I'm in a rut and I need some help. Been grinding away at 50NL for awhile now, with occasional shots at 100NL. I'm rolled for 100NL, but I want to be able to beat 50NL with consistency and I'm having trouble doing that right now.
From Jan 1st - Oct 1st, I logged roughly 112K hands. Not much for 10 months, I know, but most came from the summer.
Stats for first 112K hands:
Graph for first 112K hands:
Graph for 112K in blinds only:
After doing some homework, I made a few changes to my play. 2.02bb/100 hands didn't seem like my best and I knew I could get that to 3-4 atleast. It seemed like my non-showdown pots were holding me back so I made a few changes to my game:
-Opened up slightly in LP while tightening up in EP.
-3bet more often
-Defended my blinds more often
-Started cbetting the flop and turn more
-Went to showdown more often.. thought I was getting pushed off hands to much
This is the next 30K hands over the last 2+months:
Graph of last 30k:
Graph of last 30K, blinds only:
Now I just want to go back to my old game and redo things from there, I feel lost with this style of play. No confidence, nothing. It feels like I'm just giving away money from the blinds.. 3bets plus flop cbets always get called it seems like, and I never have a hand to go further with it. Seems like I would be better off just letting them have my blinds every single time.
I don't want to blame this on variance.. as much as I wanna say I'm running bad as hell, something has to stand out in my stats to someone. If I do go back to my old style, it doesn't feel like I'll ever improve as a player.. and I'm not even sure my old style works past 50NL.
Any comments at all appreciated.