Alan's Running Bad vs. Playing Bad

Discussion for Alan's Running Bad vs. Playing Bad.

I'm sure I'm not alone when I say sometimes during game play I think I'm running bad, and after in the review of my session I see the problem was not running bad. . . just playing bad :>( Great Video. Very informative and useful. Gp

SchFerreira, That's a very good question. For strong taggish type players you'll generally see something like a 51% w@sd and a 43-46% wwsf. Strong lag players 48-49% w@sd and 47-50% wwsf. Frankly, my numbers make me look pretty weak. I've thought a lot about why my wwsf comes in so low and I think it's because I give up on the flop a lot easier than most players. My game is pretty aggressive in all spots, but I do tend to check/give up is spots I think are -EV while other players, imo, worry too much about being exploitable. For example I'll almost always give up oop if I don't have at least two overs+bd draw for both srp and 3B pots. I also defend vvery wide verses min opens and 3Bs, calling about 40% of my range which causes me to see more flops than most players. I generally have to fold a lot of flops and turns but win enough big pots to make up for it. I think my red line reflects this as my non-showdown losses are a bit under 50% of my showdown wins.

HustleHard, yes my conclusion was that it was largely run bad with my 5B jam hands. I also had some bad play in that ~9K hand session.