Hey, guys. The purpose of this post is just to share some thoughts ( it's very helpful for me to write some things down ). I'm not asking for help or something like that, I know nobody is giving me a free cookie, although any comments will be appreciated, of course ( that's why I'm writing this at 2+2, not in my notebook ).

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I know that's not a big sample, but I lost some of my data due to re-installing my OS. About 6-7000 hands more with pretty much the same numbers, except the winrate, which is actually the least important... so I think about 10-15k hands are kind of adequate sample for analysis, especially for heads-up ( could be wrong on that one, though ).

So... VPIP/Raise first - I thing stadart against most opponents, I usually open any two, except vs. extremely aggressive players. Vs them I cut the 32, 42 etc. up to T2 offsuit and the weakest suited hands. Folding 20% of the big blinds vs raise... I don't know if that's fine or not - seems high, but I don't know.

Here I should say something... I'm pretty much absolute noob in HU, so you have the right to LoL very hard at some of my statements, because I may be totally outta line.

Anyways... 3bet is low, probably, only 18%, should probably raise that up a little bit, because I'm pretty sure I'm missing spots where I can either extract a bit more value preflop or pick some pots with marginal hands ( vs postflop tight guys ).

Now I look at my fold to cbet, 31% which is ridiculously high. Don't know what could be the appropriate number, but that looks like a serious leak, too. And also on the other streets I seem to fold too much.

Something that bothers me very much is the WWSF stat. It's 48%. I don't know if it's possible to win longterm with that stat below 50. Obviously yes against total donks and fishes, but still... I'm missing bluffing opportunities, apparently.

Continuation bets on all streets are high, I suppose. Need to make some adjustments and start checking behind some flops and turns against stations which never fold anything.

Check-raises flop/turn/river - 30/11/11. These are rather low values, I guess. It works well against fishes, but against some good player I would be too predictive, probably. I remember a couple of days ago I played against some high stakes reg ( I play low stakes ). He just registered on my table for some reason... and crushed me pretty bad So now I know that I'm too passive, should put more aggression in my game ( this is obvious by the aggr% stat for flop/turn/river ).

WTSD - 41%. Seems also low. It would be good news if my WWSF would be higher. That would suppose that I'm making that fold, but that's not the case Sooo... I got a lot of work to do.

Thanks, guys and good luck, even though it's not about luck

I used to defend about the same (only top 80%) and I don't think that's so bad when you're starting out since it gives you a stronger range oop. Over time, however, my defense range has continued to get wider until by now it's only tighter than my opening range by a few % (speaking in very general terms obv).

Def agree you're likely not 3-betting enough although it depends somewhat on what type of opponents you're facing and what you are seeing as population tendencies. Against loose-passives you could likely add more value hands and against foldy opponents you could polarize. And obv you want to be careful about telegraphing your hand strength to your somewhat better opponents.

As you note, your sample is ridic tiny, especially for looking at postflop stats. I know the forum seems pretty dead right now, but if you posted some hands or even full matches, I would likely comment and there's a few others who might pop out of the woodwork. In general, I think it's always better to focus on the decision making processs and in the long run the stats will take care of themselves.

I realize it's kind of long (and not yet finished) but if you read over my video review you can get some ideas about how I think about the game. Just going over my review and responding to some of my comments could be a good exercise. I'm sure there are valid counter-arguments to some of my opinions and there's at least a few hands where I didn't really know what to think so I'd def be interested in any opinions you might have.

Thank you for your comment.

I'll take a look at the video first. I saw it couple of days ago, but didn't have the time to review it, it's kind of long. I'll of course read the comments... as you said that would be helpful to get some ideas and such. Thanks.

Not sure which video review you're speaking of here. Could you link it please? I apologize if it's obvious or easy to find, I'll look for it now, but anticipating I will not figure it out

There you go...
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/10...match-1211723/