I'm writing this out for maybe some advice, possibly you suffer from these issues as well, also so I can identify what I need to improve on. I really want to get even more serious since I have noticed I really do enjoy playing online as well. Without playing this weekend I went crazy..so anyway, here is what I have noticed.
I raise to much out of the blinds. Anytime I get a hand I would open in CO I raise it up and I notice I loose most of my money out of the blinds as do most. I feel I need to call from these spots and if I hit an over card be weary about the kicker. I feel all my other spots I play very well pre-flop.
I need to be careful with tilting, after awhile I randomly start "chasing" pots thinking oh they don't have it, I'm better then this player..etc. I maybe better then that player but everyone is going to hit cards. I need to stay tight and not loosen up. If I would do this I can see myself increasing my bankroll very quickly as well.
I don't quit when I know I should. I say hey these are free hands I already paid for, why don't I wait to see if I get good cards, I then get decent cards and end up loosing money on them. I need to just close the table and not worry about that whole ten cents I spent on blinds. I doubled up yesterday and didn't close the table then lost everything the very next hand. I need to restart my internal clock by closing the table so I can tighten up more. If I have $10 on $10NL I play very well, once it gets up I loosen up.
Board hits a flush/straight, when this happens I think they don't have any piece of it, and I think we will chop, I'm not sure if this is the correct move because so far I have been paying off the other person, comments on this?Pot odds are something I am aware of but I don't follow them like I should. I'm not calculating my outs enough and I'm taking chances if I feel the player will pay me off. Even though this is one of my biggest weaknesses I don't feel it is effecting my game as much as it should be at this point since I do get lucky sometimes. This is something I need to practice and the online action is to fast for me to start out, I may just start with some change and a deck of cards, any other ideas how to increase this?
I feel my betting habits are very good, Some situations I need to be betting less, mainly against a good player that knows I'm trying to get him off a hand if I'm not positive I have it, they expect a blocker/value bet and I put to much on but over all my betting habbits are very good.
Any info on this stuff I would appreciate.
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Hey Kev, you definitely need to watch be selective when raising out of the blinds. Your gonna be out of position the rest of the hand so you should only do so with premium hands!
10NL in some ways is tougher then higher stakes. Its so much more loose passive that you have to wait for those good hands and bet them.
Strong drawing hands like overs with a flush draw can be profitably bet too.
I saw a video on cardrunners with a player that was a 6 bb/100 hands winner at $.10NL and 10 bb/100 hands winner at $.25NL over 60,000 hands.
His stats were:
18 VP$IP / 14 PFR
Att to steal 25
Cbet flop %66
Some key things I see are play tight! and don't Cbet as much!
Thanks, I have been doing a lot better since I listed these weaknesses I have concentrated on them and now am over coming many of them. Now my new weakness is the aggressive player...hopefully I figure that out soon cause I feel I'm giving up to much against this player with high pair on board.
What's up Smakattack! I'm seeing a lot of the same things you are and I'm playing $25NL right now (I may change my mind when I get to see Jerick's $50NL video when it's fixed). I've stopped c-betting with more than one person in the hand unless I got a piece of it (at least middle pair with a good kicker). I'm also pretty careful with drawing hands being represented. Sometimes I'll check the turn to see if the straight/flush card hits the river and just call/check to minimize the loss in case they were chasing. If no draw card hits I'll bet the river....if it does and they check I'll check as well since I have good showdown value. Overall, just playing tight, grinding it out, and c-betting only when it's not as risky. People will call with anything at lower limits so why throw money away? You even have to bet flopped trips sometimes so people don't chase their runner runner inside straight draws....crazies I tell ya!
I noticed the holes in my game have definately closed up a good amount. I'm noticing things really come together now that I watched the 2nd video of crushing at the micro limits, just came out and it is 10x better then the first. Tells you about each type of player and how to take advantage of them and get more $$ out of certain plays because of the style of there play. I really need to watch it a second time. Can't wait for the next one they will talk about more handling the bullies, which they gave me some tips for last night and they seemed to help a good amount. I played 3.5 hours last night, the tilt I use to get after long periods of time is pretty much gone, I'm solid almost through out the whole game now. I'm excited for another session tonight, I'm just hoping I get some better cards then yesterday and that I know to think twice when I have a set, even though I still think I played the hands correctly.
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