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beating micro stakes my abridged short guide pt 1 |
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mnj United States. Dec 07 2010 11:45. Posts 3848 | | |
basically making this guide because i had a pretty tough time getting up here and there and just wanted to make it a little bit easier for those willing and those dedicated or dumb enough to try out online poker 
this assumes some minimal knowledge of poker. i also want to get across that i am not really an ass irl but i feel like the advice that must be given should be given as an ass.
so you've been playing micro stakes poker for however long. who cares. yea you're probably a break even player who can do fancy stuff like 3 bet bluffing and floating. but look at where it's gotten you. no where. play for days and days and days just to be a break even player. lol.z.
at nl 10- nl 50 everyone has a hard time folding preflop. including you apparently. it's simple game theory really. it's simple rock, paper, scissors. the opponents you face have an unbelievable retarded urge to call any 2 pf, and with any pair on the flop over multiple streets. ENGRAVE THIS IN YOUR MIND. how do you counter this? by raising suited connectors? lol. by incorporating a wide 3 bet range? lol. by bluffing? lol. by completing your ranges with balance? lol. by opening a really cool range on the button like J5o? lol.
stop playing retarded hands and just play strong broadway cards. some large percentage of the time like 80%, you are going to show a pair @ show down. it's important that these are quality broadway cards that can get value over 2 streets.
seriously why do you <3 suited connectors? because you can flop a pair of 7's with 78 on K73 board? are you gonna barrel that? so you can flop a flush draw loL? and barrel some flush draws to the river against calling stations?
the point of poker isn't to be cool, or unexploited or to feel like a man when you 3 bet. it's to win some fucking monies. who cares how you do it? who cares how polarized your ranges are? who cares how transparent your strategy is? if it works it works and you never have to move to lvl 2 play. just stay @ lvl 1 till someone else adapts or adjusts.
hint: + Show Spoiler +
no one will. if they would have they wouldn't be playing micro stakes
a few random tips:
+ bet big and close to pot for value. usually ppl are gonna click call or fold w/e the bet size
+ call in position with as many pocket pairs as possible. 99-QQ can often flop an overpair as well as sets. sets at this lvl are wonderful considering how you will get paid by a variety of hands.
+ when you have the nuts on the river sometimes it will be hard to get stacks in. don't be silly and overbet jam. it is ABSOLUTELY crucial and important that you get good value on the river when the pot is inflated. mistakes post flop are magnified. ie you have AK on an AK355 board. the pot is about 50bb (you have 25 percent of your stack in). betting 35-40 bb is much better than shoving and potentially pushing a fish away. (although a fish prob calls here, not the best example but the point is to TRY your HARDEST for 3 streets of value. VARY bet sizing). A large percentage of your profits and winrate will come from good river bets. Consider the pot until the turn. you've seen 4 cards and you've only invested about 25 bbs. so even if you make mistakes on the flop/turn when you make a mistake on the river it can cost you 35-40 bbs. and these mistakes will be made by your opponents usually in the form of CALLING.
also if someone is giving you a hard time in general pick up your money and leave. don't have a dick waving contest with someone through the internet. and if you ARE going to stay because your actual poker skills probably suck, folding preflop is most likely a small mistake and calling and seeing flops tends to be much bigger mistakes. (mainly because aggression/initiative is unbelievable strong in poker. even over aggro tards can win a decent amount if no one adjusts)
so basically learn to vbet. and know when to vbet. and know how much to vbet. and then go learn some more ways to vbet. and completely forget about bluffing. ever.
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GoTuNk Chile. Dec 07 2010 12:44. Posts 2860 | | |
I think this applies to nl100 aswell lol |
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good read. also, easiest way to increase your winrate is to spend a couple of minutes more on game selection. there are still plenty of tables with 2 fish and a couple of nits. i´ll guarantee that the time lost will be compensated for winning more at the table. |
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LikeASet United States. Dec 07 2010 14:43. Posts 2113 | | |
sorry, but we don't need another doc.lemon |
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JSquids United States. Dec 07 2010 15:19. Posts 1142 | | |
skimmed threw it.
i only gather one thing from it "stop trying to be cool?" |
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Surprise United States. Dec 07 2010 16:11. Posts 275 | | |
As a microstakes player, I thought this was a good reminder. Thanks |
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Carthac United States. Dec 08 2010 02:42. Posts 1343 | | |
| | On December 07 2010 14:19 JSquids wrote:
skimmed threw it.
i only gather one thing from it "stop trying to be cool?" |
I think it would work better as "stop trying to be ivey" |
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joLin United States. Dec 08 2010 03:02. Posts 3818 | | |
dont give away all the secrets |
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