on the turn I would have peeled and likely folded to any decent river bet.

Yeah, I think that's all clear of course, and if your plan was to check, and then fold on the turn if bet into, then that's fine. But remember, someone's range isn't static. We'd heavily weight it all towards TT+/AQ+ but he will have 99 and suited connectors sometimes too.

But regardless, it's a close spot equity wise, so it's not some huge mistake. I'd bet the flop (not love it), but I'd do it to try and get a cheap showdown in a somewhat neutral spot so I control the pot.

rhombus · Oct 9, 2015

$2nl is such a frustrating game. Are the red and blue lines the wrong way round lol.

Im rolled for $25 NL but wanted to grind out each level.

$EV dif does say $22.33 so maybe running bad as well

Figaroo2 · Oct 9, 2015

Yes running very bad but there are several occasions when you are losing 5-8 buyins in what definitely looks like short tilting sessions. It looks to me like you still aren't folding enough and getting to showdown too light. There are clear sessions for example between 2k-4k of hands where you were on your A game. I suspect periods of bad running are tilting you I see the same thing in my graphs all the time.
Last night I didn't play and just reviewed and the tilt becomes obvious when you see hands and you think christ what WAS I doing.

John A · Oct 10, 2015

rhombus said:
$2nl is such a frustrating game. Are the red and blue lines the wrong way round lol.

Im rolled for $25 NL but wanted to grind out each level.

$EV dif does say $22.33 so maybe running bad as well

If you're rolled for 25nl, then just play 5 or 10nl at least. You're plenty capable. But like I said, there are some clear issues with your not folding when you should. Aggression needs to go up. Can you get on any of the group calls going forward, because I'm sure they'd be extremely helpful?

I can do a leak buster database review of what you have going also if you'd like?

John A · Oct 10, 2015

Figaroo2 said:
Yes running very bad but there are several occasions when you are losing 5-8 buyins in what definitely looks like short tilting sessions. It looks to me like you still aren't folding enough and getting to showdown too light. There are clear sessions for example between 2k-4k of hands where you were on your A game. I suspect periods of bad running are tilting you I see the same thing in my graphs all the time.
Last night I didn't play and just reviewed and the tilt becomes obvious when you see hands and you think christ what WAS I doing.

Yup... controlling tilt is almost more important than knowing how to play. If you play your A game for 2 hours, it only takes 10 minutes of tilt to blow all that good work.

rhombus · Oct 10, 2015

Thanks for the input guys. Since i posted the 1st 11K hand stats, I took onboard the comments and either reduced calling down by folding a few hands earlier and check raising a few times.
As you can see in the comparisons
WTSD% has come down 29.9 to 26.3
W$SD% has gone up 47.0 to 48.0
Agg gone up from 2.14 to 3.07
Agg% increased 39.2 to 42.9

VPIP/PFR and 3BET also went up slightly not sure if good or buy but only approx 5K hands.

One observation/question on total hands and the graph $EV Diff is $22.33 but on the graph the Allin EV is about $17. I thought these were the same

i.e. If you went all in it calcualtes what you waould have won based on your equity/EV at the time

rhombus · Oct 10, 2015

John A said:
If you're rolled for 25nl, then just play 5 or 10nl at least. You're plenty capable. But like I said, there are some clear issues with your not folding when you should. Aggression needs to go up. Can you get on any of the group calls going forward, because I'm sure they'd be extremely helpful?

I can do a leak buster database review of what you have going also if you'd like?

Group calls are difficult as PC in Living room and also dotnt have webcam or microphone. Could do it if it was on like a webinar chat basis or something similar.

Really appreciate the LB review but probably take a raincheck as need more hands. When I had Database problems (corruption etc) and reformatted PC I only imported all my hands from 2015 and I havent played a grest deal of cash this year, 99% of the 16K hand are after 14 August 2015 (last 2 months)

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