Folding machine

I've noted this paradox before - the way to get rich in poker is to fold nearly every hand before you get to showdown. You basically need to become a folding machine :-) Looking at the numbers from last night's session, I thought I was folding at a high percentage, but it turned out not to be as high as I thought. I folded 115 times in 147 hands, for a decent 78.32 folding percentage, but it was a far cry from my personal best folding percentage of 94.74 (18 of 19 hands), set on March 15th, 2012. In fact, last night's 78.32 was only my 311th highest folding percentage, in 685 sessions of cash game no limit hold'em.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 147 hands and saw flop:
 - 15 out of 25 times while in big blind (60%)
 - 14 out of 25 times while in small blind (56%)
 - 41 out of 97 times in other positions (42%)
 - a total of 70 out of 147 (47%)
 Pots won at showdown - 10 of 15 (66%)
 Pots won without showdown - 17

delta: $2,757
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,909,871
balance: $9,814,970

Folding machine

Last night, I was a folding machine. I'm arriving at the point where it feels natural and right to fold most of the time, which is a good thing. The more volatile the table, the more important it is to be able to fold early and often. When you finally get a good hand, take it to showdown. With any luck, you'll wind up winning a ton of chips. That's what happened to me twice last night. On hand 16, I won a pot worth $60,474 with two pair, queens and nines. On hand 46, I won a pot worth $42,389 with two pair, queens and eights. That was enough for me.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 47 hands and saw flop:
 - 4 out of 5 times while in big blind (80%)
 - 1 out of 5 times while in small blind (20%)
 - 12 out of 37 times in other positions (32%)
 - a total of 17 out of 47 (36%)
 Pots won at showdown - 2 of 5 (40%)
 Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $44,663
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $4,528,835
balance: $6,978,243