Live poker £1/£1 - need help!

#1 23rd September 2016, 12:10 AM

Hi, im relatively new to live cash poker so i'm looking for advice on how to adapt to these crazy £1/£1 NL Holdem tables im sat down at as I am getting cleared out most of the time at the moment and need some advice.

To give you an idea of how the tables I play at go they're like this:
- Straddling is something 80% of players do and not just a £2 straddle up to £8 on a regular basis.
- It's very rare for less than 4 people to go to the flop even with 6×BB (or more) bets from early position raisers
- folding to a 3bet is rare, 2 or 3 players can call a 3bet reguarly
- All ins are frequent with top pairs, flush draws or even worse for 200BBs+!

Total gamblers seem to fill these tables but they seem to have more money than sense.

I thought the best strategy would just be to only play good hands in good spots to try and make a monster and let them call off all their chips or bet into me and bluff very rarely as they do not fold. what do you guys think? should this work?

#2 23rd September 2016, 2:59 AM

The live 1/2 tables near me can sometimes be very similar from what i have witnessed although never sat there myself. What i would first say is what bankroll are you playing with here? For what seems to ne a very aggressive game i would want a good amount of buy ins behind me and like you said i would be looking for optimal spots. I would recommend looking at mike caros book of tells for an insight to some stuff you may find useful in a live environment. Also start looking for the regulars. I wouldn't sit at these tables as i wouldn't feel i had an adequate bankroll, i think that may be critical here if you are encountering these tables alot. Hope my 2 cents helped.

#3 23rd September 2016, 8:11 AM

Originally Posted by jashiggs

The live 1/2 tables near me can sometimes be very similar from what i have witnessed although never sat there myself. What i would first say is what bankroll are you playing with here? For what seems to ne a very aggressive game i would want a good amount of buy ins behind me and like you said i would be looking for optimal spots. I would recommend looking at mike caros book of tells for an insight to some stuff you may find useful in a live environment. Also start looking for the regulars. I wouldn't sit at these tables as i wouldn't feel i had an adequate bankroll, i think that may be critical here if you are encountering these tables alot. Hope my 2 cents helped.

Yeah I go into the game with 90BBs, then add on another 30BBs if i dwindle down to 60BBs - not a lot to say most people do sit down with more

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