Why can't I get my BR flowing?

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sendoushi

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Good morning,

Well, I've been playing poker for a while (like 2 or 3 years) but my bankroll still is really unstable. Stopped for a while (like 3 months) and got back now, still losing.

I like to play online tournament / SnG. I started to play cash tables but then became a tournament / SnG "fan" so I started to play DoN (low ones because of BR) but, after a while, i started losing. So I started to play 90 seats SnG but, after a while, I started losing again.
On both cases I barely arrived to the money. When I got to the final (on the 90) it was like a piece of luck.

I think i'm a Tight player and that is what it isn't helping me. I'm definitely not a loose player. It's really hard for me to use a marginal hand like let's say a 9-5 or even a 9-10.
Tried to make some changes...
Started to use K-10, A - X (which I wasn't using), tried to get my aggression flowing, as you can see below on my stats, but still not working for me.
I also think that i'm not taking any advantage of position.

Either way, I get to a place where I don't have enough chips or I just lose them to my aggression (I think).

Any ideas?

My stats from Poker Copilot:
Avg Win (BB/100 hands) - 11.77
Number of Hands - 8524
Flop seen - 16 %
Voluntarily played - 15 %
Raised - 6 %
Aggression - 45 %
Check-raised - 2.41 %
Folded to 3-bet pre-flop - 83 %
$Won/100 Hands - Negative(1656)
Folded to 3-bet pre-flop - 7 %
Folded BB to Steal - 83 %
Won at showdown - 52 %
 
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Well, I identify myself with some "TAG" problems so... maybe I am one... anyhow... About the position stats... here they go (sorry about the image, i'm still trying to find a good way to export these stats and copy)

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Unfortunately the image is only giving preflop info. But it looks like you are being abused like a nit. Meaning people noticed you fold to a reraise.

You maybe playing quality hands preflop, but you don't seem to show strength in your play. Meaning your are limping or calling way too much.
 
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By the way... Poker Copilot it's the only good software I find for poker for mac and ... it was already kind of expensive...

Anyhow... I kind of limp too much yes but I kind of am "afraid".
Low levels, players don't care about raises since it's low money. Every time I raise or something I just get called or re-raised even if they don't have anything. Kind of frustrating and almost impossible to bluff.

What would be your advice on that matter? I know that i have more problems ...
 
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The only difference about low level and higher level players is the number of fish swimming around. They are called fish because they are the ones that pay you.

If you are playing solid poker with a purpose for each decision you make; then you will be making the right choices regardless of the level. The odds will be in your favor, and in the long run you will be a winning player.

BTW........Welcome to CC. There's a ton of info here. Check it out and try to work on a few things at a time. It only takes a few minutes to learn Poker, but it takes a lifetime to master.
 
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Anyhow... I kind of limp too much yes but I kind of am "afraid".
Low levels, players don't care about raises since it's low money. Every time I raise or something I just get called or re-raised even if they don't have anything. Kind of frustrating and almost impossible to bluff.

What would be your advice on that matter? I know that i have more problems ...
Stop trying to justify limping too much. It's alright to do so under certain circumstances when you have decent reason to so so, but just being afraid isn't one of them.

Quite a few micro players are indeed loose with their money because it just isn't much even if it's their entire roll. That's something to embrace, not to fear. It raises the profitability of anyone who plays a decent-enough game to be a winning player. It also helps lower the barrier to becoming one.

As for players you can't bluff, that's only a problem to the extent that you try to do so. When you recognize such players, don't bluff them. Look toward value-towning them instead. Problem largely addressed. You don't have to outplay people consistently to win at the micros. It's a bit of a simplification, but people make more than enough mediocre and bad plays that give you money or make it easy to take it. As long as you give back less, you'll be profitable. This isn't the same as optimizing your win rate, but IMO, it's good to have a win rate before you focus on optimizing it.
 
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I would say you lose hands. You folded to 3bet 83%. You're playing tight, alot. Your aggression is 45%. You're not varying your play. If you have a big hand you bet and your opponent folds mostly knowing you have a hand. Also with a little bluff here and there you might be able to steal a few pots. You also folded you bb to steal 83%. Just giving away money. Saw flop 16%, i know you dont have to play a lot of hands but you're giving away alot between flops and bb.Im not an expert or a winning player but if i'm wrong please let me know if what i'm saying is right.
 
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your losing money UTG?

maybe your range is too wide there.

I know you said you class yourself as a tag, but the fact you called 95o 'marginal' worries me.

in fact on second look, its definitely too wide there.

18% vpip, raised.. 0%.

really?

I mean really? Does that mean your limping AA/KK etc as well?

that means your limping UTG and either folding to a raise.. or calling the raise and check folding when you brick the flop.

loose passive is the worst way to play poker, then tight passive is the 2nd imo.

the link between these two is PASSIVE.

tighten up your UTG range to TT+ AQ/AJs+..

and raise! if you limp you'll get destroyed by the regs.. and probably anyone with the sense to notice what you're doing.

also, you seem to be playing the most hands from the SB.. playing hands OOP is not going to win you money, stop it!

I could go on but my post is already a massive wall of text lol.

gl at the tables.
 
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By the way... Poker Copilot it's the only good software I find for poker for mac and ... it was already kind of expensive...

Anyhow... I kind of limp too much yes but I kind of am "afraid".
Low levels, players don't care about raises since it's low money. Every time I raise or something I just get called or re-raised even if they don't have anything. Kind of frustrating and almost impossible to bluff.

What would be your advice on that matter? I know that i have more problems ...

Try Poker Tracker, they have a good Mac version.
(I know I use it)

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As to the being 'afraid' part....then don't play.
I'm not trying to be mean or spiteful but poker is a game where you
won't always win with the best starting hand. Ask anyone here!

Yes low stakes players will 'fish', 'chase' and on many occasions 'hit' that
miracle card to beat your pocket A's but you have to be able to shake
that off and go to the next hand.

If you have a good starting hand, bet it, re-raise it, build up a decent pot to win
while at the same time pushing those low level 'afraid' players out of the hand.
(I imagine that's what's happening to you a fair amount of the time)
You want to be HU with that loose aggressive player who thinks he can always
hit the gutshot when you're holding the top pair.
Let him keep throwing his chips your way.

That's how you build your Bankroll.

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Stick to cash games and read threads here IMO. Tournaments have a ton of variance and you need to put in a lot of volume
 
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