Posted Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:24 pm GMT by BigSlick34
Question for you guys. I'm a pretty decent MTT/Sng player at the low levels, Only having troubles with my long loosing streaks at times which always ends up breaking me. So ive decided to try cash games. Right now im loosing at even the 10/25 CENT tables. I currently play no limit and want to know if anyone has any tips or would be willing to sit down at a table with me in no limit and help me with my game. I just want to get my bankroll to be at a increase at the end of a 3 month term. Thanks guys 
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Posted Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:17 am GMT by jeffonline
As in all poker suggestions these are just a guide.
This is low NL suggestions that work for me.
If you get boarded easy try multi tabling.
Be more selective with the hands you play.
Blinds remain low so there is no need to play marginal hands.
Don’t paly short stacked. (if your buy in falls below75% reload).
Consider you position when playing those hands.
Don’t get too aggressive from an early position.
Bet the big hands pre flop.
Check/call your drawing hands pre flop, if they hit bet, otherwise check or fold. You want to get paid when they hit so; never commit more than 5% of the raisers stack pre flop on drawing hands, don’t play your drawing hands if less or the likely hood of less than 3 other players.
Small pairs should be treated the same a drawing hands.
Bluff less and be very selective if you do.
Good luck
Posted Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:15 pm GMT by mackkie
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This is prob the best advice you can get at low limits.
ive bluffed at pots low limit and got called by bottom pair on multiple occasions. I have found that bluffing starts to work in the $0.50/1 level, and even more so 2/4 and 3/6NL. I would say 9/10 times my bluffs got called with very, very marginal hands playing .10/.25 and .25/.50.
Bet big with the hands you make, more often than not you will get called.
Posted Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:19 pm GMT by aaronw
I think one thing that a lot of people forget is that bluffing isn't a necessary part of the game. The only reason to bluff is to take advantage of someone who is really tight. If every one is loose and/or a calling station there is no need to bluff. There is a saying that goes something like this: "IF you bluff a bad player, you become a bad player." Or something like that. I read it a little while ago and I forget who said it but it makes alot of sense. If you attempt to bluff an unbluffable player, you are making a big mistake. So just remember that bluffing isn't something that you HAVE to do. I think you can beat a lot of the low stakes games without bluffing at all (or bluffing very little).
Posted Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:24 pm GMT by BigSlick34
very good point aaron thanks:)
Posted Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:39 pm GMT by aaronw
Your welcome.
Posted Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:51 pm GMT by tame_deuces
You can bluff a bunch of people at low limits. There is alot of bad and inexperienced players and probably far worse nits than you'll find at higher stakes actually.
I think a better worded advice is to not bluff until you feel quite comfortable with your game as a whole.
And that bluffing works best on tight players is a misconception, like all things in poker, bluffing is generally easiest against bad players. You just shouldn't bluff when you think you'll get called more often than the odds of (the pot):(size of bluff bet).
For tough games (and as such not applicable to micro stakes, I'm just saying this as a case point) I'll go out on a limb and state quite simply my honest opinion: You are probably not a good tight aggressive player in tough games unless you bluff quite abit.
For tough games I'd see minimal point in playing a TAG game unless we use it to our advantage by bluffing.
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