Beating the micros ...

Oh btw, clicking random buttons did not work.

On September 02 2009 19:57 hallizh wrote: Oh btw, clicking random buttons did not work.

why not? this is the key for beating low stakes imo.

Guess my clicks weren't truly random then

TIGHT ABC POKER, DONT BLUFF AT MICROS, GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN.

Winning at nl5 is as easy as making a hand and getting payed off. I dont think tight ABC poker is necessarily right, seeing cheap flops with suited connectors is always good against bad players.

If they bet they have a hand, if you bet they will call you.

Play lots, win lots, ship it.

This is basically what happens every session making me end up even or worse. I usually just stop playing after stuff like this.
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I'm not whining about a bad beat, my sessions just seem to be marked by donks hitting draws.

On September 02 2009 21:40 hallizh wrote: This is basically what happens every session making me end up even or worse. I usually just stop playing after stuff like this. + Show Spoiler + Reason for calling preflop, figured i'd get nice value if i'd hit. Submitted by : hallizh Full Tilt Poker Game #14441567394: Table Trish (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:29:35 ET - 2009/09/02 Seat 1: ram24707 ($27.64) Seat 2: Hallozh ($14.24) Seat 3: kh92287 ($10.36) Seat 4: mtdzp9 ($2.05) Seat 5: Fabreulous ($3.52) Seat 6: Brian7270 ($14.65) mtdzp9 posts the small blind of $0.05 Fabreulous posts the big blind of $0.10 The button is in seat #3 Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hallozh Brian7270 folds ram24707 folds Hallozh raises to $0.30 kh92287 raises to $0.90 mtdzp9 has 15 seconds left to act mtdzp9 folds Fabreulous folds Hallozh calls $0.60 Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.55)     Hallozh checks kh92287 bets $1 Hallozh raises to $2.50 kh92287 has 15 seconds left to act kh92287 raises to $9.46, and is all in Hallozh calls $6.96 kh92287 shows Hallozh shows Turn(Odds) (Pot : $28.43)     River (Pot : $28.43)     kh92287 shows a flush, Ace high Hallozh shows three of a kind, Nines kh92287 wins the pot ($19.48) with a flush, Ace high Hallozh adds $6.12 Summary Total pot $20.87 | Rake $1.39 Board: Seat 1: ram24707 didn't bet (folded) Seat 2: Hallozh showed and lost with three of a kind, Nines Seat 3: kh92287 (button) showed and won ($19.48) with a flush, Ace high Seat 4: mtdzp9 (small blind) folded before the Flop Seat 5: Fabreulous (big blind) folded before the Flop Seat 6: Brian7270 didn't bet (folded) I'm not whining about a bad beat, my sessions just seem to be marked by donks hitting draws.

If u can't handle stuff like that, don't even bother...

U have to see the big picture

On September 02 2009 20:02 TremendousGats wrote: TIGHT ABC POKER, DONT BLUFF AT MICROS, GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN.

(This would require a lot more details but in my experience so far this is actually the best advice in general)
I started at and play 5 nl also at FT. I found the best thing to do is to just pot premium hands and if someone raises ahead of me pf, I go ahead and repot w/ JJ+ and AK. If I miss, I usually just let it go - minimize loss and don't pay anyone off. If I hit the flop I just start potting every street, lol! Ppl will continuously call down w/ worse and of course typicall you can tell if you are beat.

Also, and probably more important I just limp/call set mine like crazy and hardly every chase anything.

For me, suited connectors etc don't seem to do much good, but whatever, maybe they will work better for your style and depending on your position and the action ahead of you. I think this style works better the more tables you are playing.

Play good cards(Q10o is not a good card for example) in a good position, dont bluf, make good value bets and extract maximum value from every hand. Be patient while waiting for hands, and dont tilt.

Thanks, I think this really helped. I actually didn't know about the articles section

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