Analysis of your Biggest Losses

[FairyTales]

I was playing yesterday and had a pretty bad session overall, small and big losses like it is almost always the case for me, and thought ok i suck, i'm the biggest donkey ever (Which might be true)

I always analyze my session to see where i've made the worst mistakes, calculate my equity etc...to improve my game as every person willing to learn should.

But today i came with an exercise i've never made before and that i have found REALLY insightful.

I opened PT and looked for the hand where i've lost the most since i've started playing, i took a piece a paper and started to write down by line, the amount i loss, and then the hand i had by the river and on what kind of board it was (example, possible straight draw, flushes possibility, how much overcards, if the board was paired), in a word the board texture and to what kind of hand i lost for example:

-1.4$ TP on flush + straight board ( TPGK vs flush).

I made that for every hand where i've lost more than 20BB.

Once i was finished i made the total of those big losses (a sort of really really simplified reverse sklansky bucks (hands where you could have saved some BB) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ) and made 5 lines underneath to show me on what kind of board i've lost the most.

Lines where:

vs Straight board x times
vs Flush Board x times
vs Paired Board x times
vs Overcards x times
vs Combo board x times ( board that meet several draw possibilities AKA "really scary boards")

By analyzing those hands from the beginning in one session and by putting those on paper, i've come to a lot of interresting conclusions on my play

1. I dont pay enough attention to the board texture and tend to get involved with hands that won't support the heat on draw heavy board

2. I don't give enough credits to villain (especially the ones with horrible stats)

3. I tend to go broke or pay a big chunk of my stack with holdings way to weak compared to the dangerosity of the board (see 1 and 2) also see the theory of big pots need big hands.

I know that i'm a losing player ,even if it's getting better lately, i don't think that i'm that stupid, i analyze my game, read books and 2+2, take time to think about the game and to learn new concepts, it's just that i have those kind of enormous leaks that needs to be fixed NOW and that all the theory i've learned haven't clicked in my head.

By making this I know that i'm leaking money but most importantly now i know WHY, and really recommend you to do the same.


Any thought on this is welcome, and if you want to team up or adopt a donkey feel free to PM me [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]