I realized something today..

ChuckTs said:

-Steal WAYYY more. This is going to be the bulk of your profit. Seriously. Open upwards of %50 of hands on the button (mess with pokerstove if you're unsure what hands that makes up). I'll even open %100 (yes, EVERY hand) if the blinds are tight.

Opening up in late position will raise your PFR and shrink the gap between it and your vpip (the gap should be relatively small; right now it's huge).

Ok, but often times i do have to put the cbet into calculation after i was called. If it is folded to my button I already try to steal with a relatively wide range. I mostly raise to .15 at a tight table. If I get called and the flop is checked to me I cbet around .20.

What I need to work on is when there are several limpers before me and Im on the button. With what Range should I go for it and how much the raise (1BB for every limper), also in regards of a cbet, to make this profitable ?

-Stop defending your BB vs steals so often. You should stick to your monsters, pocket pairs, and strong hands like AJs, AQ, KQ. Drop the JT and 89s, they're just not profitable out of position.

See this is one of my problems, pretty similar to the SB. People so often minraise to .10 cent, if there are like 3-4 callers I think I can call with almost anything and its profitable. I have the same problem in SB, Its only 3 cents into e.g. an .20 pot, and if I flop right there is a lot to make (i guess?). So am I totally wrong here ?

-Tighten up vs people's preflop raises in general preflop. Think about what range they're opening, and only continue with hands that are clearly ahead of that range. ie if you think someone will open AJ+/pairs in early position, don't call his raise with AJ or worse.

This is the art that needs to be worked out. But at these levels, most people in EP think even QJ would be the nutz. I definitely reduced my caling range on the dominated hands here, but with AJ in position it is sometimes tempting.

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PattyR said:

very nice stats compared to the first one you posted man..you lowered your VPIP by like 12.

im a steady grinder as you appear to be..recently i just moved up to 10NL ..only difference between this and 5NL is the extra added pot sizes. the swings can be huge and the key is to not tilt which you also appear to be doing good by not tilting..friday my BR was at $420...yesterday i went on a HUGGE downswing and the BR hit $320...disgusted with myself i shut down fulltilt only to play today..built it up to $390 today only to blow $50 on one hand (Full house vs better Full House) and it wasn bad BRM..i started to table with $10 and grew it to $50 within a couple hours. so now the BR is back around ~$350.

keep grinding bro, it will get better

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wsorbust said:

I think more than a few players realize that they're not making money fast enough, move up in stakes, and subsequently crash and burn because of being not properly rolled. After a while you, or at least I, just can't take it seriously after making a few dollars and realizing it has lost all of it's thrill and is no longer fun, not to mention it has become a thankless job where you're making sweat shop wages.

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