Hey guys,

To start off ill let you guys know that i am still learning the game, Iv been playing about 4 months or so and have only recently (About 2 months ago) been taking the study side of poker serious.

I was on here this morning and came across a post similar to this one where someone had posted there stats and he got some really good feedback, that not only helped him, but made me think about my game. So i decided to post my stats in the same way to see if you guys could see some obvious leaks.

If u require more information, stats ETC, feel free to ask and ill post them straight up for you guys....

Thanks.

[ ] stats delivered

Yeah sorry about that i thought id be able to attach it, so had to URL it, anyway here they are.

Ok so this is an easy one. You call, you call a lot. At first I saw your EP 3bet% which is 5%, it should always be 0 because you shouldn't ever limp. The gap between VPIP and PFR is extreme and the easiest way to fix this is to:

1) Stop limping. Never do this. We can argue about it and you may not see the reasons for it yet but trust me on this one.

2) If the other part of your VPIP/PFR-gap is explained by you calling too many raises instead of folding/3betting, then stop calling raises with hands you really shouldn't. I imagine you call hands like 67s when someone raises but even when it is more subtle that it's bad you should keep it in check.

Also aggression seems low which would make sense. Your VPIP itself is fine for 6max, as a beginner you could go tighter which would result in making less mistakes postflop for now but you can keep it like this. PFR needs to go up though to probably something like 16-17 with this VPIP. 3bet% itself is fine except that you combine it with limpraising (only explanation for having a 3bet at all EP), that needs to stop.

Thanks for the feedback first of all i appreciate you taking the time.

The first point you make about not limping in EP, I understand that you should never limp and i don't usually do it, Do you think something else could be the cause?

The second point you made was really helpful, it pretty much hit the nail on the head actually, Should i just be throwing away these marginal hands or is the problem that im not playing with initiative and sort of playing fit fold?

So if you remove any form of limping (which you should) then you're probably still left with too many cases where you call a raise, be it in or out of position.

The thing is if you call with 67s, you know you are behind to almost everything someone raises with, meaning you are going to have to make big money the times you do have the best hand and/or bluff your way out. Neither of them sound very attractive/easy so if you are for example on the button and MP has raised, don't call with hands that have <50% equity against it. Let's say you have AQ, you can call because you have great equity against a typical raise and you can win a nice pot when you hit Q high flop vs KQ or something. 3bet hands that are ahead of the hands he continues with. AQ is a nice hand but if he folds AJ to 3bets then you've wasted a spot where you could have won more money by letting him play a worse hand. If you must then you can add some bluffs but you need to know what you're doing and for beginners just everything that is doing worse than 50% is a good way to start.

In the blinds you should actually typically call a lot more because you're getting pot odds but it requires a great deal of hand reading so just folding too much isn't going to hurt you as much as calling and making wrong decisions would.

Yes i see what your saying, Really helpful reply thanks!

These are full ring stats, aren't they?

Three major issues.
* You're way too loose/passive at 20/11 for full ring.
* You have no positional awareness. Your VPIP is virtually the same in every seat.
* You're going to showdown way too often, especially considering how wide/weak your pre-flop ranges are.

Instant fix:
* Fold pre a lot more often, especially in early position.

The hand charts on my old blog are far from optimal, but they should give you a better idea of which hands to play in each seat.

I would reiterate that your position awareness is non-existent, this is really bad.