NL:
Well, I tried a HUD out and found out that I EV-broke even at 2NL Zoom (four tables) over a 20k sample. At 5NL and 10NL (four tables) I was losing over a smaller sample. I play better with 2-3 tables (tend to rush decisions with 4 tables), but still... it's pretty obvious I have some truly fundamental leaks to my game. I decided to just read books, scour strat posts, watch videos, and play around with software for now. Once I feel I grasp things better, I'll retry at the micros.
Out of the tons of leaks I'm sure to have, two stand out even to me:
-calling rivers too often - they have it way too often and I need to learn to let go off bluffcatchers
-bluffing at the micros. Seems to only work in very specific spots, since they call way too much
My overall game might even be relatively decent for the micros, but repeatedly making those two mistakes every now and then for fairly substantial numbers of bbs takes a huge toll on the winrate. Part of those mistakes is just me getting impatient and impulsive, when a great hand loses value for the third time in 15 minutes, and I just click call because this is unfair and I want to win pots, too. Or bluffing off stacks with unimproved AK vs bottom pair that likes calling.
The best general strat I could come up with for micros was
1) call almost never pre (aim at 18/16)
2) when in doubt, fold
3) ask "what range does this and what's my equity?"
4) play for volume, not profit
Had I abided by that strat I'm sure I'd have done much better.
What's to be done:
-learn to take a deep breath and really think through big decisions
-learn more theory = less impatient calls/bluffs when they're clearly -EV
-? Don't know yet. But by reading books and posts here & watching videos I find my analytical thinking of the game is improving. As long as one is improving the direction is right.
PLO:
Tried a HUD out and did decently at micros - however sample was so small it's not worth to talk about. PLO can wait, as NL is my main concern for now.
Last edited by 1karos1; 06-11-2015 at 05:18 PM.