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Penhorse340
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Would appreciate some advice on a new live game I've been playing.
I'm most used to online tournaments and offline cash games, offline tournaments are new ground for me. This one in particular has an oddity.
People rarely, if ever, fold pre flop. There was a hand tonight where every single person, 9 players, called the big blind around to me. I bet the pot, and every single player called :argh:. This was an extreme example, but it was very much the theme. Three bets, unless you went up to around 8- 10 BB's, almost never got any folders so almost every pot, whether it was bet into or not, had 4 -8 players. I'll admit this not only shafted my game but sprinkled sand in the vasaline to boot!. If I see a flop I like to do it heads up or with 3 or 4 tops. Playing against that number of people completely threw me.
What is the correct way to play here? Sticking to ubertight hand selection and only betting with great hands seems wrong because so often a great preflop hand against 7 players gets mauled when one of them hits harder than me. Raising the three bet to whatever it costs to get people off the pot 8 + BB seems dangerous. Limping is surely never the answer. One or two calling stations I can milk, but how should one play against an entire room full of calling stations? It feels like there should be a way to capitalise safely but I can't figure it out out!
Advice most welcome.
I'm most used to online tournaments and offline cash games, offline tournaments are new ground for me. This one in particular has an oddity.
People rarely, if ever, fold pre flop. There was a hand tonight where every single person, 9 players, called the big blind around to me. I bet the pot, and every single player called :argh:. This was an extreme example, but it was very much the theme. Three bets, unless you went up to around 8- 10 BB's, almost never got any folders so almost every pot, whether it was bet into or not, had 4 -8 players. I'll admit this not only shafted my game but sprinkled sand in the vasaline to boot!. If I see a flop I like to do it heads up or with 3 or 4 tops. Playing against that number of people completely threw me.
What is the correct way to play here? Sticking to ubertight hand selection and only betting with great hands seems wrong because so often a great preflop hand against 7 players gets mauled when one of them hits harder than me. Raising the three bet to whatever it costs to get people off the pot 8 + BB seems dangerous. Limping is surely never the answer. One or two calling stations I can milk, but how should one play against an entire room full of calling stations? It feels like there should be a way to capitalise safely but I can't figure it out out!
Advice most welcome.