I have all the data since I started playing above .10/.25 back in the
old days of my college home games. Basically, I have all the data
since I started playing serious poker. That's the good news.
The bad news is I've kept it in a non-parsable format, thinking "well,
I have the data, I can always go through and organize it." I think
I'll make it a weekend project so I can actually do calculations out
of the data rather than just have it sitting unorganized in a big text
file.
As for the leaks from Greg's game, as far as I can tell, I've plugged
those based on your comments from long ago.
You are quite right that I don't push marginal edges as much, and when
I am losing I am much less likely to do so. I am honestly a bit
confused about your advice on value betting the river that you've
given me before. I used to take a pretty standard Sklansky "underdog
if called" approach to river play, and you've pointed out a number of
instances where you think betting the river was right. I've tried
your strategy to my peril; I don't think it works for me. I
frequently find myself getting raised far too often, and then I take
your advice about not folding when the pot is huge, but I am always
beat.
I have recently returned to my Sklansky-style river play, and found at
least that part of my play is solid. I induce a lot of river bluffs,
and I've even seen hands checked behind me when I was losing. I don't
see myself missing a lot of bets because of it. Almost all of the
time, it's busted draws (and people play some goofy draws in
low limit) that are checking behind me. I'd rather check and induce
bluffs.
I think I leaked away a lot of winnings in the old days when I was
running well, and when I start winning again, I need to carefully
watch my play to make sure I don't, as you say, "piss away" winnings
on loose play.
Perhaps the right investment is to hire you to watch my limit play for
500 hands or so. What do you charge? (Only half joking....)
Actually, Greg did just that for me (gratis) one Saturday afternoon
the last time I was running bad, and he felt that I was playing a
good, solid game. Perhaps it isn't my "when I'm running bad play"
that is really at fault, but that looseness when I'm running well.
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Loosness when running well and data
Date: 2005-04-29 15:37 (UTC)I have all the data since I started playing above .10/.25 back in the old days of my college home games. Basically, I have all the data since I started playing serious poker. That's the good news.
The bad news is I've kept it in a non-parsable format, thinking "well, I have the data, I can always go through and organize it." I think I'll make it a weekend project so I can actually do calculations out of the data rather than just have it sitting unorganized in a big text file.
As for the leaks from Greg's game, as far as I can tell, I've plugged those based on your comments from long ago.
You are quite right that I don't push marginal edges as much, and when I am losing I am much less likely to do so. I am honestly a bit confused about your advice on value betting the river that you've given me before. I used to take a pretty standard Sklansky "underdog if called" approach to river play, and you've pointed out a number of instances where you think betting the river was right. I've tried your strategy to my peril; I don't think it works for me. I frequently find myself getting raised far too often, and then I take your advice about not folding when the pot is huge, but I am always beat.
I have recently returned to my Sklansky-style river play, and found at least that part of my play is solid. I induce a lot of river bluffs, and I've even seen hands checked behind me when I was losing. I don't see myself missing a lot of bets because of it. Almost all of the time, it's busted draws (and people play some goofy draws in low limit) that are checking behind me. I'd rather check and induce bluffs.
I think I leaked away a lot of winnings in the old days when I was running well, and when I start winning again, I need to carefully watch my play to make sure I don't, as you say, "piss away" winnings on loose play.
Perhaps the right investment is to hire you to watch my limit play for 500 hands or so. What do you charge? (Only half joking....) Actually, Greg did just that for me (gratis) one Saturday afternoon the last time I was running bad, and he felt that I was playing a good, solid game. Perhaps it isn't my "when I'm running bad play" that is really at fault, but that looseness when I'm running well.