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Charlie44:
Just an update on progress.

After identifying my leak with preflop losses, I have now developed a hud which I am comfortable with and gives me the info. I need. I have started 3 betting players who appear to be raising light in late position, but only where I have feel my holding is beating their range.  Also as recommended by Brendan I am calling in positon with a reasonable holding against a player who I think I can outplay postflop. Also I am stealing blinds more often against players who fold too often, but again only if I have a playable holding.

My stats below compare Fridays session to the overall stats for the month. The increase in agression can easily be seen which I am happy with. The loss on Friday was due to other issues not as a result of the extra agression.

                 Friday            Month to date
Profit           $-14.89            $69.57
Hands          794                  13,885
BB/100         -21.31              6.85
VPIP            16.07                13.23
PFR             13.15                10.11
3 Bet PFR       5.30                 3.79
2bet/fold PF* 52.94               60.41
4 bet pf  **    8.51                 4.70
Att to steal LP*** 40.32              34.82
Att to steal SB 45.45              24.40

*I have use the 2 bet/fold pf  stat as opposed to the fold to 3 bet, as the latter of course includes those where you fold to cold 3 bet.
**The 4 bet pf figure of course includes in its population those occassions where I am facing a cold 3 bet. I could have used the raise/4 bet stat but this probably hides the lost opprtunities for 4 betting cold.

***Also I couldn"t see the "attempt to steal button" but I think the "attempt to steal late position" is a good alternative.

The MTD hands played are above target and the MTD BB/100 is close to target (6.85 compared to 8 ). So overall I am very happy with progress made to date. I am learning a lot and enjoing it. What more can I ask ? :)

My progres to date has I am sure been all the more because of apaters" help and advice. So please keep it coming. Further observations and advice very welcome.

Charlie44:
Doing a bit more digging today on my stats. Looking at results from 10th September. The preflop loss of $6.85 on first glance again seems a concern. It was interesting however that of the 139 pre flop raises only 38 appear to have resulted in a gain of blinds unopposed. 73 of them saw a flop. However for those 73 hands I made a profit of $19.96, which is more than the $10.95 I would have gained if the raises resulted in everybody folding. Of course if they had been folded my preflop result would have become $4.10 profit, but my overall profit for the day would have been less. Confused ? so am I  ???

My late position attempts to steal of 44% (37/83) and SB steal 47% (9/19) are fine now I think, but I definitely need to increase my 3 bet rate of 3.3% (14/418) .

Any observation or advice welcome.

Charlie44:
Felt the session went well today with results below :

                     Today        Month to date
Preflop profit       -$2.70       -86.92
Overall Profit         $0.57      48.13
Hands                  816         15,272
BB/100                 0.70            4.54
VPIP                  15.88         13.41  
PFR                    12.78         10.32
3 Bet PFR             5.02          3.90
2bet/fold PF        61.54          62.10
4 bet pf              2.63           4.38
Att to steal LP     46.88         35.34
Att to steal SB     52.94         26.02


Whilst the profit wasn"t great, there were a number of things I was happy about -

As the stats show I am becoming more agressive in position. This is having the effect of reducing my inherent daily preflop losses.

My allin adjusted result as was actually 10.49, as I got it all in on the flop with the nut straight but got outdrawn.

I generally felt I have improved this month but the main thing I"ve learnt about poker over the past couple of weeks is that there is a lot I don"t know. :-[


Reviewing previous forum discussion I came across these comments from Brendan today -


Preflop.

Look for reasons to choose your best option. In this exact spot my thought process would be...

Does villain open too wide in this position, if so, 3b will turn a profit.

Does villain play well post flop, does he cb either too much or too little, if so, I"ll flat knowing I can win my fair share without hitting.

It didn"t sink in really at the time. But I really believe you need to get players away from their strengths, and into their weaknesses. Against the regs you would probably be happy to 3 bet them preflop and get them to fold and winning 3bbs or so , but somebody who is weak you probably want to be playing them post flop especially in position, with a good chance of winning more from them. Does this make sense ?

Charlie44:
Not a good start to the session. 10th hand AK,  A high flop,  villain has ... AA.  Hunderd hands later AK, K high flop, villain has ...AA. Hey ho :"(

Charlie44:
Just been stacked again with AK. Have given up for the day otherwise I will be playing on tilt. I think I should have got away from at least from some of the hands - will review and post later.

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