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.
- 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?.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
