Lo-Dog said:
Good topic Chuck. Thought I would post my hand history for the last 1000 hands just as a basis for discussion, might be easier to talk about with some numbers to look at. I omitted the 69 hands I have played of Omaha lately as I will get roasted for those ones
.
I suspect my % of pots won at showdown is low and my see flop% is about right on. Otherwise, beats me.
************************************************************
Hold'em (Real Money):
931 hands played and saw flop:
- 91 times out of 158 while in small blind (57%)
- 118 times out of 162 while in big blind (72%)
- 129 times out of 611 in other positions (21%)
- a total of 338 times out of 931 (36%)
Pots won at showdown - 39 out of 90 (43%)
Pots won without showdown - 87
Here is my two cents on your stats here. I play PS cash games also and don't have a stat tracker besides what PS keeps for me. I am assuming NL and 9 person tables. If you are playing limit or six person tables then my advice would be different.
Flops
You are a loose cash game player seeing 36% of flops (this is about right for touraments when you need to press sometimes). You should be in the mid 20% for cash games. You are defending your blinds to much
or you are at very passive tables that let you see for free or cheap and is altering your stats. Your other position is close to what you want so your Blinds might be a little leaky (losing money when you should have folded preflop).
Pots
You are a little low but not doing to bad with showdowns. You tighten up your preflop hand selection and this will improve. Yes, you should be close to above 50% in this stat. This means to me that you are calling when you don't have the winning hand or
bluffing and getting caught to much on the river.
Another good stat that I like is to see what my winning percentage is of flops seen. You are 126 of 338 (37%). That also is alittle low for me but that I think is because of your showdown percentage. You get that up to 50% and your win % of flops seen will be in the 40s which is where I like it. Good sessions I run in the 60-70% range.
overall
You tighten up your preflop play alittle and I think the rest of your stats will follow. Really think about letting some of the blinds go if you cards are not all that great even if you think it is for a good price. Cash games to me is about waiting for the monsters and making the people pay who are playing or calling with marginal hands.