My PokerStaking Goals and Video

GaF · November 1, 2009

After the first 5000 hands I played, I had a wealth of information from Dave. From the information Dave gave me, I put a sticky on my screen with what I believed were my most significant goals for the next 5000 hands. Having just completed the second batch of 5000 hands I want to compare the two batches and see if I met the goals. 1) Raise or Fold more often pre flop - never limp into an unraised pot. First Batch: VPIP 16.58%: PFR 11.74%: Difference 4.84% Limp with previous callers: 86 times Open Limped: 33 times Where not facing raise pre flop: profit 0.10 BB/100 Second Batch: VPIP 17.99%: PFR 16.09%: Difference 1.9% Limp with previous callers: 4 times Open Limped: Never Where not facing raise pre flop: profit 0.20 BB/100 Looks like a big improvement :) 2) Reduce Blinds VPIP to below 11% First Batch: Small Blind: VPIP 18.48%: PFR 12.71%: Loss 0.11 BB/Hand Big Blind: VPIP 11.18%: PFR 4.67%: Loss 0.20 BB/Hand Second Batch: Small Blind: VPIP 10.76%: PFR 8.99%: Profit 0.02 BB/Hand Big Blind: VPIP 8.65%: PFR 5.56%: Loss 0.27 BB/Hand So mixed results - I succeded in the goals to get VPIP below 11% and saw a great improvement (indeed a profit) from the Small Blind. The Big Blind did however produce a worse result 3) Cbet far less First Batch: I had 201 CBet opportunitues where I won 131.97 BB/100 I cbet 167 times (83%) for a profit of 181.74 BB/100 I didn't cbet 34 times for a loss of 112.50 BB/100 Second Batch: I had 307 CBet opportunities where overall I won 133.31 BB/100 I Cbet 218 times (71%) for a profit of 221.67 BB/100 I didn't CBET 89 times for a loss of 83.15 BB/100 I achieved the goal of Cbetting less frequently, however the impact (for this sample) appears minimal. 4) Other I didn't set myself the specific goal, however did feel that playing position far more extremely was the way to go from what Dave said - so I intended to play the Button far more liberally and tighter elsewhere. First Batch: Button: VPIP 26.82%: PFR 20.92%: 0.15 BB/Hand Second Batch: VPIP 39.92%: PFR 37.29%: 0.51 BB/Hand That is a massive improvement - and I felt one of the major succeses of the second batch. Video Here's the video of my final hours play in the second batch. As ever - feedback most welcome. http://rapidshare.de/files/48618628/5kto10k.mp4.html

Nade · November 6, 2009

Re: My PokerStaking Goals and Video The first 22mins are faultless. Though maybe you could consider raising slightly more in EP i.e 3.5x or 4x the BB so get more folds. 22:42 - AQ (top right) you select to fold to the all in before the next 2 players have acted. Personally i'd wait to see if it gets folded round then i'd call the $1.35 or $13 equivalent at 100nl because you have a lot of outs against a random donk. With the caller in the middle it makes things awkward, i'd be tempted to still call and see a turn and see what happens. (Just played the vid on and see a J spikes the turn :lol oh well) 24:30 AK (bttm left) Barelling the Q turn can never be bad, villains will fold a ton and we have a load of equity with high pairs and straight draws. 26:10 bttm right I like the play a lot, if you want to bluff after checking the flop you have to bet the turn and any river which you do so top notch. 29:40 bttm right the re-raise on the 6KJhh is very spewy, villains are rarely going to bet so small on this kind of flop and fold anything they're ever raising and there's so many turn cards that will improve their hand to flushes, 2pairs, gut shots, straights etc it's just a spewy spot. 31:30 top right with the set is such an awkward spot after the guy min bets because there's a player left behind i'd probably just call too. If it was heads up i'd re-raise as you get a ton of value from 2pairs and pair + draws which i think is a lot harder to get 3 handed. 33:47 top left with 76ss i see you scrolling up the raise bar and again it just seems real spewy, you fold out all his air (90% his range he's playing so aggrotard) and create a big pot with a gut shot and low flush draw. Take the turn card and it's likely he'd shut down on turn/river when he misses anyway so if you miss there's no problem just a simple bluff. And crucially if the 3rd spade or 4 comes off he'll donate his stack anyway if he has a hand. 35:10 bttm left with A5s i see you're isolating again and you've done that an absolute ton which isn't too bad a play but if you do it so much people will start to re-isolate you and with a nice hand like A5s that can make a lot of nut hands there's no harm in taking the cheap flop multi-way and saves your image a bit. (and you do get re-isolated :lol) 35:43 bttm left i don't see much value cbetting the flop they're going to fodl everything you beat and call with everything you're behind to, there's a lot of gut shot combos like your hand they'll call multiple streets with, taking the turn for free is best imo. 36:50 top left i notice you raise 4x HU vs BB. Why's that when 5/6 handed you raise 3x UTG? Raising 4x is what i like doing in the SB but there should be some consistency with your raises OOP. 38:49 top right, i don't know if you're tilted from losing 99 v AQ but i see you hovering over the call vs the all in with the 99 and i nearly have a heart attack. Rockyboy UTG has raised that much to get it in with the shortstack who does ship so i don't think he'll be doing that with any pair below 99 but nearly always high cards that will bet when he hits post flop so you're essentially set-mining with a 1/5th of your stack and that can maybe be justified, maybe some people will not mind it but personally i see it as a huge waste and don't like it at all tbh. OH YOU FOLD HALLELUJAH :lol :clap lol @ the chat with 44 :lol ;) TBH i didn't think about what he could have i was just looking at your bets and applauded politely. (Can you run any hotter BTW :lol) 50:50 bttm left is a car crash of a raise to put the shortstack all in on the monotone board but i'm sure you knew that. 55:00 top left, forget a car crash this is a multi-vehicle pile-up. Where do i start? Flatting the 3bet with JJ is fine, so long as you intend to get it in post flop on a dry board. AFAIK it doesn't look like from the stats you have much history with this player so i'd just be 4betting this all day long vs an unknown. So you do look to get it in on the 784r re-raising to $4. This is where the lorry jackknifes. Your raise to $4 looks like you're totally committed to getting it all in so basically that narrows down the range for which villain will re-raise all in (I think you now clock this likelihood as you've requested timebank after he ships). I'd prefer a smaller re-raise on the flop, one that doesn't look like you're totally committed to going all in. After you raise to $4 you HAVE to call the all in so at least you save some face and show him the goods. If somebody re-raised me to $40 on the flop and timebank called with JJ i'd say 'lol thanks for the slowroll' in the chat because it looks totally terrible TBH. So there we are after the first 22mins i was expecting a comfortable viewing hoping to barely say anything then more and more dodgy stuff started to creep in, other than the JJ nothing too major but some spewy stuff that can cost on other days. If you felt you were behind with the JJ then call the flop, don't commit half your stack then fold (or think of folding) thinking of folding is a worrying leak IMO as i just don't think your thought process is right in that situation at all. I was going to say ok now time to move up to 100nl but the JJ worries me and so 50nl would be safer. Anyway you got a great 6max game.

GaF · November 6, 2009

Re: My PokerStaking Goals and Video Cheers Nade - I'm going to rewatch my video straight away with your comments beside me :ok

deadlydaveLDN · November 6, 2009