slycbnew
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
When you put money into a pot, you can win by showing down the best hand, or by having everyone else fold before showdown. You lose money when you put money into a pot and either show down a worse hand than the winner, or fold before showdown.
If your showdown line is breakeven, you're breaking even when you showdown.
If your showdown line is breakeven but your non-showdown line is good, then your style of play is more oriented to folding everyone else out before getting to showdown.
If your overall line is positive, then life is good whether you're deriving profits primarily from sd or from non-sd.
There are too many variables to say that a breakeven sd line is a bad sign (it'd be unusual, though, to see a winning microstakes player with a breakeven sd line I think), though it probably means you're not folding enough (i.e., you're probably a bit of a calling station). There's a stat called WTSD (went to showdown), if it's significantly above 20% you may want to look at your hand histories that you lost at sd and see if you can find a fold before you get to sd.
You may want to try posting your stats in the microgrinder thread and asking for feedback.
If your showdown line is breakeven, you're breaking even when you showdown.
If your showdown line is breakeven but your non-showdown line is good, then your style of play is more oriented to folding everyone else out before getting to showdown.
If your overall line is positive, then life is good whether you're deriving profits primarily from sd or from non-sd.
There are too many variables to say that a breakeven sd line is a bad sign (it'd be unusual, though, to see a winning microstakes player with a breakeven sd line I think), though it probably means you're not folding enough (i.e., you're probably a bit of a calling station). There's a stat called WTSD (went to showdown), if it's significantly above 20% you may want to look at your hand histories that you lost at sd and see if you can find a fold before you get to sd.
You may want to try posting your stats in the microgrinder thread and asking for feedback.
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WurlyQ
Visionary
Silver Level
Pretty much what slycbnew said.
To add a little more, a positive nonshowdown winnings but a flat showdown winnings means you probably do a fair deal taking pots away from people but bite the dust when your read is off.
If you don't bluff much and your showdown winnings are break even, you're either leaking or you're running bad. Solid fundamental poker (tight aggressive) at the micros should yield you a very much positive showdown line.
As has been stated, the bottom line is that you need to maximize your total profits. If your current style is working for you, stick with it.
To add a little more, a positive nonshowdown winnings but a flat showdown winnings means you probably do a fair deal taking pots away from people but bite the dust when your read is off.
If you don't bluff much and your showdown winnings are break even, you're either leaking or you're running bad. Solid fundamental poker (tight aggressive) at the micros should yield you a very much positive showdown line.
As has been stated, the bottom line is that you need to maximize your total profits. If your current style is working for you, stick with it.
benevg
Legend
Silver Level
my own showdown graph is actually quite a bit in the negative 
but i know why this is - because i think people bluff too much, so i call a lot good thing is my non-showdown winnings are approximately 3 times more than my showdown losses. but as everyone said - as long as your total winnings are above zero, you should be just fine. good luck!
but i know why this is - because i think people bluff too much, so i call a lot good thing is my non-showdown winnings are approximately 3 times more than my showdown losses. but as everyone said - as long as your total winnings are above zero, you should be just fine. good luck!