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 low limit strategy, Styx, 28. Aug 2003 13:46 | ||
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| since alot of players who post here are beginners, like myself, there is a lot of talk about low limit poker. and most of that talk focuses on how depending on who you sit with alot of people play very loose. what do you guys think is the best strategy to use, i mean if you continue to wait for only premium hands people might fold whenever you bet or they'll stick around and maybe get lucky on the river. to put it short what do you guys think is the best strategy for low limit poker | ||
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| Re: low limit strategy, Snorbolus, 28. Aug 2003 14:12 | ||
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| The more action that your opponents will give you when you are in the pot the tighter that you can afford to play. In general poor, low limit players give loads of action and rarely think about anybody else's hand except for their own. You can usually afford to have very tight starting standards and then to play really quite straightforwardly and aggressively when you are in a pot. Watch your opponents though. Even poor players do the things that they do for a reason. If you can figure out why they are playing the way that they (are and use that information accordingly), you will be able to win lots more money from them. If you sit back thinking "these players are all really bad, I have by far the best understanding of poker theory at this table" you may well be right, but it won't help you maximise your profit. It would be much better to think someting along the lines of "the player in seat 2 has called on the river even though he couldn't beat top pair crappy kicker three times now. I can bet my top pair holdings into him for value.." Snorbolus on 28. Aug 2003 13:46 Styx wrote: > since alot of players who post here are beginners, like myself, there is a lot > of talk about low limit poker. and most of that talk focuses on how depending on > who you sit with alot of people play very loose. what do you guys think is the > best strategy to use, i mean if you continue to wait for only premium hands > people might fold whenever you bet or they'll stick around and maybe get lucky > on the river. to put it short what do you guys think is the best strategy for > low limit poker | ||
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| Re: low limit strategy, noiseboy, 28. Aug 2003 14:13 | ||
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| In very loose games, I actually play MORE hands, which goes against what a lot of good players will tell you to do. If the game is loose AND aggressive, I will throw away small suited connectors and small pairs unless I'm in late position and the conditions look favorable. I love to have a suited A, small pair or suited connector in these games. Basically, in very loose games you either want to have the best hand or best draw on the flop, because if you don't, with that many people seeing a flop, there is a very good chance that other players will have the best draw or a premium hand. So anyway, my theory is to tighten up after the flop, but loosen up before the flop (unless the game is aggressive as mentioned previously). | ||
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| Re: low limit strategy, EC, 29. Aug 2003 12:29 | ||
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| Most loose LL games stay fairly passive pre-flop, meaning there isn't much raising going on early. Keep that in mind- it's important. It means you don't have to play as tight as you think. There are a lot of good drawing hands (suited connectors and one-gaps, suited aces) that benefit greatly from seeing the flop cheap among a large field. The point is to be able to see the flop cheap with at least decent hands and get the hell out of the way if you don't make anything. This may go against some common wisdom, but where I play (LA B&M's), it doesn't do you much good to wait around for the great starting hands- most of those are better heads up/small field type of hands and you won't see too many flops like that in LL. Regardless, stay away from complete garbage and don't marry your marginal hands, that alone will put you head and shoulders above a lot of your competition. Eli on 28. Aug 2003 13:46 Styx wrote: > since alot of players who post here are beginners, like myself, there is a lot > of talk about low limit poker. and most of that talk focuses on how depending on > who you sit with alot of people play very loose. what do you guys think is the > best strategy to use, i mean if you continue to wait for only premium hands > people might fold whenever you bet or they'll stick around and maybe get lucky > on the river. to put it short what do you guys think is the best strategy for > low limit poker | ||
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| Re: low limit strategy, Radman, 29. Aug 2003 13:20 | ||
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| I play it a lot like EC and Noiseboy. There's a really good example of this in the "playing in loose games" section of Sklansky's Advanced HE book about a good NL player constantly limping in. you wont get the same implied odds in Limit, but they are still very good against a bunch of calling stations that will call a river bet with middle pair/no kicker. Limp and punish! | ||
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