Cant beat microstakes, trying yet still failing[advice needed]?

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Okay so i have been playing poker for half a year on and off, i have read some books like phil gordon little green book, harrington on cash games. I have also watched and continue watching youtubers like splitsuit/xflix(the grinding series) and i have also read many of the forum posts about abc poker on how to beat the microstakes.

Yet my problem is that im breaking even with a very small winrate, also my winnings graph is going nuts, i dont know if this is considered variance or if i just that play bad?

Can i have some advice on what to do?

here some graphs:

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You are struggling with the same thing a lot of people struggle with if they aren't beating micro stakes. You're not being aggressive enough. You aren't c-betting enough, you aren't 3-betting enough. You're just playing too passively. It's the #1 thing that holds players back.

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You can't just rely on winning the hands you are supposed to win, you need to make your opponents make mistakes and win take down pots you aren't supposed to win.
 
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Yeah looking at the graph looks like very passive play.
 
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I agree that measured and consitent aggression is a winning trait but be careful of over participation and "systematic" aggression.

Also, there are many flops where it is "out of line" to bet without an insane hand. Many quality players watch for these moments when people bet in an a-typical way and attempt to capitalize. Also be very aware of position, and check raise the flop more will produce some good results.
 
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Okay, thanks everyone for your input. I will start studying more about cbets/3betting/4betting and on what flops to do that and according to what position.
I think i also have got to play a little bit wider range on BTN/SB/BB
 
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I think i also have got to play a little bit wider range on BTN/SB/BB

That is okay, but usually I don't mind folding a hand in a cash game, just not a lot in the pot to win, so I don't open my range much (it is quite different in tournaments). I'm looking to play hands that have a lot of value post-flop and play a big pot. Aggression goes hand and hand with this line of thinking. Many times people have trouble with aggression because they are playing hands that really should be in the muck. Play less hands, when you get a good hand, raise and re-raise.

One thing the graph doesn't show is your money management. A lot of times, you over stay your welcome and turn a good win at a table to a small win by playing too long. There are lots of tables you can move to. Sometimes you need to bank some money from one table to offset bad beats at another which can turn a break even session into a winning session.
 
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One thing the graph doesn't show is your money management. A lot of times, you over stay your welcome and turn a good win at a table to a small win by playing too long. There are lots of tables you can move to. Sometimes you need to bank some money from one table to offset bad beats at another which can turn a break even session into a winning session.

What i like to do is risk only 5% of my bankroll when i sit at a table, when i reach that 5% i move to another table. If there are fishy players on the other hand who will call anything and play a ton of hands and are also deep stacked ill continue and try to extract more money from them.
 
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Okay so i have been playing poker for half a year on and off, i have read some books like phil gordon little green book, harrington on cash games. I have also watched and continue watching youtubers like splitsuit/xflix(the grinding series) and i have also read many of the forum posts about abc poker on how to beat the microstakes.

Yet my problem is that im breaking even with a very small winrate, also my winnings graph is going nuts, i dont know if this is considered variance or if i just that play bad?

Can i have some advice on what to do?

here some graphs:

http://imageshack.com/a/img921/4877/elYSEb.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4747/tOoolA.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7731/EsYTTV.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/166/LWPEcO.png

http://imageshack.com/a/img922/8269/g7mq0n.png


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