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junkmale
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Here's the situation. My friend is going to stake me for $100 for a 200NL FR game against some of his friends tonight. First of all, I've never played a live cash game before. I would say I have an alright understanding of the game though. I've built my bankroll from freerolls to $600 over the last 5 months. What worries me is I'm only getting bought in for half the max buy-in. I always buy-in for the max in online cash games. I feel really constricted by this half buy-in already. I figure I have to really tighten up my hand selection, as it wouldn't make sense to play speculative hands because I won't make the max profit from them with my low buy-in and I don't have the chips to throw away.
I feel like I won't be able to play my best with this low buy-in. On the other hand, I've watched these guys play last week. They seem like the gambling type. I seen people buying in for $40. Going broke with Q8s and buying in for $40 more. I seen people raising $30 preflop. All-ins preflop with low-medium pocket pairs. My friend went all-in preflop for about $80 with pocket 5s. In my head I was thinking "WTF?!?". He was down about $400 that night and I kind of wish he let put that $400 to better use (he did offer to buy me in for $50 last week though). The mentality at the table seems like ATC can be played and won with. Very unorthodox game.
I guess I should feel confident playing this game but I feel uncomfortable.
My strategy would be to sit back and observe the other players. I would like to give off a tight image and use this to my advantage. Maybe steal some blinds when I'm in position, depending on the players sitting to my left. I guess my best bet would be to play premium hands aggressively AA-JJ AK AQs, in hopes of building my stack up so I can open my game up a bit more.
Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated.
I feel like I won't be able to play my best with this low buy-in. On the other hand, I've watched these guys play last week. They seem like the gambling type. I seen people buying in for $40. Going broke with Q8s and buying in for $40 more. I seen people raising $30 preflop. All-ins preflop with low-medium pocket pairs. My friend went all-in preflop for about $80 with pocket 5s. In my head I was thinking "WTF?!?". He was down about $400 that night and I kind of wish he let put that $400 to better use (he did offer to buy me in for $50 last week though). The mentality at the table seems like ATC can be played and won with. Very unorthodox game.
I guess I should feel confident playing this game but I feel uncomfortable.
My strategy would be to sit back and observe the other players. I would like to give off a tight image and use this to my advantage. Maybe steal some blinds when I'm in position, depending on the players sitting to my left. I guess my best bet would be to play premium hands aggressively AA-JJ AK AQs, in hopes of building my stack up so I can open my game up a bit more.
Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated.