My Progress

this is where Im going to start this is my current stats and graph.. my goal as of now since Im working full time and a father of 2 kids(which I dont consider to be a hindrance at all :P) is to play at least 2 hours a day..

Ooops I guess I still need to study how to post picture here lol anyway:

current BR is $223.40
Stats:
Hands: 6489
My C-won: $23.01
My C/100: $0.35
BB/Hour: 7.19
My C/Day: $2.30

Using PT4 Im not sure but when I look @ my stats under statistics ofcourse
its only giving me 3,114 hands not sure why but anyway..

VPIP: 17.61
PFR: 13.28
Total AFq: 50.92
WTSD%: 26.9
WSD: 56.64

By position: Hands/VPIP/PFR/My C Won

BTN: 575/27.83/24.35/-$2.01
CO: 559/18.96/16.64/$8.14
MP: 516/12.4/11.24/$5.77
EP: 287/12.89/12.2/$19.68
BB: 595/14.76/6.69/$2.53
SB: 582/15.64/7.23/-$11.31

To be honest Im not sure why Im loosing @ the BU.. should I be earning more @ the BU??
GUYS hope you take a look @ this stats and give me some feedback.. If there are any other stats that you might need just let me know.. and again Ill be posting everyweek maybe every monday.. Ill post graph once I`ve learned how to ♦

Thanks good luck @ the tables everyone..

All I can say for now is that for 6-max you might be playing too tight, based on your vpip and pf. About button, it depends how you play that position.

yeah, you might be playing too tight indeed, in general you want to open less on utg and more on co/bu.
in any case people at nl5- let you get away with it

you should never be losing from any position which are not the blinds, but that said, we can't judge your positional stats for that sample. proof that it is way too small is that you are winning from the bb

Thanks and Ill be postil my progress here every week.. Do you think 40 buyin BRM is enough??

regarding playing too tight @ the BU.. I guess I only play once I have a situation where in there no one raises I normally raise pretty wide @ the BU.. but Im not getting that situation very often..

hello windar!

Do you think 40 buyin BRM is enough

nice. i guess you won't feel a thing when you get stacked ♦

good luck with your goals. poker isn't easy so best thing to do is study study study and discussing the game with other players will be extremely beneficial. i will be following!

Lewis.

started playing today and was down $13.07 not getting good session lost some AA in an allin pre.. and manage to win some big pots as well.. will be posting hands on the hand eval section..

Originally posted by DrDunne

Do you think 40 buyin BRM is enough

nice. i guess you won't feel a thing when you get stacked ♦

thanks.. but Im not sure what this line means.. do you think 40Buy-In BRM is a bit short or you mean its ok?

what would you consider as good BRM for this stakes?

To be honest Im not that good yet but Im willing to study to improved Ill be posting Hands every week, and some strategy questions here in my blog Ill do it weekly on my off.. thanks for the comments...

Originally posted by windar021

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Originally posted by DrDunne

Do you think 40 buyin BRM is enough

nice. i guess you won't feel a thing when you get stacked ♦

thanks.. but Im not sure what this line means.. do you think 40Buy-In BRM is a bit short or you mean its ok?

what would you consider as good BRM for this stakes?

yeah 40 BI is really good. BRM is down to personal preference. when i started out i even used 15BI at nl2. i used 25 for nl4 but once i hit nl10 i tried to use 25 but it was way too tilting to lose a stack. so the next time i shot for it i had 40BI. if i'm confident in my game and especially confident on a certain limit, i don't think i need as much. like if i moved back down to nl2 or nl4 now id probably be happy with some aggro BRM but i much prefer having a nitty BRM since it helps me tilt less if i run really bad.

so while BRM is down to personal preference to some degree, understanding the proper reason why we have it is essential. check out this video if you haven't already, and you will see why it is so important to have enough money. generally 25 BI is fine, but also ask yourself how you feel when you lose a stack at your limit. what about 5 stacks?

Originally posted by windar021
To be honest Im not that good yet but Im willing to study to improved Ill be posting Hands every week, and some strategy questions here in my blog Ill do it weekly on my off.. thanks for the comments...

that's good to see! don't expect quick results. the more you study, the quicker your results and the less money you lose as you move up later on. it isn't easy and there is a lot to learn but if you can work through it then you should be fine.

Lewis.

ah ok well great.. and by the way your name seems familiar.. I guess Ive watched a series here in PS, knowing me, knowing you.. right?

took an off today and I have some questions here.. I think Im having a problem playing OOP so much like BLINDS, and EP.. specially when facing a raise from BU against LAG or loose passive fish and I got lets say AJ+.. Let me give some examples here..
ex.
1. a raise from LAG BU, and Im holding A10+, KQ- here I always wanted to 3bet since I know Im ahead of their range.. but doing this will bloat flop and give me bad spot on playing post since I know I`ll be called pre..
2. a raise from LAG BU, and Im holding PP- not sure if its ok to setmine or just play it aggressively..

Here`s what I do now that I think is causing me problems when I get a BU raise from a LAG, or Loose passive one.. I normally just flat w AJ+, KQ type of hands cause I know that by 3 betting Ill get call anyway and will have to invest money again by cbetting OOP.. but the more problem is whenever I do this and hit TPTK or TPGK.. Im not sure If I should donk? If I donk and got raised what the hell would I do?? or maybe just lead/broke on this spots, c/r, or c/c?

I find it more easy when facing a BU raise from reg, or TAG.. cause I know that they normally just steal and will fold to a 3bet..

pls help me guys here..

hey windar, yep that's it!

about your question, i replied in your other thread. when you say you normally just flat w/AJ+, KQ type of hands.. the big question isn't what hands you do it with, but your reasoning behind each action. what reasons might you want to flat, and what reasons might you want to raise? then think about each opponent type and think about what they do + with what hands, then think about the best action with each hand vs that villain. there are obviously more experienced players than myself who can probably offer you better advice but this is pretty fundamental to answering your question

Got it, to day is a day off.. and will watch some videos later on.. Im down to $195.00.. But thats not bec of 6-Max Grinding.. I include some MTTs and satellites to my grind.. will start grinding the day after tom..

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
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6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($5.12) 102bb
UTG+1 ($3.95) 79bb
CO ($5.64) 113bb
BTN ($7.93) 159bb
SB ($5.43) 109bb
windar021 (BB) ($5.45) 109bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 6 players) windar021 is BB A♥ K♥
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.15, 1 fold, windar021 raises to $0.45, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: K♦ 5♠ J♦ ($0.92, 2 players)
windar021 bets $0.80, BTN raises to $1.60, windar021 calls $0.80

Turn: 8♥ ($4.12, 2 players)
windar021 checks, BTN bets $3.55, windar021 folds

guys what do you think should ive done here.. villain was unknown..

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
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Stacks:
windar021 (UTG) ($5) 100bb
CO ($5.19) 104bb
BTN ($4.54) 91bb
SB ($9.66) 193bb
BB ($5.49) 110bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 5 players) windar021 is UTG A♥ A♣
windar021 raises to $0.17, CO raises to $0.30, 3 folds, windar021 raises to $0.90, CO calls $0.60

Flop: 5♥ 4♦ 10:diamond: ($1.87, 2 players)
windar021 bets $1.40, CO goes all-in $4.29, windar021 goes all-in $2.70

Turn: 8♦ ($10.07, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: 2♦ ($10.07, 2 players, 2 all-in)

what do you guys think about this??

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
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Stacks:
UTG ($10.43) 209bb
CO ($5.79) 116bb
windar021 (BTN) ($5.46) 109bb
SB ($1.27) 25bb
BB ($5.05) 101bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 5 players) windar021 is BTN J♣ Q♦
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, windar021 raises to $0.25, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: J♦ 5♦ 4♣ ($0.57, 2 players)
UTG bets $0.10, windar021 raises to $0.40, UTG calls $0.30

Turn: 7♣ ($1.37, 2 players)
UTG checks, windar021 bets $1.20, UTG calls $1.20

River: 6♣ ($3.77, 2 players)
UTG checks, windar021 checks

what about this guys? wasnt able to get villain stats, but he is kinda loose..

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
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Stacks:
UTG ($2.96) 59bb
windar021 (CO) ($5) 100bb
BTN ($5) 100bb
SB ($17.36) 347bb
BB ($5.37) 107bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 5 players) windar021 is CO A♦ K♦
UTG calls $0.05, windar021 raises to $0.25, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: A♠ Q♣ J♠ ($0.57, 2 players)
UTG bets $0.20, windar021 raises to $0.60, UTG raises to $1, windar021 raises to $3.55, UTG goes all-in $1.71

Turn: 8♥ ($5.99, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: J♦ ($5.99, 2 players, 1 all-in)

here to be honest Im not sure why I went broke here villain was unkown and theres a lot of 2pair combo here.. I put him on 2 pair but I guess I saw the gutshot as a freakin reason for me to kill..

Here`s my Graph