Any insight from these stats ?
Hi everyone, micro limit cash game beginner here
I play mostly NL2 and NL5 (5500 NL2 games and 3500 NL5 games) and here are my stats for now. I also play with minimum 40 buyins before moving up or down
Can anyone give me some insight or what's good/bad and should be looked at ? I know almost 10k is not an optimal stat to rely on but i've just started CGs after a few months in MTTs
Thanks a lot !


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Gl in your grind.
I would suggest not calling vs open raise and instead 3B or fold (HJ-SB).
Fold to 3-bet for EP/MP/CO are also very low indicating you are calling significantly too often from these positions after having raised and faced a 3-bet. DKB's suggestion is more important, though. Your "call open raise" should be ~0-2% from MP/CO and ~0-5% or so from BT. Your values for cold calling in MP/CO/BT are 11, 7, 10, respectively.
Thanks DKB and Brokenstars !
So am i supposed to mostly play 3bet or fold except from the BTN where i could sometimes cold call ?
"Fold to 3-bet for EP/MP/CO are also very low indicating you are calling significantly too often from these positions after having raised and faced a 3-bet."
-> Is it better to fold/4bet depending on my hand then ?
Why is calling "bad" ? Is it because of the rake or is there another reason ?
Thanks DKB and Brokenstars !
So am i supposed to mostly play 3bet or fold except from the BTN where i could sometimes cold call ?
As a general statement—yes.
"Fold to 3-bet for EP/MP/CO are also very low indicating you are calling significantly too often from these positions after having raised and faced a 3-bet."
-> Is it better to fold/4bet depending on my hand then ?
If you are OOP, then as the 3-bet size increases your response vs. the 3-bet will get closer and closer to a 4-bet or fold response (more or less). If the 3-bet size is small/medium, you're in position, or stack depth is large, then you will certainly have calls. A more reasonable fold to 3-bet % is something like 45-70% (depending on various factors), 45% would be too low in most circumstances, and 70% would be a bit high in most circumstances, but that would be the rough range in which those values should be.
The EV difference vs. an equilibrium output between a range that allows flats in MP/CO and a range that is only 3-bet or fold is rather small. In addition to that, there are many exploitative reasons to shift your ranges to 3-betting or folding rather than calling. One reason is that many of your opponents will over call vs. 3-bets and then over fold in postflop nodes. Yet another reason is that they will also significantly under 4-bet, so by opting to 3-bet your hands you're putting them into a node in which they are relatively unbalanced and you can play in a more clairvoyant way. In addition to the exploitative reasons, there is also a very practical reason—by opting to only 3-bet or fold in these positions you are not bifurcating your ranges and as such you can have much better vision over your own strategy (it is less complicated to play).
Thanks a lot i have a lot to work on ! 😀