DoN Strategy?

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What is the strategy for playing low stake double or nothing? I'm playing the 1 dollar ones on carbon poker. The blinds go up pretty fast so do I just shove with any decent hand?
 
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I have seen people never play a hand and win these. I would look for a spot to double up and then wait for people to knock each other out.
 
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Alright I am 4-3 in them total now x.x, got busted with KK vs AK on one of them and then in another QQ lost to A 10, so damn frustrating
 
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What is the strategy for playing low stake double or nothing? I'm playing the 1 dollar ones on carbon poker. The blinds go up pretty fast so do I just shove with any decent hand?
early stage tight

wait till late stage, jam or fold.

if you have big stack , use ur stake to bully others!
 
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In short :
1. Early stage (75 BB): Tight as possible. Play only premium hands, avoid speculative hands like suited connectors, you can add some small PP and try to hit a set and possibly stack someone off. But only if you can see a cheap flop, dont throw your chips away.
2. Mid stage (20-30 BB) : Tight as well, but add some button and late position steals.
3. Late stage (5-15 BB): Loosen up. Be aggressive,but selective. In general, you should shove a lot, but almost never call a shove, let's say 90-95% of the time. Sometimes even aces should be folded, especially on the bubble.
For example :
On the bubble :
Big stack shoves, has you well covered, you hold aces, but there are some small stacks i.e. 700 and 900, and you look healthy with let's say 2500. Easy fold.
Learn some basic ICM calculations.

GL
 
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If you want to play a table of rocks double or nothing is the perfect for you lol
 
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If you want to play a table of rocks double or nothing is the perfect for you lol
It's not about being rock, or loose donk, it's about optimal DoN strategy, and this is the only one proven and winning strategy. My cashgame style Is Lag, but when it comes to DoN, I always switch to my TAG game, cause TAG is the only way to play these games profitably
 
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