Re: 25,000 Hand Stats Review. Advice greatly appreciated.
A bit of advice if I may.
If you are having problems with your blind play, remember to look for opportunties to raise when first in the pot. I've found it often prevents steals against you just as much as it allows you to steal. Some people get carried away and feel you should do this almost everytime. Do not fall into that trap and remember to think "opportunity" unless you are against someone obviously exploitable.
However, if this is new to you, only attempt these on people you have feel are very capable of folding and you have a good read on or your postflop play will suffer. Keep changing tables until you find one. It's easy enough to do that online. Basically you are going to learn how to plug the hole those seem to be exploiting against you. Once you know how they exploit you, the better you will able to defend the exploit. (You may take some lumps in the beginning but stick with being aggressive in an opportune way). After awhile you'll have all the tools to play most tables. Even the best players prefer a softer game rather than fighting it out for blinds. Table selection and discipline will be key here.
Your stats seem to dictate you are playing a tight aggressive game until you get to these big pots and then you back down. If you have lost a lot of the big pots and have become fearful of them, that is a good indication you are playing predictably, undervalue your hand, or are obviously fearful of big pots. You might want to figure out what it is and try to correct it.
I will follow up with this. Not every hand you play has to be played for max value. Of course we would all like this but you should keep in mind that you need to protect your chips just as much as get value out of your hand.
Good luck.
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