?? Defending/stealing blinds ?

Hello guys, i'm currently playing 5NL mostly ZOOM on Pokerstars and i would like to know some feedback about my stats and what i'm doing wrong.







Since the last time i posted in this thread i've been working hard on some thing of my game that where apointed as leaks befores, things such as Turn c-bet which was about 10% lower than it is right now.
What do you think of my winrates and stats from the blinds, and the BTN, those are the spots where i feel i could be doing much better?
Also why do you think my red line is so bad? I know that the red line is not that important on the micros, but it is weird when i'm winning 50% of the time when i see a flop, isn't it?

Thanks in advance to all.

First thing I see in your stats is a little bit too big 3bet percentage in blinds. You probably find too many spots to 3bet in small blind against button, cbeting flop and than giving up on turn since your flop cbet on flop is around 76 and turn cbet is 36. I'm not saying you should double barrel more, but again IMO you should play a little bit more hand selective in these spots.
Another thing you should look at is your showdown winning percentage. It's really low considering the stakes, you are probably not folding enough when you know that you are beat or maybe you are stacking off way too wide against regs. It might be even some tilt problems VPIP in small bind is a little bit too big IMO. You are probably raising too many hands when everyone is folded to you. Try to tighten up against regs and calling stations and open any too just against rocks.

Thanks a lot for you help.
Over my last 2 or 3k hands i started working on my blinds range, só i definitly agree with you on that.
You are also right about some tilt issues that i have, that was how i bruned my blue line, trying to many 3barrel blufs and gentinha called and also calling when i'm beat despite reading my oponent hand correctly.
Can you see something more wrong on my overall stats?

Well, I'm not a guy who really understand what number is good or what is bad lol... but I can add it up that the gap between your co range and mp range is too big imo. I think you can play a little bit more in mp or even in ep since your flop cbet success is pretty big what means you are doing pretty good job on picking up spots where you can cbet. for example I play nl 10 rush on ftp and I play around 16prc from ep and mp and over 50k hands it works for me, for now i'm beating this stakes around 8bb/100. in nl 5 I expect guys clicking more quick fold button and after got 3bet against your ep open you can pretty much play fold/raise and not thinking if this guy picked on fact that you opening a little bit wide.

Hey everybody,
first of all want to give you anticipated thanks who read this until the end, because I need some help and it's greatly appreciated, and the first step by you is read it. Said that, I proceed to explain why can you read this today:

Don't want to ask help... anyway I'll do it; this is the first of this kind post by my side, and I decided to do this because I feel a bit(perhaps a lot) lost in the way of improve, when I focus on think how to play better and try to do it there is a brainteaser in certain aspects, like don't feel confortable being agressive without well understanding of why I'm being in every situation/spot, or be too tight because this mean loss ev+ opportunities...
Want to work to find balance in my actions in each street and all them in conjunction. Just want to be in the way of the improve and feel am in it, I know really need strictly organization for improve with a daily/weekly tracking of my learning; I'm sure that still am growing a lot because I've much less doubts compared with previous sessions and 've by far better poker mathematics knowledge; but if I don't organize the progress I know will be more lost than today, believe me, I need to know what I'm doing and don't feel like that; have a lot of hope to be helped with yours indications, perhaps with ways to analyze my game and work on it, or just your workstyle out of the tables(need a lot of this kind info for take better decisions).

Then, I include here my PokerStars NL2 SH graph and stats since I started playing "seriously" (66k+ hands). Changed my game and style of play between first session till last but not too much, and I still haven't clearly know if I was playing better in some spots and vs. some rival styles at the start but I feel it sometimes; because of that I added a lot of data with the intention of improve my play analyzing it but it makes me crazy sometimes because don't understand well from where is coming my winnings and if I'm doing it good or not... can you see that I'm lost atm even as winner, it's so easy at this stake...
(excuse me for this badly written bible, AND READ IT if you think can help me please)


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THANKS FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO HELP THE PEOPLE!!
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PD: did it by links because couldn't see the images working in post preview, like one of the first posters; how it's done??

I made a bad movement splitting the stats, sry and here you've them fixed:

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Thanks, i'll be looking to my ranges from those positions.
Actually from EP over my last 5k hands or so i've been opening about 14% those results are very influenced by the first hand i played where i was opening about 8% from EP.
I agree with you about the gap between my MP and CO open.

Now a separate question, which filters do you guys think are the most useful to analyse our post flop play?

Cheers

For sure the ones you are losing the most money on. If I should guess what you should filter out for looking into I would say that call vs 3bet, you might call down with second best hands a lot of the time when you are dominated and you should have folded pre, that hurts you showdown winnings. Another thing you should take a look for 3bet light OOP and 3bet one barrel on blinds. We already discussed that you have some issues on that.

I've filtered for my 3bet game about 2 or 3 days ago and i'm a big winner when i 3bet, but a huge looser on i call vs a 3bet, and i saw i was calling 3bets with to much junk OP.
Tonight i'll post those stats, and i will start working on my range to call 3bets OP, including the blinds.

I still want some answers here please :P

I've been filtering for my 3bet game and here are the results and some questions i have:

When i 3bet:







About this it looks i'm doing good which actualy was what i was expecting since i feel very confortable when playing with the initiave on this kind of pots.
Looking to these stats i think i need to start 3beting more from the BTN especially vs CO which is a situation where i usually CC given that i have position but i think i can start 3beting more since i take down a lot of 3bet pots from my BTN. Another thing i think i can work on is probably my cbet turn% since i have a big gap between my Flop cbet and my Turn cbet don't you think?
Also is it normal to have a red line much better than the blue line on this kind of pots, as i have?

Now when i 3bet light OOP from the blinds cbeting the flop and shutting down after that:




The hands i do it from the SB:


The hands i do it from the BB:


What do you think of these ranges i've been doing this with?

Now when i call vs 3bet, this seems to be maybe my biggest leak, where i'm loosing a lot of money:







The ranges i'm calling vs 3bet by position:
SB


EP


MP


CO


BTN


What do you think of my stats and ranges on this type of pots?
I believe i'm calling to much 3bets with hands such as AT and KQo, and that can be a problem at these stackes where the players have a much tighter 3bet range, right?
I wasn't expecting to be loosing so much from the BTN, i think that the best way to correct that might be to 3bet more vs CO instead of calling and giving up on most flops, don't you think?

PS: I tried to filter my BTN to see what i'm calling vs the blinds and vs the CO but i cant get any results from my HM2 :S

Thanks in advance for all the help, and i'm sorry for the huge post.

Stats for my last 10k hands in 4nl.

I think your biggest problem is that you are not using your theoretical knowledge in practise. I don't think I should explain you that calling 3bet with K2o is always bad. Just lay down those hands like any ace and don't think that you can outplay your opponent using position. You really should tighten up in all positions when you face a 3bet.

Tried mixing it up...

I know everybody don't read this thread, plus don't have enough time for help strangers, but I'm talking seriously: could even pay for a small review of my case...(a page or 2 before this)

I'll make an own post soon I think... xD perhaps that's the way, meanwhile will be reading this whole entire forum; theory, guides for begginers, hands reviews and other players threads for improve/unstuck.

SB Vpip seems a bit too high. SB PRF seems a bit too low.

So I've played ~27k hands at 10nl on stars.

I'm 12 tabling and playing a really robotic nitty style - I thought this was the best way to crush 10nl over a large hand sample but now I'm having second thoughts.

I'm losing a lot in non-showdown winnings cause basically I'm folding a lot of missed hands postflop and I'm playing really nitty out of the blinds.

I've run well in all ins so far, except I've been coolered tons also - which you can't tell from the information provided. I've had set over sets heaps and I've had KK vs AA a few times, and I've also had flopped straights over top set/sets also.

Basically I'm just looking to make some changes in my approach to 10nl, so that I can start crushing it. I think I need to stop playing super nitty and I think I need to drop back down to 6 tabling, so that I can focus more on player profiling and table dynamics.

I've noticed that the regs at 10nl have started adjusting to my nitty play and they're no longer GII with QQ or KK when I 3-bet or 4-bet them. They're also exploiting me with re-steals and postflop aggression.

I'm thinking I need to play a more exploitative style and improve my non-showdown winnings.

Thoughts and advice are much appreciated!


Graph and Summary of Results:



EV Graph of Hands:



Stats Summary from Positions:

Hey, sorry nobody wrote back.
I'll go through as many stats as I can.
UO Pfr% looks very good. Obviously the SB% is very high. but if you're getting away with it at these limits then keep it up.

CC%. This should be higher on the button. You shouldn't really have just a set range that you call in position. I.E 22-JJ , AJ, AQ . MP vs EP We might not be able to flat all of these profitably. Whereas BTN vs Co we can call stuff like T9s, 98s.

3betting : SB should be higher than BB. You shouldn't have much of a flatting range in the SB. Vs EP and MP is it ok to have a pretty strong flatting range here. 88-QQ , AJ, AQ, but vs CO and BTN, its almost always better to 3bet. We aren't really getting a great price to call, with only half a big blind invested, and we open ourselves to getting squeezes from the BB, or playing a multiway pot out of position.
Regarding 3betting in position, your 3bet% should depend on what hands you are happy to get it in with. For example. MP vs EP, we are probably only happy to get it in with KK and AA (0.9% of hands). so we can balance this with around 1.5% bluffs. We can obviously 3bet more than this and get away with it at NL2, but this is just a balanced approach.
BTN vs CO we should be quite happy to get it in with at least QQ+, AK , if not JJ, AQs etc. Which means we can 3bet around 7.5% here, including bluffs.
^^ It should be noted that this is more balanced approach, and if guys at your limits dont 4bet bluff enough, dont stack off light enough, stack off way too light etc, then obviously keep doing what you think is best.

4bet range should be highest on the button. When you get 3bet from the blinds, you should be 4betting, and then be happy to call a shove, when you have QQ+,AK (~2.6% of hands). A lot of people 4bet call JJ too, but at these limits i dont think guys will 5bet shove back wide enough to justify it.
Also vs guys that 3bet way too much, you should have a 4bet bluff range. Stuff like A2s-A5s works well.

You're calling way too many 4bets. This probably suggests that
1. You're 3betting a merged range, and not a polarized range
2. You over value the implied odds you get when calling.

1: Typically, when you 3bet a hand (specifically when in position) you should be doing it for value or as a bluff. You shouldn't 3bet a hand like TT or AJ, BTN vs MP and then be uncomfortable facing a 4bet. These hands are profitable enough to cold call. It makes more sense to flat these, and 3bet a hand that is not good enough to call, but can play well in a 3bet pot, and can also fold vs a 4bet. Lets say, for example QTs.
2. Calling 4bets is rarely correct, unless your opponent makes it a tiny size, or else you are trapping with a monster. vs guys that 4bet too wide, you can shove a lot of your range back (JJ+, AK should be a definite shove most of the time). And against guys that don't 4bet that much, just fold most of your hands. give them credit.

Sqz a bit more from the blinds, mainly from the BB. Standard spot, CO opens, btn calls, you can 3bet quite wide from both positions here. Or maybe btn opens, sb flats. You should squeeze a lot wider.

WWSF is quite low from the BB. Since its NL2 , I imagine there are a lot of limped pots. And im sure when you play a lot of tables , a lot of the time you will be seeing a flop with a hand like 83o, and just be hitting the "check/fold btn". You should try take down these pots occasionally, especially if the flop checks around.

Check fold flop as pfr% is too high, but youre almost certainly not being exploited by this. There are still some spots where you could introduce a check calling range that might lead to higher EV.
EG. you raise the sb with A2o. Flop comes A T 4 r. A bet might make him fold everything worse than your hand, so check calling at least allows him to make a mistake.
It also "protects your checking range",but this isnt really that important at NL2.

Your stats are very good , and I imagine you have less leaks than most NL2 players.
I would suggest moving up limits. You're beating NL2 for 10bb/100. Obviously there are guys that can beat it for a lot more than this, but you will improve a lot quicker playing NL5, than you will staying at NL2 trying to "reach 15 bb/100 ".

Goodluck

so any leaks here?

3betting being higher in MP than it is in BTN or CO is weird. Could be a sample size issue, but still. Most players just flat QQ, AK in MP vs EP. Its also a spot where you should have less bluffs than you would in, say , BTN vs CO .

The last 4 stats arent that important in my opinion. They dont really tell the full story.
Id post maybe
Unopened pfr%
Cbet flop
Fold to flop cbet
Cbet turn,
Fold to turn cbet.
Fold to 3bet
4bet RANGE
Fold to 4bet
Call 4bet
5bet range
Cold call %
Wwsf%

I'm not exactly a stats expert but what stands out to me is your WTSD is a bit high and your W$SD is a bit low. Neither is atrocious but I'd recommend trying to fold a bit more in marginal spots.

Your button play is not aggressive enough, both your AF and AGG% are a bit low. Also you might want to 3B a bit more on the button.

Your VPIP in EP and the blinds strikes me as a little high, especially in the SB.

Overall it looks pretty good and 17bb/100 is a pretty solid win rate at the micros.

Biggest change you need to make is BET more. And Raise more. And call less.

Your preflop stats seems pretty reasonable, but your Cbet % should be at least 20% higher and your Afreq/AF should each be significantly higher.

Look for spots to CBet on dry boards, and when you have hands like gutshot+overcards or overcards+BD flush draw.

Look for the occasional spots to raise or check/raise vs aggressive opponents as a bluff or semi-bluff.

By betting much more often you will not only win more pots when you don't have a hand, but you'll win bigger pots when you do have a hand. Good luck!

Hey Babaluuu it's hard to get an accurate picture of your game from the stats you posted. We need to see more stuff relating to 3bets to assess your game.

That being said a few things stand out to me. 60% raise first on the button is probably too high, and its going to murder your image at the table. You'll probably have an easier time postflop if you're closer to about 44-47%. You should probably open a few more pots on the CO as well, maybe around 32-35%.

You can probably open a bit less in the SB, it's giving up a bit from 'optimal' play but at 20NL you don't need to be 'optimal' and it'll make your life a lot easier to not be facing 3bets OOP when the BB adjusts to your wide open range, which many will.

Your flop Cbet% NEEDS to be higher. I'd go for more like 65% as an absolute minimum. Look for spots where you have some equity like a gutshot and 1 over, or overs and a BDFD. Sometimes you just need to fire blindly with almost no equity if the board texture/opponent tendencies feel right. You're not making the play just to win this hand, but to make yourself harder to play against as it will become less obvious to observant players when you have a hand or don't. You should also probably CBet the turn a bit more frequently.

Otherwise your AF is too low, I'd focus on both betting more and folding more. Also, try throwing in some semi-bluff or even pure bluff raises from time to time on both the flop and turn. You need to pick your spots carefully, but again, this will make you harder to read and more likely to get paid off when you make a big hand.

I'm not sure from the stats but it seems to me that you might have a lot of trouble making river decisions. Although your river numbers aren't exactly bad, they aren't great either. This isn't as simple as call more or fold more but rather practice your hand reading skills and really focus on putting your opponents on ranges on EVERY betting street. You're going to be wrong a lot but, especially if you are more aggressive on earlier streets, you should eventually develop a fairly keen sense of what hands people are likely to be holding by the river depending on their actions and BET SIZING. It's one of the hardest but most rewarding skills to develop in holdem.

And yeah, its quite possible you are getting slammed by variance over that sample size. Keep on grinding, you will get the upswing soon!

I have been playing poker online for over a year now and I am now turnning into a break even/small winner playing micro cash 6max and a few sit n gos.

Anyway, recently I put a small deposit in my old Party Poker account for a change and it's gone pretty well playing a basic ABC style, i.e. being quite tight and betting when I have a good hand.




Most of the time I just play a single 10NL table for a few hours after work, but I am beginning to add more tables. I think there is a lot of room for improvement in my play. I know this is a small sample size but my style has been similar to this for a while on other samples.

I was wondering can anyone see where I can improve by looking at my stats. I feel as if I don't 3 bet enough both in the blinds and otherwise, but is there anything else?

VPIP: 19.2, PFR: 12.5, 3Bet: 2.91

WTSD%: 29.1, W$SD%: 61.7

AGG: 2.09, Agg%: 29.0.


Any other stats that you think might be useful to know? I think my blue and green line might be too close and I could be folding too much. I tend to like to be the aggressor and if someone shows strength against me when I hold a medium strength hand I usually fold, therefore my red line and WTSD% are low I think?

Thanks for any advice.