Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:24 pm GMT by jonesyb
could not work out which forum to post this in, so hope its ok in here??
ok then, can anyone give me any suggestions about my play with the below info? is there enough hands? also is there sufficient info provided, as these are just the stats provided by vcpoker...
i have been playing poker for real money for coming up 3 months now... and until about 7 days ago i have always made a 'little' profit or pretty much broke even... i have never gone below my original investment. i finish in the money (or near to.. ) in a fair amount of sng's i play in.
i only play in micro limit games so we are not talking about alot of money... but in my opinion it is a bankroll that i need to learn to manage properly if i am to get better.
what i am finding hard to work out is it because i am not playing well right now? or is it a downswing that i will just have to play through?
that led me to thinking that maybe i have never played well and everything so far has been down to pure luck?!?! bit extreme i know, but its a possibility, right? i have since dismissed the last idea though as i know i havent done too badly... and i know when i have played well sometimes... especially in mtt's i find this easiest to guage 
i guess a few of the above questions i will be able to answer myself with more experience and hours put in to the game...
any opinions would be fully appreciated...
:D
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Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:30 pm GMT by Skribbles
A small sample of hands but anyway...
You Showdown % looks extremely low if I'm interpreting it right. A winning showdown % should be a minimum 50% and hopefully closer to 65%.
You also look waaaay to passive. Your bet/raise/re-raise %'s are very low. There is a formula for this I believe.... not sure what it is though.
Where did you get these stats from?
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:46 pm GMT by Soup_dog
| Skribbles wrote: | A small sample of hands but anyway...
You Showdown % looks extremely low if I'm interpreting it right. A winning showdown % should be a minimum 50% and hopefully closer to 65%.
You also look waaaay to passive. Your bet/raise/re-raise %'s are very low. There is a formula for this I believe.... not sure what it is though.
Where did you get these stats from? |
Thats exactly what I was going to say. If your only wining 20% of your showdowns that means you are being a "calling station". The only way you should be going all the way to the river is when you have a legitament chance of winning.
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:47 pm GMT by jonesyb
| Skribbles wrote: | A small sample of hands but anyway...
You Showdown % looks extremely low if I'm interpreting it right. A winning showdown % should be a minimum 50% and hopefully closer to 65%.
You also look waaaay to passive. Your bet/raise/re-raise %'s are very low. There is a formula for this I believe.... not sure what it is though.
Where did you get these stats from? |
excellent... thanks for the opinions.
they are just the stats that are available off the vcpoker client...
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:51 pm GMT by jonesyb
| Soup_dog wrote: | | Skribbles wrote: | A small sample of hands but anyway...
You Showdown % looks extremely low if I'm interpreting it right. A winning showdown % should be a minimum 50% and hopefully closer to 65%.
You also look waaaay to passive. Your bet/raise/re-raise %'s are very low. There is a formula for this I believe.... not sure what it is though.
Where did you get these stats from? |
Thats exactly what I was going to say. If your only wining 20% of your showdowns that means you are being a "calling station". The only way you should be going all the way to the river is when you have a legitament chance of winning. |
wow i am a 'calling station' 
joking aside, this is not good.. 
going to have to do something about this.
cheers
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:42 pm GMT by TheSalche
yeah i second that ... showdown % way too low, i think your flop % seen for the cash game is too high too ... that should be closer to 30% or so if you're starting out and going for a tight aggressive style
bet/raise more to improve your aggression
btw: what does games won% mean for real money? is that just the percentage of hands where you scooped the pot? not criticizing there, just curious 
oh yeah, try to win more STTs ... with 20% ITM you're losing money here ... if you're gonna play those you have to get really good at them and place probably 1 out of every 3 or so, and when you place you really want to be 1st or 2nd ... its better to bust out early cause that means you're probably going for 1st place instead of trying to cruise into getting your money back for 3rd
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:50 pm GMT by jonesyb
ok then, i am going to delete these stats and start again i think.
i was doing ok on the sng's for a good while and 'thought' i had a good strategy for them..
back to the drawing board then... i think i know what to do.
another update soon
Posted Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:05 pm GMT by Skribbles
The stats for your SnGs will be skewed. When it gets down to heads up or 3-4 handed, you will be seeing alot more flops and showsdowns. Don't really the stats for me unless you are keeping them for # of hands in play. The most important stat for SnGs is placing. Doesn't matter how you get there, as long as you do.
Posted Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:22 am GMT by titans4ever
You see too many flops and you are not raising enough. You win by being aggressive. You can win a pot by betting buy you need the best hand to call.
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