| This is a discussion on 6-handed $20NL cash game strategy - going hard! within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; I'll show you mine if you show me yours... This is what I like to do in a short-handed ring game to feel God-Like. Read ... |
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| 6-handed $20NL cash game strategy - going hard! I'll show you mine if you show me yours... This is what I like to do in a short-handed ring game to feel God-Like. Read it, then tell me about your own secret "hot sauce" for playing cash games. Find a table where there are 4 or 5 others already playing, with somewhere around the maximum $20 buy-in each. Make sure: A) There are no other short stacks (no one with less than $13.00) B) No huge stacks with 2x or more max buy-in. I want AVERAGE players at the table, playing an average game with lots more dough than me. Then, buy in for $5.00. Play tight and aggressive. Try to isolate and double up with a big pair, or gamble in the right spots for cheap against a limper with a big hand, etc. I find that you can double up the first time easily, because your short stack looks like scared money. Then, with around $10.00, you still only have 1/2 the stack as anyone else, so they try to run you over and bully you. Switching gears works well here to find a spot to double up. Once you've doubled up twice to around $20, everyone's game sort of shuts down. They see you can break them now, and so they don't over-play marginal hands as much as when you posed less of a threat to their stack. At this point, if the cards cool down, you can switch to another table, or limt up with your winnings (ie. buy-in for $10 at 40NL) and start again. I find this is a good way to leverage your bank roll, as your initial risk was only $5.00. Warning: If you double up twice to the table buy-in max, and someone wants to play a big pot for all your chips, you can be SURE he/she's found a monster hand. |
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| At this level, simple ABC poker will win consistently, so I don't see any real point to playing with a short stack unless it's more profitable. I've dabbles a bit, but nowhere near enough to have a sample size that would support drawing statistically valid conclusion. So I'd be interested to know if anyone has. |
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