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Originally Posted by CC96
The reason I post this is because the general consensus at the micros is to have a positive blue line and negative red line.
I think a lot of this is because if you learn to play poker from various books and 2+2 strat threads you will land on a strategy that is mostly value related and doesn't contain a whole lot of bluffs. Sure, there's lots of c-betting, light 3 betting spots, and jamming strong draws, but not a lot on when to barrel hard with air or throw in a massive raise on the turn or river. Those are spots that I think a lot of us eventually figure out for ourselves if we want to get out of the sort of ABC poker that can win well at the micros but leads to a negative red line. It sounds like you're well on your way to doing this, as your results speak for themselves. You can actually see in your graph at around 12K hands in your blue line flattened but your red line sloped up. I'm guessing you ramped up your aggression at that point.
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Originally Posted by CC96
will this hurt me in the future when I move up stakes?
Probably not. I've long suspected that low stakes players don't bluff often enough, but it looks like maybe you've solved that problem. While I'm not saying go all spew monkey as you move up, being more comfortable with aggression will probably help vs. someone who has just played ABC in the micros and then finds themselves getting pushed around and not getting the same value from their strong hands as they used to when they moved up.