Those Pesky Loose Tables

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So it seems whenever I play for play chips, home games, or with loose players I get wrecked by the high variance due to all the multiway pots.

How do you guys approach tables like this? As an example I have no problem playing against pokersnowie and getting a good bb/100, but with home games all the high stakes poker theory basically goes out the window because some guy UTG with a 35s or something equally ridiculous always takes the pot.

I know how to play against a table of loose passive players (limp small pairs and suited connectors, be careful when somone calls, don't bluff, etc). And likewise how to play against a table full of LAGs. But what should you do when there's an even mix of these players at the table? It's nearly impossible to isolate anyone :/.
 
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Best way, in my opinion, to play those tables is always be in position. On the button or cutoff is great. You win more pots as the last to act then first or middle.

If there’s loose players play tight, you’ll wack someone at some point from being overly aggressive when you hit the nuts.

Generic advice but it may help
 
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From my experience I learned it's very hard to make those kinds of players fold preflop. If everyone is limping, just limp behind. If you try to overbet to get people to fold you'll make the pot huge and have 5 or 6 players calling and that's not optimal.

Fortunately, most of them miss the flop entirely and will let the hand go easily after that. So what I tend to do is try to see flops as cheap as I can and then I play aggressively post flop as I see fit.
 
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I also cannot handle loose aggressive players. They always get the best of me because at some point being tight too much gets you blinded out or bad beat from an all-in showdown.
 
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ventrolloquist said:
So it seems whenever I play for play chips, home games, or with loose players I get wrecked by the high variance due to all the multiway pots.

How do you guys approach tables like this? As an example I have no problem playing against pokersnowie and getting a good bb/100, but with home games all the high stakes poker theory basically goes out the window because some guy UTG with a 35s or something equally ridiculous always takes the pot.

I know how to play against a table of loose passive players (limp small pairs and suited connectors, be careful when somone calls, don't bluff, etc). And likewise how to play against a table full of LAGs. But what should you do when there's an even mix of these players at the table? It's nearly impossible to isolate anyone :/.
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Be patient and take their chips
 
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619Leafs said:
I also cannot handle loose aggressive players. They always get the best of me because at some point being tight too much gets you blinded out or bad beat from an all-in showdown.
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I think the best thing to do is to limp pairs and suited connectors on the button but fold everywhere else with those kinds of players. It's just when there is a mix of both passive and agressive that things seem to go downhill the most :(
 
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