Stats for this month on PartyPoker. I need tweaking. Graph included

[Barrin6]

I started poker during august with no knowledge on how to play. Went in debt for 1 grand. Still working on it back up though.

This month, December has been great for me because it's the month I actually been up besides a MTT I won.
I'm planning to switch over to Stars because of the bonuses but people always talk about Pokerstars as being notoriously hard to beat in ring games. How much harder can it be?

Here are my stats on Party Poker for this month.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3882/breakdown9wk.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6818/12ring1tx.jpg

Any advice on what I should do will be helpful. Thanks in advance!

[caz]

Someone will advise you to read the faqs so I might aswell save them the trouble.

Now: Winning a few BB's after a few hundred hands is not an indicator that you should move up! There is a reason winning stats are BB/100 hands: You should have thousands of hands to see your BB/100.

A big mistake newcommers make is getting into a hole and moving up to fast to make it back fast. I don't know how much money you have in your bankroll but I sujest you pick a level and stick to it for ATLEAST 5k hands. When that is done you should probably play 5k more

[Barrin6]

Alright so 9k more hands to go

[UCLAseetoK]

I would strongly suggest playing the .5/1 full ring games while reading the microlimit forum. After 20k hands of playing and reading the forum, if you think you're a solid winner at .5/1 then consider moving up. This 20k hand specification is by no means stringent though... move up if you feel you've developed enough to do so. By developed of course, I mean developed better play, not just move up because you have X number for a winrate.

[SackUp]

yeah these stats mean absolutely nothing at this point. You need to raise preflop a TON more and attempt to steal more often. And your vpip is a bit high as well, especially considering you are not raising and stealking. And this might be a first but you need to defend you sb and bb a ton less. How can you never fold your sb?!?!? That's hot. Just b/c you have some money in does not mean you call anything especially if the pot has been raised.

Have you read Small Stakes Hold em or anything like that? I would seriously suggest reading those as it appears from these brief stats you need a fairly major overhaul.

[MyTurn2Raise]

my god...i piss this many hands a day

read first
then ask questions which haven't been addressed a million times

[Fryguy]

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my god...i piss this many hands a day

read first
then ask questions which haven't been addressed a million times

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QFT, I played more hands than this yesterday.

Pick a game/limit and stick to it. For at least 10,000 hands. Read SSHE, TOP, and HEFAP, and come back after 10k+ hands with a stats post if you are still wondering.

[Barrin6]

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yeah these stats mean absolutely nothing at this point. You need to raise preflop a TON more and attempt to steal more often. And your vpip is a bit high as well, especially considering you are not raising and stealking. And this might be a first but you need to defend you sb and bb a ton less. How can you never fold your sb?!?!? That's hot. Just b/c you have some money in does not mean you call anything especially if the pot has been raised.

Have you read Small Stakes Hold em or anything like that? I would seriously suggest reading those as it appears from these brief stats you need a fairly major overhaul.

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Thanks for the advice everyone. Where can I find Small stakes holdem? Are you talking about the guide on Tightpoker?

Well I'm hitting it back to the 1/2 tables then. I might try stars instead.

[caz]

I got mine on amazon.com for about 20$. Its a great book. Good luck!

[Barrin6]

CRAP I deposited 75 into STars and tried to blind steal more, it resulted me in losing more money

[Dootch]

your missing the point everyone is trying to tell you.

A few hundred hands is not indicative. You weren't losing because you tried to blind steal more. You were losing because thats what happens

[caz]

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CRAP I deposited 75 into STars and tried to blind steal more, it resulted me in losing more money

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Note the recommended starting bankroll for each limit. While a 75$ bankroll for teh 1/2 limit isn't impossible, it's not very recommended if your a beginner. Deposit ATLEAST 200$ into one site (400$ would be better) and play many hands.

Don't be surprised if you lose a chunck. Learning involves losing unless your just naturally talented when it comes to SSL poker. I was down 200$ before getting the hang of 1/2 and now I've made it all back plus much much more.

Read these forums, review hands, and post ones your unsure about.