Quote Originally Posted by cardsman1992
ok, i'll go first

Raise--AT and above, KJ and above, PP 88+, any PP in an unraised pot LP

Call 3 x raises with any hand I raise with. Reraise with power As and PP TT+. Call minraises with Axs and Kxs if 3 people in pot or more. Don't call them if more than minraise (unless everyone is in the hand, then see the flop and let it go), or if reraised. Play for flushes, not TP.

Limp connectors down to 67, small PP (play for set value), limp Ax and Ks if I can get by with it.

I don't play unsuited middle aces at all because of the kicker, but I like suited little aces because of the added str8 possibility.

But I am LOSING MY ASS over the last 10K hands after creaming the first 10K hands. Your initial post about bet sizes might help because right now, I am losing the big pots and winning the small ones for a net loss.....

Thanks as always for your wisdom....please help!!!

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What that list tells me is that you need to have a good preflop game when you raise preflop, because you're putting alot of money into the pot preflop with alot of hands. Alot of this depends on table dynamics. If the average % of players seeing the flop is less than 40% then your agressions should pay off. If it's 50% or more then you're going to have to catch cards to keep from losing your ass. So you need to watch that. Also, watch the average pot. If it's less than 15x the BB then it shows a willingness for players to fold postflop (i.e. postflop tightness). If, however it's more than 20x then it shows that you're going to have to win with cards and not just agression.

You're calling way too many unpaired hands into raised pots, IMO. It's one thing to be agressive with a wide range of cards, but what value is there in calling KJ with a raise in front, or AJ or AT. AQ is a judgement call.

Your hand selection tells me that you better be able to pin down where you stand on the flop and where others stand as well. Or you will have wild swings - because, when the cards fall for you it'll be great. You'll get callers. But when they don't - EVEN IF YOU FOLD RIGHT AWAY which is unlikely - then you're putting way too much money in the pot preflop. Which probably causes you to FEEL like you're falling behind after a while when things don't go your way and you LOOSEN UP and get a little tilty to try to "get back on pace" or "back on track" or "catch up" or "get back to even at least before you stop playing", etc. etc.

If you don't have the right mentality for high variance poker then you need to examine how much money you are putting into pots. If you like your hand selection and method of play then you'll see alot of variance. When you are ON it will be GREAT!!! When you are OFF it's going to get ugly. (The difference between ON and OFF is going to be what flops and whether it hits other people harder than you.)

That's my view. When it goes south for you what normally happens? Where do you have the most exposure and in what type of hands do you lose the biggest chunk of chips?