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Jan 07, 2014 No Comments

At the beginning of December on Facebook I challenged myself to play 100 hands a day for the month and profit.  Since I haven’t grinded for a very long time, the stakes were micros.  3,200 hands is nowhere near a good sample to do full analysis, but playing reminded me about being profitable Vs break even. 

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If I was playing all regulars, I’m probably lucky to be a break-even player and this is why you need to pick your spots.  The fish have no problem donating to your poker fund and TableScanner 2 works wonders for finding profitable players to play against.  If you grind, you need to table select to maximize your profits. 

by-stakes-4

I still don’t flop C-Bet enough and my showdown stats could be improved.  I tend to look opponents up on the river just because I want to see what they have.  This is a double edged sword because you do get more information, but how much are you paying for this extra information?

At the end of the day I did manage to profit while running way under expectation.  Comparing my old stats to my new stats, WOW, my game has changed.  I played way less hands (VPIP) than I used to in this sample.  This might be because I wanted to make sure I squeaked out a profit since I was being so public about my play.

by-position

The position report is interesting because I profited from the SB over 617 hands.  Not many hands for analysis, but if you compare my overall results where I played 23k hands from the small blind, I’m still doing very well here.  Losing 10bb/100 from the small blind and 20bb/100 from the big blind is totally acceptable for strong players.

overall-everything

What day you play and the time of day are also important for maximizing profits.  Look at the HM2 Report:  “Time-Day Of Week” to see the most profitable days to play and the HM2 Report: “Time-Hourly” for the best times to play.  These are generally Friday and Saturday nights when people are partying after a long work week. 

Long story short, if you want to maximize your win-rates, you need to do the following:

  • Table Select, Table Select, Table Select
  • Play at profitable times of the day
  • Bankroll Management
  • Study away from the table

While the above list is a small part of poker, those that are new to online poker need to make sure these are your top poker priorities of 2014. 

 

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