Can't beat micro

8K isnt a large sample at all.
80K isnt really a large sample either... but its better...

your attempt to steal is very very low. which makes me think your never willing to open the CO or btn to steal or squeeze a few limpers ect.
ummm from wat i see i think it has to do with your unwillingness to participate in a hand unless you have something.... your red line is horrible.

for anyone that tells you "this is micro stakes, ur red line is supposed to be going down" is wrong.... all threw the micros i have had a breakevenish red line, if not positive at some points... the reason for this is simple. people play extreamly face up. i would mind myself betting $1 into a $5 flop and taking it down as if i bet pot. min raising peoples cbets on the flop....ect.


you need to start focusing on how to abuse the players at your table and stop worrying so much about the cards in your hand.
example....remmeber, your money comes from the players at the table, not the cards in your hand.

this guy calls wayyy to much...start pot betting ur good hands
this guy is sooo ofucking weak...i just 1/4th pot every street and its like auto fold by river
this guy is a fucking lunatic...im ganna check call all 3 streets and let him go nuts with airball
this guy is so aggressive preflop, fires 1 bet then gives up to a 1/2 pot bet on the turn so il play him IP.

ect ect ect

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No your redline is fucked. Drop tables and focus on better postflop play. You shouldnt be just cbet folding every board, which im guessing is whats responsible for these types of redlines.

sample size yo

here's my 2 cents:

8k hands is nothing so don't overthink things for now and don't focus on your results over such a small sample.

It is certainly possible to be a winner at the micros with a redline going steadily down, however the angle on yours might be making it difficult for you. And like JSquids said, it's not supposed to be going down just coz it's the micros.

I'm not much of a stats expert but playing 17/7 is way too weak I think. I certainly have no research to back that up or anything, but even with solid postflop play I doubt people playing like that can be more than marginal winners. All I know is when I see those stats at the tables it just screams "breakeven/losing player".
For a start you could aim for something more like either 17/15 or even 14/12 or so f you're uncomfortable raising that much at first, you can always try to gradually open it up with time later. What's important is if you're attempting a nitty tag style the gap between VPIP and PFR shouldn't be as big as in your sample.
Also your aggression factor looks really low. I'm not an expert on aggression frequency % so no comments here, but having an AF of 1.8 seems pretty weak. Keep in mind though it might just be the sample size, and also, many people think the AF stat is irrelevant and aggression frequency % should be used solely instead.

Lastly and perhaps most importantly, in your post you're asking a lot of very general questions for which there are no definitive answers. You are wrong in your approach. Nobody can tell you if you should barrel or check/whatever your AK if your cbet gets called etc, because the answer to all of those questions would always be: it depends. Poker is about decision making, and you should try to use as much information as possible when faced with every single decision. Stuff like stack sizes, opponent's stats/image, your stats/image in his eyes, dynamic, timing, ranges (omg...) - you need to always take into account things like these, and I'm sure many, many other details too, I'm a long time micro stakes noob myself so I must be missing a lot still hehe.
But I'd say learning how the available information is relevant and how to better use it to find the best course of action comes with time and experience, at least I know I've gotten better at it after a while. Or maybe somebody could just teach you all that, not sure.



wow this is the first time in forever I'm making a post like that on lp, I hope the poker gods will give me good karma lol

lol i used to beat 10nl playing like 30/22 and up. loosin up ALOT.

thats def my best advice

On July 15 2010 11:50 JSquids wrote: lol i used to beat 10nl playing like 30/22 and up. loosin up ALOT. thats def my best advice

+1

At NL 10 there are a lot of sick nits. I changed my full ring stats from 13/9 to 19/15 and made a lot more profit being aggressive. As long as you don't donk away huge pots and play smart postflop with the different hands you get, you should make up slightly more in nonshowdown which will increase your profit. You will also generate a more aggressive image so when you do hit a big hand more people won't think you have it and you'll get paid off. Be careful though, don't go around raising unconnected offsuit hands. Just open your range a little to mid/high suited connectors on the button/cutoff. This is where you will make most of your money.

Thanks for all the advice everyone, I've been playing a bit the passed hour or two and I feel a lot more confident. I've been stealing and picking up pots with ease really. I'm two tabling at the moment, I haven't gotten myself into any bother so far and I feel pretty good.
Opening up more from the CO and BT without fear and am generally thinking more about what is going on in the hand and about the players.