cwar
12-08-2006, 02:51 PM
<font color="blue">This is part of a letter I sent this to a 6 handed 50nl player wondering what he could do to become a winning player. He specifically wanted to know about preflop play. As of now he has a vpip of about 50%. Its pretty basic but outlines some good ways of thinking preflop so I thought I would share. </font>
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=5892078&an=&page=0&vc=1
This is a link that I think you will find helpful. It is chart of the varying statistics that winning players submitted for SSNL games.
To address your specific stats questions in my opinion it is IMPOSSIBLE to beat 100nl and below with a vpip of 40% or higher (I can prove this if you want as I have datamined about 3 million hands at 50nl and 100nl games). You have to remember that small stakes rake hits your profit VERY hard, I pay a little less in rake then I make in profit.
Generally I can tell you probably play too loosely and too passively preflop. When you enter a pot in 6handed no limit you generally want to be the raiser OR have a pocket pair that you are set hunting with. If your vpip is 50% you are probably calling too many other peoples raises with unpaired cards. A good example is if a standard player raises in first position, everyone folds to you on the button and you have ATo you should fold 90% of the time (depends on the player of course).
Another good thing to remember is you should almost never "defend" your big/small blind with unpaired cards (at these limits). If you have a pocket pair you can call but if you pick up something like AJs (which is the minimum hand I would play against a raise out of position, and generally only from an aggressive player in the CO or OTB) I generally want to reraise with it. AK and AQ are different, you can call these but should strongly consider reraising unless the player is very loose. In short I would aim for a vpip of 23% +/- 2% depending on your style/game selection, although playing tigher would definitely be ok.
Goodluck at the tables,
Chris
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=5892078&an=&page=0&vc=1
This is a link that I think you will find helpful. It is chart of the varying statistics that winning players submitted for SSNL games.
To address your specific stats questions in my opinion it is IMPOSSIBLE to beat 100nl and below with a vpip of 40% or higher (I can prove this if you want as I have datamined about 3 million hands at 50nl and 100nl games). You have to remember that small stakes rake hits your profit VERY hard, I pay a little less in rake then I make in profit.
Generally I can tell you probably play too loosely and too passively preflop. When you enter a pot in 6handed no limit you generally want to be the raiser OR have a pocket pair that you are set hunting with. If your vpip is 50% you are probably calling too many other peoples raises with unpaired cards. A good example is if a standard player raises in first position, everyone folds to you on the button and you have ATo you should fold 90% of the time (depends on the player of course).
Another good thing to remember is you should almost never "defend" your big/small blind with unpaired cards (at these limits). If you have a pocket pair you can call but if you pick up something like AJs (which is the minimum hand I would play against a raise out of position, and generally only from an aggressive player in the CO or OTB) I generally want to reraise with it. AK and AQ are different, you can call these but should strongly consider reraising unless the player is very loose. In short I would aim for a vpip of 23% +/- 2% depending on your style/game selection, although playing tigher would definitely be ok.
Goodluck at the tables,
Chris