** Official Beginners NL Holdem Stats Thread **

[SquirrelsUnite]

Originally Posted by Chachava

I think my main problem is that i'm finding the profits coming a hell of a lot slower in cash games than they did in SnG's. I think i'll follow your suggestions on playing an increasing number of hands at each level. Sometimes takes me a while to get the volume in though because of other commitments and only playing 4 tables max. Think i'll play another hour or so of NL2 tonight then see how i get on with NL5 in the new year

Your stats are pretty solid, similar to what a lot of decent 25NL players have. I honestly think you're just wasting your time at 2NL. Just move up to 5NL, play enough hands where you're confident you're crushing and move up to 10NL. This might be 20k hands or 10k or even less if you're confident you're much better than everyone else at 5NL (which, just from looking at your stats is quite possible). Follow your own judgement in terms of number of hands but probably still stick to rigid rules in bankroll management.

As for your play consider raising limpers more often and limping behind less. Also, eventually you'll have to stop open limping (when people start isolating you), so start thinking about which of those hands you want to fold and which you want to raise with.

[xxRONNIExx]

After over 31000 hands Im playing like crap. Believe it or not the majority of the money I lost in the SB and BB were AA, AK, and QQ. Im actually scared to play cards like those...any advice would be appreciated...thank you

[Wrane]

? I don't think your stats are that bad.

And you got to realized that you're aces can be cracked.
With A/A you can't play your hand. You have to play their hand.

[Demonic]

Complete the small blind less.
Don't ever call a raise from the SB or BB without a PP. 3 Bet good aces and high PP but dont call.
Open more from the cutoff.

[Wrane]

Originally Posted by Demonic

Don't ever call a raise from the SB or BB without a PP.

You serious?

[Darren]

No programs to track Carbon Poker

Ran $500 deposit down to $250 but, now up to $1300 playing outside my roll. <3 fish

(playing back in my roll at 50nl now)

["SHRaKeN"]

help me

[RoSeeker]

"SHRaKeN":

VPIP too much, PFR too little in comparison. You can get your PFR to a bit higher, maybe 15, but more than that is a more difficult to play, though certainly profitable. VPIP... get it to 18, perhaps even 17.5.

Your W$SD is pretty darn high, which is a good thing, especially since your WTSD is above average as well. WWSF isn't bad, though I think you're sacrificing some of it because you might be a bit too nitty postflop.

AF can be a bit higher, but it's not an issue I don't think. 3Bet is fine, maybe even a bit higher. Good, not continuing vs 3bet too much.

So your stats aside from high VPIP is not poor, but your winrate is still so low. I am going to assume that this is because you're not value betting thin enough. That's why you win so much at showdowns, but still don't win a lot.

FWIW, I have less than 50% W$SD and still win more bb/100.

VALUE BET YOUR HANDS. It's much better to c/f than c/c unless you're inducing a bluff, but b/f is still the best choice a lot of the times.

Get your weak tight mode off ^^

[sulphh]

tried 24 tabling FR - epic fail

["SHRaKeN"]

Roseeker:

thanks for the advice. Does it matter that i buy in w/ 5 instead of 10 ??

[Lego05]

Originally Posted by Chachava

Started playing cash games primarily over the last month or so after being a mainly SnG player. As I'd not played much in the way of cash games prior to this I wanted to work up from NL2 to whatever level decent BR management dictated. I was originally going to play 10k hands at each level below my current bankroll limits to make sure i could beat it before moving up. However i'm finding myself wanting to move up from 2NL after just under 5k hands. Would you recommend moving up to 5NL now and not bothering with 2NL (unless i drop a fair few BI's at 5NL) or would my original plan of playing at least 10k hands at each level be more advisable?

Anyway, these are my current stats at NL2. Oh and my BR is currently sat at $280





Thanks in advance

Edit: Also is it normal to be in profit in the blinds? I'm guessing the small sample size is the main reason for this

Don't know if anybody's said it .... I took a very cursory glance ...... VPIP from sb seems quite high ... especially bein g it's double your PFR from the sb so it can't all be from when it folds to your sb and you raise. Anyway, yea I just took a cursory glance so don't take my omission of saying anything else to mean nothing else .... I haven't really looked at anything else.

[RoSeeker]

Originally Posted by "SHRaKeN"

Roseeker:

thanks for the advice. Does it matter that i buy in w/ 5 instead of 10 ??

Oh, you buyin with 50bbs? Well then you really should tighten up a lot more; pocket pairs and speculative hands drop in value. Really though, you should buyin with either 60 or 100 (ideally), becuase 60 is the perfect range for your overpair or TPTK hands.

[BoterSmoter]

Great thread!

Here are my stats. First off all. These are my 10NL stats. I have no problem beating 10NL.



Now thats not my problem, the problem is 25NL. I'm having real problems moving up!
Here is my 25NL lifetime:



I'm really trying my best too beat 25NL. Do you guys see any leaks in my 25NL game. I just cant understand why I beat 10NL so easy and 25NL seems almost unbeatable for me!

[Chachava]

Originally Posted by Lego05

Don't know if anybody's said it .... I took a very cursory glance ...... VPIP from sb seems quite high ... especially bein g it's double your PFR from the sb so it can't all be from when it folds to your sb and you raise. Anyway, yea I just took a cursory glance so don't take my omission of saying anything else to mean nothing else .... I haven't really looked at anything else.

Yeah this is on my 'to fix' list when i move up to NL5. Although the main reason for it is that at NL2 you have such huge implied odds (so your not in the pot with only short stackers). I tend to call with any suited ace, suited connectors (although I really should have ruled out a few of them), and a few suited Kings aswell. I realise this is a strategy that isn't going to work as well when i move up to NL5 since most people won't be much more than 100bb deep

[RoSeeker]

BoterSmother:

Wow, 111k hands, impressive. Pretty decent winrate there, too.

That said, while you say you have no problem there, I do think that you're probably playing a bit too weaktight, which should be okay at 10NL, but may have reflected in your 25NL game, and will probably become more apparent at 50NL.

You can be a bit tighter in the SB, and looser in the CO and BTN, but it's generally fine. By the way, your BB's WWSF is, for some reason, much less than others. Think about that.

Your WTSD is very very low, and WWSF is not too bad, but quite low also. You might want to check to induce bluff against busted draws a bit, and so on, though your AF is not too high, so it's probably okay. You don't C-Bet enough, however, and your 3bet% is on the low side. You definetly need to add some light 3bet into your range.

Looking at your 25NL stats... you're too tight. Waay too tight. Your 10NL stats were tight to begin with; you need to really loosen up a little bit here. I'm nowhere near the supposedly ideal 22/18 stats, but I must say 16 is too little. I think you're becoming afraid of losing money and nitting up. This is bad. Your W$SD hasn't changed, but your WTSD did, and this further indicates weak-tight play. You're giving up on hands too easily.

I think the best way to solve this is to post and read some hands regarding marginal situations and think about how you can take that EV, because you'll eventually have to do more than nut peddle. You'll actually need to value bet middle pair or QQ on K98 or something.