Well it's o.k. that you're making one or two big bluffs every now and then but it would be so much better if you tried to win *every* pot you played. A 35% W$WSF is extremely low.
There's three reasons yours is so low:
1) you're not raising enough pots preflop, by raising we have the initiative on the flop, when our opponents miss they'll fold the vast majority of the time. If they call we can very easily represent a big hand on future streets if we want to.
When you limp you let more hands come into the pot cheaply and give hands which should never have seen the flop a free chance to hit and the opportunity to bluff you off what to them looks like (and usually is) your weak hand.
You also may get raised, decide to call and go to the flop without initiative and with a very defined hand range.
2) you're not calling enough when you're likely to be ahead. Let's say for example that MP (a TAG) opens and you call on the btn with 88. The flop comes down J63 and he bets into you. Well this is a spot where I'm never folding to just one bet; we have position, we likely have the best hand and if he checks the turn we can probably get our hand to showdown. He's probably cbetting 100% of his opening range and unless we have a read that he fires multiple barrels it's unlikely he's going to continue without a better hand. If we do have a read that he fires barrels we can happily call him down and try to induce bluffs.
Maybe that example is a little too "standard" but there are other spots where you can profitably call and try to get to showdown.
3) you're not aggressive enough. You need to be looking for a lot of value with TP hands against the fish. That will often mean betting all three streets for value. Betting the river with MP when the turn checks through, etc. Limped pots are another great spot to pick up dead money and it goes back to what I said in part 1. Nobody ever has a big hand in a limped pot and nobody ever wants the 3BBs or 4BBs that are out there. So many times I've been in the BB or SB and somebody has limped in. Any sort of dry texture (like 449 or Q72) I'm firing out with 100% of my hands (unless there's a load of people in the pot).
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In general, my game has been learned through trial and error so I play the game trusting the instincts that I have. Instincts are what basically run my game. This is where I am having a problem with the whole "stats issue". When confronted with the theory that I should be more aggressive post (and pre) I ask why? Why be more aggressive when playing the way I do allows me to win at the *rate I do? What if its because Im not so "visually" aggressive that allows me to be more aggressive in other areas that in turn gets me the money..?
That doesn't mean that you couldn't improve faster or win more with a little help.
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Like you said in your thread regarding the PokerEV graphs, different players make their money in different areas of the game.
Yes; but the very best players, the ones who crush high stakes and nosebleed stake games all have styles that are built on a foundation of aggression.
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Im just curious now as to if my "leaks" will halt me or if my assumption that they arent leaks will hold up.
Even if you do win you may still have leaks and could potentially have won even more. We all have leaks in our game, even the very top players.
Best of luck with moving up. As long as you keep questioning everything you read (even what I tell you
) and thinking about the game you'll do fine.