Wednesday, April 29, 2009

10k hands of muckity muck no limit at the $25 tables.

I have finally gotten through around 10k hands of NLH since I rebooted my system. I don't have the data with me, but here is my assessment off the top of my head.

  1. Results: I am slightly in the red. I am still out of the red since March, but I am closer to 0 than I would like to be, but who wouldn't say that?.
  2. I let myself get into a lot of tight spots on turns and rivers, paid off too often, and ran under EV with my semibluffs. When I am running badly, I play often play too Laggy, so no doubt these things are interrelated.
  3. My play with premium hands is on the whole very solid, however I seem to get less value from AK than I'd expect. I will post more as I think about it.
  4. Early in the sample set, I played far too many hands UTG and from the hijack. In a loose, spewy game, position and straight value betting are what wins the day. Suited connectors below broadway and suited aces need position and preferably a player to exploit.
  5. I am probably cold-calling too much. There are fewer opportunities to play pots in position against players with tight raising ranges and high postflop %cbet and aggression factors. Their hand ranges are such that bluff shoving is nearly a spew.
  6. I am starting to improve my aggression level, but I need to assess my cbetting and deeply study my line in big pots on the turn and river. **Especially vs. fish. I have given people air when a ton of cards kill my action on the next street, and I have snapcalled in a couple bad spots.
Successes:
  • I think more about my individual plays, I challenge myself to develop reads and adjust my play to exploit them.
  • I have re-acquired a verve for multitabling, but I am not on the level I once was.
  • I have been active in the forums, acquired more poker conversation partners, and developed as a player because of it.
  • I have been getting good value on my premium hands.
  • My mindfulness of the present situation as an independent event has improved.
  • I am considering the rake and rakeback more carefully in my decisions.
  • Quitting. I generally quit sessions better than most. Once I catch myself out of line, I shut down the system and get up.
Shortcomings.
  • Tilt. I was letting frustration shape my game too often. I am better than I have been at microstakes in the past (by a TON), but still have a ways to go.
  • Boredom. I am letting longer sessions get the best of me and slipping into a non-optimal mindset. This feeds into my other problems.
  • Short sessions. My mental endurance is lower than it has been.
  • Poor hand selection UTG.
  • (Possibly) over-estimating fold-equity in semibluff situations.
  • Losing EV in big river pots.

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