Critique my strategy

[IPlay]

Since I am 9-max specialist I will only talk 9-max.



On passive table, From UTG-1 to MP-2, limping is definitely good, raising would just make people all risk more and confuse you because now people in BB, SB may 'superraise' to iso-bet and you are on backfoot as you have 0 reads which is what you really are paying for preflop, the ability to know you are not against some weird hand like 8 5 to better narrow down where you stand vs opponents once the flops gets there but on loose-pass PF tendency tables you should just limp with something like A 10.

From MP-3 to Dealer, if many have called, limp but if you notice it's less than usual and only 2 or so have limped, go ahead and raise a little, this may actually mean more once flop hits as they are responding TO YOUR actions much more than out of fear or greed towards the general cards which most passive fish do in many-men flops. In SB or BB, you have the best analysis of just how many are in the hand, never iso-bet with a loose passive crowd preflop, only raise with few (as I said).

With aggro tables total opposite strategy should be taken, you are going to unleash a cork in an exploding champagne bottle if you start raising into LAG people who have suddenly enabled you to get a cheap view at the flop if you're in a position ranging from cut-off to BB but from UTG-1 to MP-2 you should be raising just to discourage a few would-be reraisers who dont fear YOU but the aggressive psychos after them) see how it works?

I'm pretty sure this is the play of every Old Man grinder I have seen in live 1/2 games.

This is why after 40 years of poker, they still play the lowest stakes available

 

[Keith_MM]

exactly , its a shittyish hand so i wouldn't be playing it except as a blind steal . you want to play like a fish and limp in all the time. How's that progress graph of yours going?

 

[Keith_MM]

just fired up a 12 table session of 2nl full ring

waiting for your graphs Rational to show us how effective your strategy is

 

[Samuel Kollapso]

Impossible to have a direct line of bets, everything depends on the situation of the table. The point is not to have strategy, is to understand the game, and to know what decisions to take

 

[MikeD123]

Why don't you 3 bet with weak hands most tight players who finally raise your will fold to any 3 bet play the player not the cards.

 

[GWU73]

At a minimum you NEED to:

Be aggressive with big hands pre flop because one pair is usually good heads up.

Eliminate all hands that are not either suited connectors, suited Aces, Broadway, or pairs.

Learn to use basic poker math, and apply the gap principle.

--This will slow your losses and give you time to learn to play well.--

 

[Vini_lepoker]

This strategy is not a winning one. You are basically playing fit or fold. Get a good guide to micro stakes cash games and apply strategies that involve position and aggression. Best luck at the tables.

 

[BionicApe]

Reinventing the Wheel

Having any kind of inflexible fixed strategy will eventually prove problematic. I've seen some decent habitual limpers, but all the notable ones are exceptionally good post-flop players and not only is your post-flop plan specifically indicative of poor post-flop play, but if you were a post-flop boss you probably wouldn't be making this post.

This must be what happens when you learn the game from just playing online.

Us codgers actually had to study books made of trees and stuff. ABC poker hasn't changed much from Harrington. He's the Plato of poker, the foundation on which all poker strategy is built, he defines ABC play. Harrington may not have invented the wheel, but he standardized its dimensions and usage.

Why use a crappy polygonal wheel when the round one is better?

I'm not saying you need to read Harrington, but you do need to be able to define the hallmarks of ABC play because all nuances of style are derivatives of ABC play.

Your edge will arise not from trying to develop some kind of master strategy, but from identifying and exploiting players whose knowledge, experience, and practice are inferior to your own.

Gots ta hit tha 'books', Holmes.

 

[BionicApe]

Woops, thought I was in the tournament section. Nub mistake, still some reasonable observations.

 

[Masi2197]

the bad thing about these hands is that you can get into a mess or compromise your stay in that tournament low hands with low kiker is very dangerous to start a tournament although sometimes it works very well

 

[davidhoyle107]

Pre Flop

- Enter with ANY starting hand as long as it is cheap to see (i.e., nobody raises or raise is <= 1 BB). We don't which hand can click, so take chances as long as its cheap to see flop
- Any raises >= 3 BB just fold unless I have AA, AK, KK, QQ

Post Flop

- If I have a 1 card match or no match, just check. Don't raise and if anyone raises > 2BB then just fold
- Bet only if I have 2 card match / set
- If there is a flush or straight possibility then stay in the bets as long as EV is not negative

If I saw you doing this. I'd raise you and call all your bets pre flop, then c bet you all the time post flop. If you call or release, I'll just let you have is. Since the chance of hitting a 2 pair is way too small, and one pair at all only 1/3 on the flop, I'll take your cash enough that I don't have to worry about you calling or reraising. I'll just fold and get all my money back the next hand you call and miss. I do this all the time to time of guys who have insane clip and no pfr stats. It works insane well.

 

[davidhoyle107]

I think you need to play tag. Only rfi with the top 15% of hands, and never call a raise unless you could also 3 bet it. You need to learn ABC poker.

 

[starting_at_the_bottom]

Its a terrible strategy, you need to be considering the other players more than your cards.