Full tilt - July (all six max)
50NL: 2182 hands, -$93.95 (-4.31BB/100)
25NL: 2,632 hands, +$91.15 (6.83BB/100)
10NL: 24 hands, +$3 (62.50BB/100)
Overall: 4,838 hands +$0.2
Full Tilt - August
50 NL: 7216 hands, +$491.80 (6.81BB/100)
25NL: 668 hands, +$9.95 (2.98BB/100)
Overall: 7884 hands,+$501.05 (6.48 BB/100 - $13.17/hour - 13.48BB/hour).
At 50NL I have 19.20/15.64 VPIP/PFR stats (something like 18/14 is roughly what I am looking for), AF is 4.48 (which I note now has fallen a bit recently) and I C-bet the flop 86% of the time, and turn 52%.
Always wanted to do this:
Obvious leaks:
1) Over playing/misplaying pocket pairs on low flops in the face of aggression - still struggling with this.
2) Set mining without the implied odds - in particular calling 3-bets - I identified this in broad terms myself, but have since read a very good article which suggests that if you are going to call, the raiser (and you) need to have a stack of approximately 16x the amount you have to call to make it a profitable call (the break even point is a bit lower than 16x). So any 3 bet to more than 5, following a standard raise to 1.75, is basically unprofitable for set mining when both players have standard 50 stacks. The standard 3 bet is to 6 - so both players will need stacks of 68 to make that a profitable call. I was calling 3 bets to about 8.5 at one point with 50ish stacks.
3) Combining 1 and 2
4) Not really knowing how to play against a particular type of fish - those that limp into every pot and won't fold most of the time - my two losingest sessions have involved one of these sitting to my right.
5) Not realising (or refusing to accept) that a min raise or a check min raise on the flop or turn usually signifies the nuts or something very strong (usually trips) and jamming with a non premium overpair. I think I have this one tagged now (but I stacked off 3x first). And now its basically a fold situation unless I have a monster or a note that the player uses it as a bluff (which as shameful a play it is - I have used a couple of times myself to bluff off fish who I have seen using the min raise with the nuts).
6) Failing to recognise that, at this level, players with full stacks rarely get it all in post flop without large hands - so its important to identify the passive players (who won't jam without the nuts) and the aggressive players who might. There are a lot more passive than aggressive players.
Interestingly/not surprisingly my 3 losingest hands so far including the first few days of September are QQ and 1010, and 33. My 3 winningest hands are JJ, AKo and AA.
33 makes an appearance because I have twice made sets, got all the money in, and then been rivered. But QQ and 1010 are a concern.
I will be having an enforced break over the next few days and plan to spend some time reviewing old hands.
