10k hands at NL10 any feedback?

[sil693]

Any comments welcome. I know I need to stop limping into unraised pots from the SB as I seem to lose very small pots by hitting a weak hand and betting with it only to face aggression. These small pots have all added up. Thanks guys.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

All seems fine

[ZwiFT]

your running hot in the blinds personally i would open more hands than you But yours is totally fine

this was my stats before i moved up to NL25








As you see im much more aggro than you, eps preflop. The general thumb rule in lowstakes is to be tight, but i dont see a problem beeing abit looser if you know how to take advantage of bad players after flop etc.

[Ash256]

Keep it up dude, now to learn postflop eh?

[sil693]

Yeah, going back to what ZwiFT said about loosening up: Being pretty new to taking poker seriously I just try to choose good starting hands and it seems to be working. Really need to work on my postflop play; when to cbet, when to check behind etc. Also really need to work on playing my hands in a way which takes into account what my opponent likely has, at the minute its a bit like "I have a good hand, and for pretty much that reason only I think I have you beat".

[will641]

nice graph, stats, etc. sil. i wouldnt worry about loosening up if i were you. you are doing fine playing a lower vpip, and its just really not necessary to play high vpip when you play micro stakes.

[wufwugy]

Good poker is good poker. Just because we can get away with playing tight standard at micros doesn't mean it's best. Becoming a better player in any game will aid other games. Now is actually the time you WANT to learn to loosen your game. You're playing vs the weakest players in a game you're comfortable. Getting better here will carry over to bigger games in ways you'll be pleased you did.

I am confident I could play like 50/46 at micros and annihilate for a much higher rate than any standard styles, and what I would learn doing that would be more beneficial for bigger games than the other styles. Shit I bet I could do that at .50/1 no sweat. Micro and small stakes players just have no clue how to adjust vs good maniacs, they even adjust incorrectly, and then all become huge fish.

So I'm saying that no matter where you're at or how you're doing, improving your game is improving your game.

As for more specific things, standard is to never open limp and to pretty much always 3bet instead of cold call. Blind steals should be at least 30, but actually the higher the better for the most part. I run at like 50; some much better players run at around 60-70. WSF should be at least 40. It may vary in different games, but I don't think so. 45 is actually then more optimal. latter street AF should be at least 2. That increase comes solely from valuing more thinly. Thin value is a huge part of winrate, and actually one of the easier things to learn. I didn't learn how to value well until around 1/2, but I froth at the idea of how many players at .05/.1 are calling down and stacking off with bad pairs.

And trust me, opening up the game at micros is not hard at all. You can actually be kinda lost postflop and still own. Watch the AEJones vid on Leggopoker where he plays 100% vpip at .5/1. When I did I was amazed at how poorly everybody adjusted to him. They all just tightened up and only played at him when they had huge hands. He prolly could beat that game for like 13ptbb.

[sil693]

Great reply wufwugy, thanks a lot.

[will641]

yeah well obviously you can run 10/8 or 30/25 and still win. i think i ran like 25/20 at those limits and still was a big winner. im just think that focusing on hand reading and other fundamentals are more important then figuring out what the highest vpip you can run and still be a winner, because once you get down the fundamentals, it will allow you to open your game up.

basically im saying you improve/learn more from focusing on fundamentals, rather than trying to loosen up. i think this because when you loosen up when you arent very good, you develop bad habits.

[Ragnar4]

I think the advice I'm learning and really trying to internalize here Sil. Is: Play your game, play your range, and start trying to learn how opponents adjust to you. That way you're comfortable, and reading opps instead of trying t adjust to 10/7 WTF is 10/7? Only pairs and AK? what about 20/15, that's where I hover when I'm on my game... what the heck does 20/15 look like? how about 33/7?

I tried to bend my game, but ended up in situations that I didn't like. I'm comfortable at 20/15. My decisions are easy.