Hey everyone...I finally hit 10k hands!!! It's taken me a while, mostly because I can't play more than 1 table at once without hemmoraging my chips away.

Anyway...Here is some info I've gotten from Poker Tracker...let me know if you want more.

This is exclusively NL 6-Max, and the highest dollar amount has been .25/.50 blinds, which I just started about 300 hands ago.

Hands: 10,150

VPIP 44.26

VPIP from SB 74.57

Folded SB to steal 72%
Folded BB to steal 54%

Won $ when saw flop 36.23%
Amount Won $307.95

Win rate 6.91 bb/100

Went to Showdown 20.9%

Won $ at showdown 52.3%

Raised Preflop 5.6 %

Agression Factor

Flop 1.84
Turn 2.69
River 3.90

Total 2.44

How am I doing??? Thanks!

your VPIP is too high and youre raised pf % is too low. are you limping a lot more than raising? and are you only raising big cards and or pairs?

whats your PF agg factor? (make sure that's included in calculations cuz i'm willing to bet it'll bring your total agg down)

your raised pf should be around 14%

your win rate is good, but could be better at this limit.

- Jordan

Sentiments echoed here considering you're playing 6max one table. win rate is a little low and you should really be looking to raise or fold PF.

I also, was curious about the streetwise PF aggression factors. I have only 4k hands in PT so far. (I use it primarily for GT). But my PF aggression is the complete opposite of yours. I'm higher on the flop and almost 1 on the river.

You are saying this with regards to 6-max, correct? At 9 or 10-handed, 14% seems a good bit too high, at least for TAG play.

Hey,

I'm at work and won't be home until late tonight so I don't know exactly what the numbers are.

My reasoning for not raising that much pre-flop (yes I only tend to raise bigger cards) is that it doesn't seem to be that effective at chasing people out at these levels. My standard PF raise is ususally to 1.00 (at .25 blinds) and I will often get 2-3 callers. Someone is probably going to hit that flop and it's very hard to chase them them out of a hand once they have hit anything. As I am sure you know, these low levels aren't very skillful, including myself! I also rarely re-raise.

As for the VPIP, I tend to limp a lot with speculative hands because they just might hit. As I've moved up to the higher level I have found I can't do that because people raise more PF.

Question 1: What types of hands should I be raising in 6 max in early position? Late Position?

Question 2: Should I be re-raising more in late position? If someone raises in EP, should I be raising wtih ATs? ATo? K10?

Question 3: I am happy wtih my win-rate, especially since I just started playing and I am really working on improving my game...BUT I obvisouly want to improve the win rate and get myself into higher levels that I can still beat) Is my VPIP from the SB too high? This seems like something I could fix that will improve my win rate (every little bit helps right?)

Are there other stats I can give you guys that will give you more of an idea of how I can improve?

Fire away...I'll answer what I can.

AFW

raise with the speculative hands.

more so from late position. don't limp them upfront.

whats your preflop aggression factor? i know your overall aggression factor isn't in the 2.0s..you need to include your preflop agg. factor, and make sure the 'box' is checked.

to be honest, once you move up limits enough, your overall aggression will pay off. if you can develop an aggression style of play early on, and move up limits, it will pay off.

as for raising...for me, standard table..i raise any pair up front, normally KJs - AKs/o, although i sometimes to dump AJo upfront (depends on table). I'll also raise 9Ts upfront (utg/mp) if i'm looking to mix things up, although those are hands i recommend raising at the CO or BTN.

late postion your open raising should be very wide. CO/BTN I'm raising a lot of aces...and any ace that is sooted. any pair obviously, most sooted nectors, K9s or better, although I'm someteimes raising K9o :xxxxx

as for calling raises, if stacks are deep enough I like to call in position (or re-raise infrequently) with most sooted connecters 54s and better. Just make sure your deep stacked and know your opponent decently in order to be profitable. With position you could be playing a wide variety of hands if you know you can take your opponent off hands...although at the low limits nut peddling is a valid option (just not one i recommened to become to comfortable with).

your VPIP is high from the sb...you can check in PT how you are doing from teh sb. im at 46%, i'm really not sure what a good vpip from sb is, but if you are completing hands lieke 96o 107o J7o Q8o K4o and stuff like that, stop...

i usually complete any sooted hand, and stuff like that, but trash i wouldn't play from CO/BTNi usually throw away for another sb.

also, if you are open completing from sb vs bb, you should be raising more often than limping, or folding.

- Jordan

PF raise is the weakest stat I see off the bat.

In 6-max you want to buy the button with drawing hands often. If you are UTG or UTG+1 in 6-max with something like 67 or JT suited, you may want to think about raising it up to buy position. ESPECIALLY with limpers (obviously if you are left of UTG+1). It's hard to master since you want a lot of people in your pot, but you want position with these hands as well. I think it's an absolutely imperative skill to learn in 6-max though.

Hey, I'm back from work now with my numbers. Here are my aggression numbers...which seem stupid now that I look at them.

PreFlop - 0.13
Flop - 1.84
Turn - 2.69
River - 3.90
Total - 0.73

So I see I need to raise more Preflop. I'll try to stick with some of the standards you have set and raise more in LP with the hands I would normally limp with.

Good plan?

yea. that's what i thought it would look like..although wow, that is really really really low preflop.

get that up and your win rate will go up. bet more flops/turns and less rivers...well you will be betting less rivers automatically cuz you'll be winning more pots on the flop/turn which is good in nl.

you're at a passive point though now, and you need to get that aggression up. good luck and post some hands.

- Jordan

That river seems to high for NL. I'm new to PT, but, like i said before, I'm completely flipped here as far as postflop and my preflop is much higher. (maybe it's because you rarely raise preflop and therefore never c-bet on the flop)