8 Rules for Crushing Microstakes Cash Games

[deliverit]

Thanks for the advice. I think it will help

 

[Thinker_145]

I can also add:
-Never limp UTG and be tight with your raises in EP.(Dont open with hands like 56s, KJo or small pairs)

Not sure I agree with the last part. If you have lots of fish on the table and/or not much 3 betting then you should absolutely open any pair in any position.

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[Sil3ntness]

I can also add:
-Never limp UTG and be tight with your raises in EP.(Dont open with hands like 56s, KJo or small pairs)
-Dont always call with your draws(consider raising if u have good equity or folding if your draw is not good)
-Dont flat call weak hands(example: UTG raises 3BB and it is fold to you in BB with K10o)

I'm raising with 56s & low pocket pairs if the table is nit tight and never 3 betting my raises. If you become too tight at the table you'l be known as Mr or Ms. AA because you'll have a Pre flop raise % of like 5% or something crazy.

56s 41.53% vs AKo 58.47% not total domination (Flop comes 66K-> I'm taking AK's stack unless they don't overvalue their KK66A hand.

I saw a guy raise 78o UTG (solid reg grinder not a fish) and stack someone that flat called from the BB with AA. It was a glorious sight. It's the BB's fault for not 3 betting, but THAT'S POKER!

 

[Thinker_145]

Ya I open 45s and above suited connectors UTG unless the table is full of regs. I will open 22 regardless of the table.

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[gmanp135]

micro games

Be patient,Be patient, Be patient

 

[gmanp135]

micro

Almost always better to raise than call,if its worth playing its worth betting

 

[eichroll]

nice simple reminders for all

 

[enolan]

Great tips. It's very helpful to read them all in one page. cheers.

 

[skrsh76]

Good tips.

 

[ChAAcer23]

thanks for the tips.

 

[Karametric]

Your biggest money maker will be sets. Most fish I've met can see when the flush comes in (3 of a suit on the board is pretty easy to see, 4 is downright obvious). Straights are good too since they are a bit better disguised that flushes. But fish never think their TPTK will die to a set and will happily stack off with it.

Also get familiar with multi-way pots. doesn't matter what you do, you will see a lot of them.

 

[Sil3ntness]

Your biggest money maker will be sets. Most fish I've met can see when the flush comes in (3 of a suit on the board is pretty easy to see, 4 is downright obvious). Straights are good too since they are a bit better disguised that flushes. But fish never think their TPTK will die to a set and will happily stack off with it.

Also get familiar with multi-way pots. doesn't matter what you do, you will see a lot of them.

I just stacked two people on the river with a flopped set of 2s that turned into a full house on the river. That same river card gave one person a flush and another a straight.

22 will always the the lowest set, but I love pocket 2s.

 

[braveboat]

Lots of great advice in this thread! Here's a few things that I try to keep in mind at the m micro-stakes:

Don't call re-raises (especially on the rive)r without the absolute nuts.
Don't try to beat the regs. Get into pots with weak players.
Value betting is where the money is.
Don't bluff people who won't fold.
Don't quit when you get sucked out on. It's a sign that value betting is the key!

 

[westside1950]

Nice one. Everyone playing micros should remember them.

I'll add some of my own:

- Never miss a value against a fish (don't trap when you have good hand, just bet,bet,bet )

- Never multiple barrel bluff (except for regulars know know how to fold a pair)

 

[micalupagoo]

Ya I open 45s and above suited connectors UTG unless the table is full of regs. I will open 22 regardless of the table.

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and that actually works well?
you cbet all flops too?
think you would be setting yourself up for needless loses

 

[gipetto541]

i agree with those rules completely!.. cant bluff fish, play tight and bet for value.

 

[Thinker_145]

and that actually works well?
you cbet all flops too?
think you would be setting yourself up for needless loses

Honestly? I haven't looked up if opening suited connectors has been profitable from UTG or not. That sort of a stat really requires an absurdly big sample to be material in my opinion.

Anyways no I don't Cbet every flop OOP but if I hit any sort of a draw I will bet. Who and how many players called is obviously a very important variable as well.

In my opinion the most important requirement for opening SC UTG is a table with tight 3 betting.

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[Aces2w1n]

1. Buy-in max amount
2. Don't leave a table your winning on until you feel the momentum shift
3. Don't play more tables if your already losing on 1/2 tables
4. Abuse the Button and C/O
5. 3bet more from the blinds against LP
6. Table selection nonstop. work on having at least 1 or 2 fish 40vpip guys on your table. At least 1 minimum.
7. Position Position Position
8. Create realistic goals
9. Poker isn't personal it's just business. *don't take things personally*
10.Play less when you lose and play more when everything is going your way!
11.Analyze your hands

Anyways enjoy I could keep going on.

 

[arabarran666]

Great tips here, guys!
I really suck on cash games. Mostly cuz i take things personally and i don't have enough patient.
Is it better to multitable more in my case and so i can easily fold mediocre hands and play only strong hands?

 

[chipreaper]

Excellent advice.

 

[Sil3ntness]

Great tips here, guys!
I really suck on cash games. Mostly cuz i take things personally and i don't have enough patient.
Is it better to multitable more in my case and so i can easily fold mediocre hands and play only strong hands?

Yes if you play multiple tables you will have less time to play mediocre hands especially out of position. Also don't fall in love with your premium hands post flop. If you're getting raised or called 2 streets they might have you beat.

 

[Xmaster]

good tips! thanks for sharing!

 

[Dorugremon]

My biggest problem is I give people more credit than i should. Yesterday i 3bet and villain called which put 1/4 of his stack in. Flop comes A3x and i have AK. I bet, he calls and the turn comes another ace. I bet again and he raises to put himself all in. Turns out he had pocket 3s but I didnt put him on 3s because thats not a profitable call preflop to put 1/4 of your stack in. Ahhh seems to happen to me a lot with all types of hands. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt with a high range but fish give 0 fux

SUX, but sometimes you just have to give them credit, and that's better than giving them cash. You can't put fish on a range reliably because they will do some of the damnedest things for some of the most bizarre reasons. I had a similar situation come up. Raised from an early position with pocket aces, and got a call from the button. Flopped ( 9, 9, 2 -rainbow) and felt pretty good about it. Turn brings nothing special, nothing threatening, and this fish bangs it all in, and had me covered. I gave him credit for the nine, and folded. He slams down pocket deuces and curses his bad luck in not getting paid. The player next to him asked why he'd call with that, and he said he always played pocket deuces to the river.

I doubted that since his call was slightly +EV. Later on, he did it again, and the next time he called pocket deuces all the way; it wasn't +EV at all that time. He really did play every pocket deuces all the way, come hell or high water. Maybe he "thought" they were lucky? They'll show down beats with the one hand you couldn't ever put them on if they were the least bit rational. Maybe he had his "lucky" card? Who knows?

Who knows why that fish stuck 1/4 of his stack in there on pocket treys? Fish certainly aren't considering SPR, or anything else: they think "range" is an appliance you cook on or where cowboys work, and "equity" has something to do with real estate. They don't know, they're not paying the least bit of attention, they don't care.

How much does this cost: https://youtu.be/RAo24ENlQR4? It's a free download. Last weekend, it cost this fish in my game $800. When he was out, this is what he was doing instead of paying attention to the game. He actually was concentrating on Candy Crush Soda more than on playing Poker!

Don't ask me why they do this: I can't explain it.

Great tips here, guys!
I really suck on cash games. Mostly cuz i take things personally and i don't have enough patient.
Is it better to multitable more in my case and so i can easily fold mediocre hands and play only strong hands?

That's something you need to work on, and it's a part of tilt control. Patience is a virtue, and well worth cultivating. Learn to see stretches of card deadness as a blessing in disguise. When better to study your opposition while you're sitting out pots? That's when you want to get a line on their play. It's not easy, and why do you think most poker rooms have all those TV sets going, showing the "bog game" (whatever it might be) all the while they're open for business? To keep the clueless fish distracted between hands, of course.

Learn how to read one table well before muiti-tabling.

 

[Sil3ntness]

Rule #101 Folding pocket Kings to nits that 5 bet you for 60% of their chip stack.

I just folded KK in a cash game. 100 BB stacks. ughhh

 

[NorskNewman]

love the thread.

Must say the first few posts of advice are solid to me, but then it kind of went to ???

But its peoples opinions.

Recently returned to playing 2NL after year break. got 10k hands in this week at 8bb. Going to bookmark this for getting my mind right