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Originally Posted by MicroGrinder84
Well, I am still a variance noob compared to most of you, but I am beginning to worry there is something majorly wrong with my game
I feel guilty about saying this but I have to agree with you. If I were you, I'd review your downswings/upswings/break even periods.
Also looking at your stats. I'm not sure how pokertracker calculates this stuff (I use HM) but your fold bb to steal seems awfully high. Even someone playing one table can instinctively feel that raising from the button to steal your bb is a good play when you fold 50%. I get the feeling that you want to avoid postflop playing out of position. Develop your range of hands you'll defend or 3 bet. It's something you're gonna face over and over and it only gets worse as you move up. If anything I would think of it as an opportunity to develop and mature as a player.
And fwiw my stats at that limit were 26/18 w/ a WTSD of 38.6% and a W$SD of 51.9%. So unless you're la peste.... I'd showdown less (at least with the worst hand). Also, really I can understand calldowns with some hands against some people, but there has to be times when you're shoving BBs into the pot and villain knows you do it with strong hands and yet they're still playing back at you. Maybe it's time for a fold?
I mean like for example you have AK cutoff opens you 3 bet. Flop comes 9 8 K r. He checks, you bet. He calls. Turn is a Q. He checks, you bet, he raises. Then you call down paying 2 BBs only to double check that he indeed does have 98s, K8, K9, KQ, 88, 99, QQ, KK, AA, and of course JTs (ldo). There's so many situations like this that you should review and take a good look at. Don't think of it like I got outdrawn. Think of it like I just missed out on saving myself 2 BBs.
tl;dr CLIFF NOTES - Review your hands. Play more poker. Probably not variance.
Last edited by rockstroh; 03-07-2010 at 08:41 PM.
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