Playing against amateurs - easy or tough?

[Lipki3]

Of course it's easy. If you don't play against amateurs, how can you win?

 

[Mihail Grinvich]

Playing against amateurs is very difficult. Strategies for this category of players do not, their game depends on luck. And luck often smiles at them. Of course, very few of them reach the final table. But before that they knock out quite strong players.

 

[yuriko oyama]

in my humble opinion, bad beat happens everywhere.
It doesn't matter if you're a professional or not.
I see professionals make bad plays and I see amateurs make great plays.
poker is a game of incomplete information, even the abilities of others are incomplete for us.

 

[dreamer13]

Amateurs experience a wider range of emotions while playing. If they win, it's good, if they lose, well, okay (it's a shame, of course, but what can you do). Many poker players have difficulty facing constant aggression from opponents. Amateurs and pros alike make big mistakes when trying to outplay an extremely aggressive opponent. Good strategy is not easy. It is far from always possible to immediately understand how exactly it is worth playing against an opponent.

 

[jonaselloco]

Hello brother
Look at your question, I relate it to cash desks.
In an MTT with players you know, you see situations, study their game, etc. situations that can be beneficial to you.
An example would be that if you do 3bet AK from any position, the opponent knows how you play and will think before raising, equalizing or retiring.
Instead of playing with amateurs or at a cash table playing only against someone who has money, there are no schemes or manuals.
You have AK and the opponent thought of 23 that would beat you and can match your bet, so match... the flop is 227 and the story ends.
That's why I think that if you have a good knowledge of poker and you play at an amateur or cash table, at least I don't underestimate any player. Rather, I would act at least at first very cautiously.
Cheers

 

[Acechador]

Well, they are more difficult to read because many don't even care about losing money, they just do it for fun and release adrenaline and that's very frustrating, because then what happened to you happens... horrible bad beat.

 

[demibar]

I am amateur so i don't mind lol.Its harder to play with a pro

 

[Frankyy97]

I love to play against amateurs. You can win more easy because they cant fold hands like A 3 with pair of A and low kicker where pros would have fold. For an example.

 

[azteca6]

they are the ones who usually go all in without thinking with an A accompanied by any card and end up winning what they see 9 out of 10 times and this motivates them to keep doing it and sometimes it bothers them

 

[Alex Sentsov]

99% of poker players are amateurs)))

 

[juan1579]

That's a great question! What I can say is that playing against recreational players is a problem because they play without structure

 

[juan1579]

The best thing that can happen to one playing against fans is that luck is on our side hahahaha

 

[NDRWTRLGC]

easy because they can usually be run over pretty easily (at least in tournaments) tough because they don't know when to fold

 

[KING1805]

I prefer to play with more professional players rather than amateurs.

 

[MK_]

I'm not sure if I would call it tougher but I would say expecting a beginner to fold is probably a bad idea!

 

[VikK030p13]

I don't know how to play with a beginner because that's who I am

 

[Gallarado777]

it's very easy to play against amateurs, they immediately betray themselves and you understand right away

 

[KrazyKoo]

Definitely tough, they are too random

 

[gravii2011]

It is more difficult to play against amateurs, as they play aggressively and without thinking at all, see any ace in their pocket and go all in. Or it happens that they get hit on the last street.

 

[bioman420]

não weiI don't know if it's hard or easy, because I consider myself an amateur player

 

[dongato2]

I don't think it's easy or difficult, the point is to adapt to the way they are playing

 

[VGShaa]

There are different fans with different games, it is easy to play and read their hand with inexperienced people, they often call, and it is enough to play with them on the map. Hyperaggressive ones are much more difficult, the game is rather unpredictable, they don't think about ranges and rely on luck. I try to evaluate my opponent, their performance and therefore build my plan for giving away with them.

 

[GNuTTz]

I would call myself an amateur too. But I learned a lot about numbers, when to call, buff, fold, etc. But there are players out there that don't know much about equity, odds,... and just play by feel. I heard a pro player (Can't remember who) once who said, its so hard to play against newer players, because they are so hard to read. So what do you think about this?


Background of the question: In a (for me) big tournament someone called my all in (my two pair) on the flop with just king high and no draws. I busted out of the tournament because he got better two pair on the turn and the river. I know that was bad luck, but it made me think of this question. Are those opponents sometimes tougher, because they don't know how to make decisions?

I think you should also include the overall buy in costs- if it’s cheap to enter- you are more likely to face the wrath of a newbies K high at the end of the hand. I think that the more you invest in terms of buy in costs- correlates with a more strategy oriented mind set and an increase in players who actually think about making smart plays… rather than a bingo player mind set who hopes will suck out on turn or river lol

 

[arshuns]

Most poker players are amateurs. I think amateurs who play at relatively high limits also try to stick to the basic principles of poker. Only playing at low limits and freerolls encourages fans to play more aggressively without thinking about the consequences. And then how lucky you are.

 

[spectralwave]

I find it easy because quickly identify your weaknesses.