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Originally Posted by yodachoda
Pay4Myschool, hey I've read your posts/threads. You seem like a pretty solid player except it seems you release top pair a bit too easily and might not bluff as often as you should. You aren't nearly as bad as the worst players on this forum but I think it's a small leak. Three questions for you: Is your sample size exclusively $1/2? What is the rake? Where do you play (state)?
Just curious because my sample size is similar. And you seem almost EXACTLY like me. I'm also a student, also have to dip into my roll for expenses. I'm also a student (I take it you're a student from your name). I've played a little over 500 hours, it's been about one year. I'm at around $11/hour though, exclusively $1/2, rake is $5 max. I play in the mid-west US. I think the cardroom I play at is tougher than the average US cardroom. This could totally be untrue and just an excuse I use to justify my mediocre winrate. But I've played in Vegas once, and in another place in Illinois (that has a terriblely high rake), and the games seemed much softer than the place I play. I'm forced to play exclusively at this place though because it's close and is the only place within 2 hours with a reasonable rake. But there seems to be a high frequency of competent players. Not many tourists, and a decent amount of regs (maybe on average 1-2 regs per table).
Folding 1 pair hands a little too often is one of the couple leaks I have really worked on plugging. I have also worked hard on increasing thin value lines/ c/raising draws against players that have FE. My raising in LP has increased to the point where range in limp foldy tables has became 56 suited connectors+,Kxsuited and Ax suited, 55+ and offsuit broadways. It really helps me get payed off when people see me raise lighter.
Of course I am refining and working tirelessly on many different aspects of my game. The concept of double barreling is an area I am working on right now. Too often I have been cbetting and shutting down at the right/wrong times, but more often I am shutting down too soon, letting small pp's, etc c/call and check down for a winner against my AQ, etc.
I play in Michigan. The games up here kinda suck overall, since the economy around detroit is terrible. Ever since late July I have put in a lot more volume seeing that poker is my only income. I am too busy with tough classes to work a part time job/play poker on the side, so I saved up over the summer to take up poker as my "job" until I graduate with my degree. Using this extra time towards poker has allowed me to have more time looking at myself objectively and contributing to the forums more.
And funny you say my leak is that I fold to heat too often; its funny because you probably stack off too light. I think a happy medium is a player that stacks off in between what we do.
And I am not nearly as bad as the players that suck in these forums?? Thanks, I guess? haha.
My games are all 6$ max rake and all 1/2. I am taking shots at 1/3 in the near future with my buddy. He has a 30k roll so we are doing a 50/50 to reduce my variance. It's supposed to be a cardroom that is really easy/high variance. Hopefully this gives me a boost for my roll.
And you saying your games are tougher is probably true. I am pretty certain my games are tougher than Vegas (havent been there though) beacuse of what the 1/2 regs say at the rooms. It seems to be a consensus around here.