| Posted by: Irexes at March 15, 2007, 11:26 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Your best bet is to post some hand histories where you think you may have either not maximised things or lost more than you needed, or got lucky.
Plenty of people here who will start you thinking in the right areas. Joining in the discussion of other people's hands is also a great idea as it forces you to articulate your thoughts and consider whether they stand up to scrutiny.
Either way the fact that you are thinking about these things bodes well for your game.
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| Posted by: jolubman at March 15, 2007, 11:17 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Here are some additional stats.
Hours played 150
Hand played 11,660
Win rate per hour $.95
These are the only records I have kept.
I keep records on my opponents. I try not to chase. Will not stay to the river with AQ with any betting if I do not hit.
I have had two sixty dollar drawbacks, loses, over several sessions. I feel I should be doing better than I am.
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| Posted by: TheRifle at March 15, 2007, 10:40 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Your stats package is limited. That said:
a) you don't seem to win many hands without seeing a flop so you need to look at your pre-flop betting strategy;
b) you go to the river without wiining as much there as you should - this could be due in part to a) i.e. unwillin to concede defeat on the river with good starting hands such as AQs that you have been outdrawn on.
Finally, what matters is how much money you are winning/losing not number of hands per se assuming you are not playing simply for enjoyment.
All the best,
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| Posted by: MrDaMan at March 15, 2007, 10:13 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
I can't tell from your description except I get the impression that you're playing cards. Perhaps you need to play people more and look for tells, patterns and just get more experiance. Do you play live at all?
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| Posted by: Irexes at March 15, 2007, 10:10 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
I'm no six max player, but if you are serious about analysing and improving your game you are going to need some detailed stats and really should invest in Pokertracker.
You are also going to need a bigger sample of hands. Around 10,000 should do it Any winning session is a good one, but if you are averaging between 2 and 4 BB profit every 100 hands you are doing well.
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| Posted by: jolubman at March 15, 2007, 9:58 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
I play .25/.50 hold'em at bodog. I play only six player tables. I should be winning about 16% or 17% of the hands. I don't and I do not know what I am doing wrong. It's more than you're not staying in enough hands. Today, I won .15. My stats are usually like the ones listed below. Here are my stats.
Hands played 72
Hands won: 11%
Showdowns won: 56%
Flops seen: 36%
Win % if flop seen: 31%
I would appreciate any help you could give me to improve my game. I have spent much time reading books. Almost all is on ten handed games. I am at a loss. I do not know what to do to improve.
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| Posted by: diabloblanco at July 21, 2005, 4:33 am | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Not much to say that hasn't been said, other than if some or most of these beats came in freerolls, good luck stopping them. Freerolls are basically showdown poker. You will be called no matter how much you raise in most situations by hands as shiatty as 6-7s or any Ace. It is a part of freerolling you will either learn to live with or you won't play them long because you won't stop it from happening.
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| Posted by: RammerJammer at July 21, 2005, 2:20 am | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Too little info to come to any real conclusions. 0-for-five, however, probably transcends bad luck. I would consider it to be a red flag about my approach. Two extremes may be coming back to haunt you...going all-in pre-flop and getting called by a suckout, or limping them in and allowing too many cheap flops. The first you can't really do much about. If someone's going to call your KK all-in with A4 offsuit and they catch another Ace, that's just one of the pratfalls of playing with idiots. The limping and slowplaying, however, are mistakes you can eliminate. Don't let them get free/cheap cards. Nothing stings worse than watching the BB play a 97 offsuit because you only called the BB, or doubled it, and the flop comes 97x. Make their suckouts ery expensive.
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| Posted by: IrishDave at July 20, 2005, 4:31 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
What you have to realize is that are a number of players that will call regardless of the bet, especially true in freerolls. Also never forget that pocket aces are the best PRE-FLOP hand. After the flop, all bets are off...
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| Posted by: Bozza at July 20, 2005, 4:26 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
I agree with ChuckTs, if you slowplay a hand like that there are always peepz who want to see if they get that last card they needed for for example a straight or a flush. I am always happy if I start with a AK but I also realise that I've lost big amounts of chips with these hands so I keep that in the back of my head!
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| Posted by: Bill_Hollorian at July 20, 2005, 4:10 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Five times is unfortunately too small of a hand sample to base things on.
Plus you are playing them from different positions in different situations.
In other words raise 'em up pre-flop, and you should pick up the pots your fair share. You are currently way below the hand sample to make it statistically significant.
Bill
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| Posted by: ChuckTs at July 20, 2005, 3:08 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
the basic strategy with high pockets is raise big to eliminate limpers, and bet big on the flop
try not to let anyone even see the turn card
if you know you've been beat (ex. flop comes JJ6 and someone is betting big into you, or there is 678 9 on the board and someone is betting into you)
then LAY THEM DOWN
NEVER slowplay them.
especially being part of a poker forum, i've heard ALOT of bad beat stories with AA, KK, QQ etc.
it may just be a bad streak for you
just remember
"AAs are not unbeatable" - IrishDave, fellow cardschat member
LOL
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| Posted by: pokergranni at July 20, 2005, 2:53 pm | | Topic: What am I doing wrong? Forum: Card Chat |
Hello,
I have been playing regularly in tournaments both $$$ and freeroll. I have played aggressive and passive when I have had pocket A's and K's. I have been dealt these 5 times now and have lost everytime. Any suggestions???
Thanks,
Pokergranni
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