beating micro stakes pt2

i don't think my game is anything special and by no means is my range suggestion here the ultimate guide or say all. it is just my preference and my comfort zone over playing many hands @ micro stakes.

final note about AK.

its the nuts. or is it?
most lpers will prob be disgusted in my suggestions here AK is the most over played hand at micro stakes. the fact that you have blockers to AA KK and are flipping with QQ often makes it profitable to ship in at higher limits. however shipping AK against nits @ micro stakes is not a good idea. you will very often see AA and KK. i remember when i played micro limits i was happy or relieved to see QQ's. ducy this is a problem?

AK makes VERY strong top pair hands Kxx Axx board that you will get LOADS of value. i don't mind calling AK in the blinds 3 way or on the button 3 way. there is SO MUCH value in flatting dominating weaker kickers.

final note 2: reads
- you usually need only basic reads the 2 most important ones in my opinion is barreling frequency and calling frequency.

1-barrel monkeys (they cbet all flops and only 2 barrel with strong draws or top pairs)
- my personal favorite, exploit by calling with anything on the flop and fold weaker hands to a turn barrel. bluff or bet river when checked to. or? c/r the flop often (try figuring out a decent range here)

2 barrel fiends
- flat stronger hands like AA KK and AK. when you flop a good hand like an overpair a strong top pair hand or sets, just c/call 2 streets or c/r turn. or c/call turn bet river small to induce.

calling stations
-check back med pairs and A highs. (although once you get better you can actually vbet both these hands with proper reads)
-barrel strong pair hands


gl to you. obviously i hope my short guide can help you some through some of the specific guidelines, but

-do read other guides
-do constantly think about poker (ranges, exploitation strategy, potential future leaks in your game against stronger opponents, reads, how to get reads, what one hand showodown may say about opponents overall game plan/strategy/way of thinking.

the following articles didn't help me much till much later but i think these were pretty well written and informative (in order of what i think to be most important)

http://www.liquidpoker.net/pokerartic...at,_Why_and_How_-_Basic_Game_Approach

http://www.liquidpoker.net/pokerartic...84/The_Exploitive_vs_Optimal_Approach

http://www.liquidpoker.net/pokerarticle/449093/Paradigms

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This is good really info for microstakes players. I'd like to add that imo part 1 is ~90% of beating anything up to 100nl - valuebetting. No-one does it enough, everyone pot controls too much and everyone says "you can't bluff these idiots" without making the obvious counter and thin vbing the fuck out of them.

Are players really folding to 3bets that much in position? So btn raises and we flat AA in the BB. Flop comes 257ss, wtf do we do? Check raise? Donkbet? What if he calls? Just happily barrel every street until we're either shown the nuts or stack a pair of 7's? I dont get it.

I know what you mean saibot, but the low limit aren't really a donkfest anymore, at least compared to the old days. There have been multiple articles everywhere that says position is important, so playing like this would make us learn how to play strong hands postflop which isn't a bad idea (ie : learn to fold AA on a KJT board).