Quote Originally Posted by daven
i hope i'm not going to sound like an arsehole in this post...

absolutely not .....I need the criticism and help
Quote Originally Posted by Keith_MM
ok 10k hands stats time at 10NL
ok, at micro-6-max you want to be running 10ptBB/100. Which would be 20 buyins. So obviously there are some leaks to find.
Post the general (default) report "by stakes" from HEM. Make sure it includes 3-bet, fold to 3-bet, c-bet, fold to c-bet.


Graph - it's swingy as hell. But small-ish sample size. You probably need to both fold (you lose a bunch of biggish pots) and bet (non-showdown line) more post-flop.

Position stats
A comment. It's better to start out as a nit and slowly expand your range to become a respectable LAG. As an example, Robb is still a crazy-nit 16-12 type and winning at stakes up to 100nl. You can crush micros by tight pre-flop play. I'm trying to learn a 23-21 style at micro-6-max, but that's cos I am not using that to build my roll and I have other motives re my main games that wouldn't really apply if i was starting out. I think pre-flop play is likely your biggest leak, to run as loose=passive as you pre-flop and still turn a profit is testament to your post-flop play not sucking arse and probably being pretty good for the stakes you play. Big post-flop leak seems to be showing down too often, but this may simply indicate good small-pot zero post-flop pot contribution with weak hands. But you may be able to win these pots with c=bets? dunno.
I initially started out following Robs first 5000 hand guide at 5NL as I wasn't rolled for 10NL and was switching from freerolls to cash games.I found that I just wasn't playing any hands at 5NL as it was always being raisedand reraised and I loosened up (too far I know ) and the style got me through 5NL. It runs into major problems at 10NL though. Generally I'm ok against the regular types but the fish either kill me or i clean up with them ....hence the swingy graph. Cbettng des take down an awul lot of pots but they tend to be smaller pots , when it doesnt I seem to get into bloated pots that go to showdown , and if I've hit I seem to be getting a fair amount of money into the pot.Then getting sucked out on by spurious cards that the regs wouldnt be playing in the first place.

sb = 44% vpip from sb is spew. Even in limped pots you should be folding T7o cos how are you going to make money from that out of position? you aren't. I also think you're stealing too much when folded to.
bb = Stop cold calling a weak range out of position. PFR and 3-bet are both good. Just abandon the crap.
EP = too loose. Try pocket pairs, AJs+, KQs only for a while. Raising all of them. I think that's about 9%. So what else is in your ep range? inappropriate stuff, that's what.
Middle = better, but still a little too loose.
Cut-off = I like this. Maybe cold-call a little less.
Button = wow, that's too loose. Cold-call heaps less, narrow your steal range to maybe 35%. I note that any ace, any king, any pair, broadways, + ANY SUITED matches closely your steal range. Equals asking for trouble. 3-bet looks good.

Ok, that's a lot of hands.
It does show me that you're cold-calling crap like ATo though. And stealing with J2o. And not pot-controlling when you should (KT hand). And three streets of calling down with K-high turning into king kick on quads??? K9 as tp isn't a hand to raise-call flop, call turn, call river with.
actually, your flop-play may need some work after all.
If its folded to me CO and later i've been raising any two cardsand folding the crap to a reraise. 5NL the reraises were infrewuent , 10NL they are all over the place.Essentially I've got to tigthen up earlier and almost use same range in CO on the button.

I can't provide much input on the hand grouping and river made hand value windows - they tell a lot less than people think.

player analysis
what do you think that very low fold to river c-bet is telling you? Filter on "called river bet/raise" and feel mortified.

you'll be at 25nl soon enough. Best to sort your game out sooner rather than later!!!
Essentially that I turn into a bit of a station by the river. Basically by the time it gets thatere I'm usually feeling happy with my hand and willing to stack off with it .......unfortunately thats what i do too often.Can't find how to do the filter you suggest , only just bought HEM and still finding my way round it. With the averages that it quotes , are they the averages in my database or are they standard averages observed across millions of datamined hands?.
And thanks for the help and suggestions.