Putting the finger in the dike: plugging leaks from Feb

No one's play is perfect. We all have leaks. One of the things that seperates the -EV from the +EV players is their ability to take a hard look at their play and admit that they don't get bad beats. Leaks are called leaks because in the moment they might look like the right play, but over time you are just throwing away a little bit of money each time you play that decision.

So I'm down 40BB in .50/1 and 1/2 over the course of February. It could be a swing, but I don't think it is. I should be killing these games. I have a suspicion that I'm playing too loose. I'm not adapting my play from game to game. So time to break out Pokertracker and go over the stats.

One thing is for certain: I play to many hands out of the blinds. Trash is trash. And playing trash out of position is horrible. The funny thing is that I don't cold call without a hand. What I will do is catch part of a flop and keep playing. It's a small leak, but it's there. That one bet I'll throw in to see a turn card is -EV in low limit games. Don't do it.

Another interesting leak is that although I play pretty tight with a <30 VP$IP, I'll cold call with less than a category one hand when I shouldn't. It's hard for me to bring myself to fold those AJs or AQs, broadways, and even middle pocket pairs when someone raises preflop. So although I've been selecting good starting hands, I've gotten married to them pre-flop.