8 Rules for Crushing Microstakes Cash Games

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1. As Original Raiser Cbet vs passive fish for value until they raise

2. ALWAYS CONSIDER RANGES (ACR)

3. Regs aren’t 4 betting light. They barely 3bet light. Remember this.

4. Do not cbet multiway unless you have a strong hand

5. They call too much, your value won’t come from getting them to fold

6. Don’t try and win every hand

7. You know when you’re beat, you know when you’re ahead, don’t talk yourself out of a good play

8. Always keep calm
 
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Great tips! Thanks for sharing info from your experience. I think I play pretty decent, but I do have issue. I don't seem to get good valve on the river. If I think their chasing I'll put in a small valve bet and if I think they have a hand, I'll make a large bet, but seems I'm always wrong. Any suggestions? Of should I just always make a large bet?
 
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9. Fold medium strength hands to turn and river raises.

10. Never triple barrel bluff.

11. (Linked to 3. But,) Don't stack off with AK pre.
 
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Those are actually some great tips, and when thinking about that it makes perfect sense.. It is pretty simple to know when you are behind and everyone calls everything at that level if they haveany piece of it... When I get my next bit of cash, I am going to use these tips and try to trun 2 bucks into 20..... thanks for the help...
 
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add some from my own experience...
8.5) if par. 8 false - then buy punching bag =)))
 
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Nicely put, 1 to 8 seems to be valid even after some though proses. It’s great you managed to put it to the form of words.
Rules 9 to 11 are situational and sometimes true sometimes false, imo.
 
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Nice post but certaily not an exhaustive list. Plus nothing about position? which is essential knowledge for beating all stakes.......
 
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nice
thats what we have to do
but no so easy in real time (for me)
 
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Maybe I can add two rules.
13. Don´t try to change it up to make yourself harder to read. Because they won´t even notice. ( If they do change ofc)
14. Try to make your enemies angry, show your cards when you bluff, some people just want to beat you without looking at the cost.

13:Best example bet sizes. Have a range from 3x to 5x and raise the "bad" cards 3 times and your good cards 5x.
14: You hold a monster hand on the turn, valuebetting is always right but maybe try a overbed, they might just call you to "reveal" your bluff.
 
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Thanks for the tips. Micros is reeeally hard to beat for me -.-
 
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Can't seem to get ahead on cash games. I will give these rules a go an see how it goes. Can't be any worse then what I am doing.
Thanks for the input! All the best on and off the tables.
 
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My biggest problem is I give people more credit than i should. Yesterday i 3bet and villain called which put 1/4 of his stack in. Flop comes A3x and i have AK. I bet, he calls and the turn comes another ace. I bet again and he raises to put himself all in. Turns out he had pocket 3s but I didnt put him on 3s because thats not a profitable call preflop to put 1/4 of your stack in. Ahhh seems to happen to me a lot with all types of hands. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt with a high range but fish give 0 fux
 
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One of the best tips, i always follow is never call OOP always raise or fold. If your hand is worth being in the game its worth raising with. dont try useing this method as a bluff, it will get you stacked real fast by regulars.
 
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15. Beware of the check/raise

16. Fold to 3-bets often

17. Don't 4-bet bluff

18. Don't use GTO crap to make excuse calls or weird plays
 
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Maybe I can add two rules.
13. Don´t try to change it up to make yourself harder to read. Because they won´t even notice. ( If they do change ofc)
14. Try to make your enemies angry, show your cards when you bluff, some people just want to beat you without looking at the cost.

13:Best example bet sizes. Have a range from 3x to 5x and raise the "bad" cards 3 times and your good cards 5x.
14: You hold a monster hand on the turn, valuebetting is always right but maybe try a overbed, they might just call you to "reveal" your bluff.

I like to take notes when people change their open pot raise sizes. When you raise your AA differently from your T9 suited it kind of screams "Hey I got AA". That's only if the people at the table are paying attention to your different raise sizes.

Me for example, I always try to stick to a 3-3.5x open pot raise no matter what hand I have. That way I can somewhat hide what I'm holding. I switch from LAG to TAG. I could be raising complete junk or a good hand. It just depends on how passive or aggressive the table is. I mix it up so that I don't get too predictable preflop & postflop.

My biggest problem is I give people more credit than i should. Yesterday i 3bet and villain called which put 1/4 of his stack in. Flop comes A3x and i have AK. I bet, he calls and the turn comes another ace. I bet again and he raises to put himself all in. Turns out he had pocket 3s but I didnt put him on 3s because thats not a profitable call preflop to put 1/4 of your stack in. Ahhh seems to happen to me a lot with all types of hands. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt with a high range but fish give 0 fux

That's just an unfortunate cooler. Yeah I wouldn't think 33 either for 1/4th of someone's stack unless we know they are terrible.

So that's when you take notes. Note: Fish calls 1/4 stack with 33. Fish raises allin when has a full house.

Tell them "Nice hand" and hope that they stay at the table so you can have a chance of getting your money back from them.

I had a guy a while back call my huge 3 bet with 74s. Again sometimes you will not be able to put them on a hand. All you can do is take notes and tell them nice hand when they hit that miracle hidden gut shot straight when you have TPTK or two pair.
 
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My 2 cents.

1. Make mega 3 bets with AA against super fish because we are not folding AA against such players so always make it unprofitable for them to call you.

2. Sometimes go for an extraordinary raise when playing mega fish on wet boards with a really strong hand like top 2 pair or set.

3. If there is no fish on the table just leave. Doing that doesnt mean you accept "defeat" to regs or that we are afraid of them. We are simply here to make money and we are not getting into any matters of pride and rivalry.

4. Again concerning mega fish don't hesitant to shove 100 BB pre with AK they will call you with AQ/AJ or even worse at times.

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My 2 cents.

1. Make mega 3 bets with AA against super fish because we are not folding AA against such players so always make it unprofitable for them to call you.

2. Sometimes go for an extraordinary raise when playing mega fish on wet boards with a really strong hand like top 2 pair or set.

3. If there is no fish on the table just leave. Doing that doesnt mean you accept "defeat" to regs or that we are afraid of them. We are simply here to make money and we are not getting into any matters of pride and rivalry.

4. Again concerning mega fish don't hesitant to shove 100 BB pre with AK they will call you with AQ/AJ or even worse at times.

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I'd say for microstakes:

Don't focus 100% on your cards, play the player as well.

If you're playing against a passive calling station that will check/call bottom pair... DON'T BLUFF for FFS! If a passive player raises you for an absurd amount just fold the hand. If they're loose passive or rock tight I'm folding over 75% of the time if my hand isn't looking good.

If you're playing a nit tight player that will only call with the NUTS, fold with the QUICKNESS if they shove. If you're using a HUD you can just see by their (AF - Aggression Factor) & see how tight their Voluntary Put in pot (VPP) Also if nitty players fold a lot... (Steal their blinds, C-bet them off the flop, and etc.)

Loose passive & calling stations -> Value bet them to death.
Loose aggressive -> pray that they give up all of their chips/money when you hit a monster hand on the flop.

Bluff the scared money & extract as much money from the calling stations. Also I like to mix up my hand range. If I raise only my premium hands, my range becomes very predictable & easy to exploit. So I switch up what I'm raising to keep the other players guessing as to what I'm holding.
 
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Poker coach Andrew "Baluga Whale" Seidman once stated his four rules for low limit poker. To paraphase:

1. Bet for value.
2. Bet for value.
3. Bet for value.
4. Don't pay off.

Cheers!
 
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Poker coach Andrew "Baluga Whale" Seidman once stated his four rules for low limit poker. To paraphase:

1. Bet for value.
2. Bet for value.
3. Bet for value.
4. Don't pay off.

Cheers!

Thats some great advice! Although it's hard to put into practice at times.
 
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This is a cool general Guide and it's been of Great help including the additional tips others have posted afterwards. Thanks a lot Guys.
 
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i disagree with the 4th advice , cbet multiway can work very well if you know when to do it.
 
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I think the advice is really good. A lot of insight and yet simple at the same time.
 
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I can also add:
-Never limp UTG and be tight with your raises in EP.(Dont open with hands like 56s, KJo or small pairs)
-Dont always call with your draws(consider raising if u have good equity or folding if your draw is not good)
-Dont flat call weak hands(example: UTG raises 3BB and it is fold to you in BB with K10o)
 
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