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Old 11-04-2007, 02:43 PM
pzhon pzhon is offline
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Default Re: First 1000 hands... what are my leaks?

That your "Diff w/o blinds" is negative means you would be better off folding your blinds without looking at your cards. That would be a terrible way to play, wasting the premium hands you get in the blinds, and doing worse is a sign that you are either playing badly in the blinds, or you have been quite unlucky there.

I recommend folding the SB much more frequently. You are completing the small blind with hands like J5s (and worse). What are you hoping to hit? It is hard to get value when you only flop one pair, being out of position greatly decreases the value of any draws, and it is too rare (~5%) for you to flop two pair or better or a made flush.

Your aggression factors seem very high postflop, particularly since you are limping in with weak hands. You might have heard people say, "Raise or fold." However, in cash games, this is a poor way to play. Many times you won't fold out many stronger hands, but you have enough equity to call. Normal for winning 6-max players is something like 4-2-2 instead of your 4-4-6, and playing weaker hands may mean you have to call more than normal.

Don't worry about what PokerTracker says about your wins or losses with one pair. If you fold preflop, and the board is paired, that counts as losing with one pair. You would like to know whether you are losing money when you hit the board once. If the board is paired, that counts as two pair.
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