I can't beat 25nl, HELP! - Page 2

yo5ty · #11 05-10-2007, 05:23 PM

6,000 hands isn't nearly enough to be able to see results. I just recently started playing NL, and purchased poker tracker. I have 4.000 hands recorded, and while it may be tough I have to ignore the results sometimes because way to many factors effect them.

A perfect example is my current biggest losing hand is KK. I started freaking out, thinking that I was mis-playing KK, because I had lost 4x more with KK than any other hand. So I went into poker tracker, looked at my hand history, reviewed it with a friend of mine (who is a much better, much more successful player than myself) and realized it wasn't the play, it was bad luck that happened to hit with KK. Eventually you will miss out on those unlucky hands, and your wins with hands like KK and QQ will improve.

reno expat · #12 05-10-2007, 05:43 PM

you didn't give much information, but the two potential leaks i see are as follows: 1) you are raising too big with your KK and QQ to the point where no one will give you action with anything except for AA. You don't want to be in situations where the only hand that can call your rather large bet crushes you. 2) you may be getting too attached to hands. check your went to showdown %. See if you aren't taking the hands that you play too far.

Gustav · #13 05-10-2007, 05:58 PM

Much more likely he is seeing monsters and folding/slowing down too much.

reno expat · #14 05-10-2007, 06:06 PM

If this is the case, this could also be diagnosed with either a really low showdown percentage for folding too much or a low aggression rating for seeing monsters and failing to push edges by checking down winners.

apple11 · #15 05-10-2007, 06:23 PM

How do you guys tend to table select with no Hud or poker tracker I was planning on getting it when i move to 25 nl from 10 NL

jmgambler · #16 05-10-2007, 06:27 PM

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I just took a deeper look into my db. My positional stats are ok. However, my biggest losers are KK and QQ. Most of the time I play these hands I either win a small pot uncontested or someone has AA and we get it all in pre.

How do I avoid this?

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Then either the hand sample is not enough or your on a swing.
Because KK/QQ over time, even if you played them badly, short of folding PF with them statiscally they just will not stay in the red....... ask ANYONE here to look at the stats from their PT.

AA/KK/QQ are the biggest money earners.....(In fact every PP for me is in the Green) I have 15,000+ hands at Doyles, FTP, UB each and they all say the same.

AA vs KK doesn't happen often enough to worry about ... You sure your not getting clever with them?