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Originally Posted by pure_aggression
Though I have only played 18k hands of 1/2 this yr which is too small of a sample size to mean much. [/b]
Ok - I'm totally prepared to be accused of heresy by some on the online players out there, but I would say that 18K hands and 750 hrs is PLENTY to have a general sense of how well you're beating the game. Maybe you don't get a true statistical average, but if you're playing with the same player pool all the time, you should have a very good sense of how your skill stacks up. At the Oaks, at least 1/3 of the 100 max players pretty much play with their hands face up.
Part of this is that I don't see you racking up many big wins. Over all this time, you should have the occasional day when you run good and get a +600 or +700 day at 1/2.
If you end up at +93 after eight hours and say you played well and didn't run bad, something is very wrong.
If you are trusting your hand reading and player reading ability, then you should be playing way more hands than you are. The reason to play tight when you're learning the game is to avoid putting yourself in difficult situations. The more you trust your ability to outplay other people, the more you can profitably play marginal spots.
For ex. I'm not saying you should be raising A9 UTG, but you need to start (sometimes) raising A9 in the CO in a limped pot. Its true, somebody may have limped early with AJ and put you in a tough spot when you flop and A but 1) you may be able to get the right type of player to fold it because of your pf raise and 2) you should be reading the players & hands well enough often know when that's the case and get out of the hand with a minimal loss
3) Once people see you raising more hands, you get more action, and that's what its all about...
Loosen up, be more aggressive, trust your reads, and see what happens.