Rip my pt numbers apart (comments please)

[PShabi]

Actually, I only "party" during bonuses right now but I'm going to start playing there again exclusively. Hopefully this weekend. I like Interpoker and I play UB, but that shit's been tough over there lately. I'll take a look at all of my stats later but my VPIP is only in the 23 range. I think I raise 17 or 18 preflop.

You have to be playing good poker with that winrate, but you have to realize that variance has been on your side a bit at least. 10k hands is pretty insignicant, but I have heard of people winning 4+BBs at that level for a more substantial amount of hands.

But playing that loose preflop and winning at that rate seems to be an indication of running GOOD AS A MOTHERFUCKER! You can play looser than I do, don't go me wrong. I'd like to find a way to be playing at 26/27, but I just don't know how.

As for moving up, I know you tried it once and struggled. Was the game that much different from 1/2? Anything major you noticed?

[nutbag]

Yeah, it's a completely different game. I was running at 8 for the first 8000, so I know i'm running well, but I think that 4-5 is easily sustainable at this limit. I think I'm able to keep my vpip up because i'm just so much better postflop that most 1/2 players(everybody who has a clue moves up after a while) . Getting pot odds and value betting are just so easy here.

I reread Small stakes hold em and it pretty much is all just a repeition of this one sentence. Put money in when your (percepted) pot equity is high enough, and manipulate your positon if possible. That helped me when before I always fell into thinking I deserve this pot, and i'm going to bet like it (which is just idiotic and lost me alot of money).

Moving up to 3/6, I think that there's still maniacs out there, but I'm not able to value bet as much as 1/2. I think the average 3/6 6maxer still has pretty atrocious preflop standars, but is much improved postflop. Thus playing 35-40 yeilds alot less value. I've taken stabs and am running better, but 4tabling 1/2 is great stable money at the moment (and my only income), so not to much in a hurry to move up.

Although I don't think i'm running tooooo well, it'll be interesting to see what the next few thousand bring.