My first 10k hands *WARNING* stats

[Troll_Inc]

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In a few sentences you pretty much added nothing.

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That seems harsh. Did you read the link I posted?

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I did go to the link and I couldn't figure out what exactly your point was, and therefore I didn't find it helpful for this discussion.

Your Cliff Notes version is excellent and helps the discussion along.

I do not disagree with the idea that small leaks are important to plug. And if you can plug these leaks your winrate will go up by definition.

The argument on which leaks to plug first is interesting though. I offer no proof that large leaks are _more_ important to plug first than small leaks.

What I do believe fairly strongly though is that the analysis I suggest will minimize the effect of normal* distribution of big poker pots and help you determine exactly what your current winrate is. At 10,000 hands standard statistical analysis leave you with not very accurate information.

[skitzofranik]

I just wanted to say that in no way was my earlier post advocating that small leaks were insignificant. I completely agree that fixing these will increase your bb/100. I was merely trying to point out that, IMO, I think the op needs to fix some of his larger problems first (i.e. aggresion) before mulling over more of the situation specific stuff. My thinking is that the larger issues are easier (and quicker) to impletment a fix for, whereas the more specific parts of the game are harder to fine tune because you need to do alot of hand history analysis and what not to see where YOU PERSONALLY are having specific problems.

I guess "macro" for me was just meant to say problems everyone may have and "micro" was more along the lines of specific things YOU do that may cost you in your bottom line.

example:
MACRO: Low aggresion factor (many people have this and i believe it is easily remedied)


MICRO: (as previous poster said) Always limping Axxx pf, but playing well post-flop.
The analysis of this leak is harder to determine because you need to know what types of starting requirements you hold for your game, positional considerations, etc. A quick fix is not often found here.

(I hope that made it a little clearer)

[DakotaKid]

I think we were all misunderstanding each other for awhile. The bottom line here is that just by searching for leaks you have done more than most players will ever do, and that goes a long way.

Every new effort to fix your game will make you better at fixing it as well. And as expected the advice in this and many other threads is very helpful, especially to beginners. Even if it doesn't specifically teach someone what's wrong with their game it will go a long way towards teaching them how to think when trying to fix their game.