Improving my game, session reviews using HEM

[Dunbar]

I play poker for almost 2 years now, and recently I realized I was stuck. I started playing poker at PKR playing the 4NL and the 10NL, and grinded myself up to the level I am today, playing 50NL. Last summer I had a huge upswing, and found myself playing at the 100NL and the 200NL but after a series of bad beats and coolers I cashed out a nice amount and dropped down again to the 50NL.

I need to improve my game. There is a lot of variance in it, and limiting variance is an important factor in becoming a longterm winning player in my opinion.

So I bought HoldemManager and started to load all my previous handhistories, trying to fix some leaks. And I found them quick enough. HoldemManager has a few documents attached which you can use to see what your leaks are. Using a huge database of datamined hands they extracted the stats of a longterm winning player. In what range of hands make people the most money.

HoldemManager sweetspot (VPIP/PFR/3-bet%): ~ 22/17/5,5
My stats over the last 25K hands: 21,8/11,7/3,2

My problem, I played to passive. I rarely reraised, flatcalled to much 3-bets and called to many preflop raises by other players. Especially my habit to see a flop with suited connectors proved to be an expensive one.
My graph showed it perfectly, I was losing lots of money on non-showdown pots.

So, lets improve my game. Deposited some money on Full Tilt and started playing! Trying to be more agressive and suck out those nitty setminers!

I will update this thread regularly with a graph and some key hands, feel free to comment!

[Dunbar]

300 hands, small sample size. Played 22/16/9 for a total win of $49

Some hands.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8388063546: Table Udine (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:20:36 ET - 2008/10/07
Seat 1: Partyvan ($31.95)
Seat 2: redbaron1944 ($10.55)
Seat 3: diggertoni ($27.95)
Seat 4: donkit24 ($26.95)
Seat 5: Amituofu ($28.60)
Seat 6: smurffin1337 ($13.75)
diggertoni posts the small blind of $0.10
donkit24 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Partyvan [Qs Ks]
Amituofu folds
smurffin1337 raises to $0.85
Partyvan raises to $2.90
redbaron1944 folds
diggertoni folds
donkit24 calls $2.65
smurffin1337 calls $2.05
*** FLOP *** [6s 5c Jd]
donkit24 checks
smurffin1337 checks
Partyvan bets $6
donkit24 has 15 seconds left to act
donkit24 raises to $24.05, and is all in
smurffin1337 calls $10.85, and is all in
Partyvan has 15 seconds left to act
Partyvan adds $1.95
Partyvan folds
donkit24 shows [Qc Qh]
smurffin1337 shows [Ac Jc]
Uncalled bet of $13.20 returned to donkit24
*** TURN *** [6s 5c Jd] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [6s 5c Jd 6d] [Kc]
donkit24 shows two pair, Queens and Sixes
smurffin1337 shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
donkit24 wins the pot ($34.70) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
smurffin1337 adds $5
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $36.50 | Rake $1.80
Board: [6s 5c Jd 6d Kc]
Seat 1: Partyvan folded on the Flop
Seat 2: redbaron1944 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: diggertoni (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: donkit24 (big blind) showed [Qc Qh] and won ($34.70) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 5: Amituofu didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: smurffin1337 showed [Ac Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes

Full Tilt Poker Game #8388069871: Table Ripken (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:21:09 ET - 2008/10/07
Seat 1: Partyvan ($28.75)
Seat 2: pamela500 ($25)
Seat 3: all4m4rv ($25.05)
Seat 4: andyandy18 ($63.55)
Seat 5: rioriot ($27.25)
Seat 6: I Hate As ($25.05)
pamela500 posts the small blind of $0.10
all4m4rv posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Partyvan [7s 7d]
andyandy18 has 15 seconds left to act
andyandy18 calls $0.25
rioriot calls $0.25
I Hate As folds
Partyvan raises to $1
pamela500 calls $0.90
all4m4rv folds
andyandy18 calls $0.75
rioriot calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [6h 2d 5c]
pamela500 checks
andyandy18 checks
rioriot bets $2.75
Partyvan raises to $6
pamela500 adds $1
pamela500 folds
andyandy18 folds
rioriot calls $3.25
*** TURN *** [6h 2d 5c] [Ac]
rioriot checks
Partyvan has 15 seconds left to act
Partyvan bets $12
rioriot raises to $20.25, and is all in
Partyvan calls $8.25
rioriot shows [6c 4c]
Partyvan shows [7s 7d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 2d 5c Ac] [2s]
rioriot shows two pair, Sixes and Twos
Partyvan shows two pair, Sevens and Twos
Partyvan wins the pot ($53.95) with two pair, Sevens and Twos
rioriot is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $56.75 | Rake $2.80
Board: [6h 2d 5c Ac 2s]
Seat 1: Partyvan (button) showed [7s 7d] and won ($53.95) with two pair, Sevens and Twos
Seat 2: pamela500 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: all4m4rv (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: andyandy18 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: rioriot showed [6c 4c] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Twos
Seat 6: I Hate As didn't bet (folded)

Full Tilt Poker Game #8388624364: Table Udine (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:09:03 ET - 2008/10/07
Seat 1: Partyvan ($36.15)
Seat 2: msH83 ($17.75)
Seat 3: diggertoni ($26.95)
Seat 4: donkit24 ($54.25)
Seat 5: I Hate As ($26)
Seat 6: eXsugere ($36.90)
eXsugere posts the small blind of $0.10
Partyvan posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Partyvan [Kd Ad]
msH83 raises to $0.85
diggertoni folds
donkit24 raises to $3
I Hate As folds
eXsugere folds
Partyvan has 15 seconds left to act
Partyvan raises to $9.95
msH83 folds
donkit24 has 15 seconds left to act
donkit24: AA/KK?
donkit24: i have QQ
donkit24: ;/
donkit24 is sitting out
donkit24 has timed out
donkit24 folds
Uncalled bet of $6.95 returned to Partyvan
Partyvan mucks
Partyvan wins the pot ($6.95)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.95 | Rake $0
Seat 1: Partyvan (big blind) collected ($6.95), mucked
Seat 2: msH83 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: diggertoni didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: donkit24 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: I Hate As (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: eXsugere (small blind) folded before the Flop