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Mooronic
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Silver Level
Hello all. Enjoy the site and have learned a lot.
No limet hold’em rookie here. I’ve recently gotten into the game (primarily via Internet) this past month and after reading a bunch of literature, a few days of practice at the free money tables, I made the venture to low buy-in cash games.
I’ve progressed with the low cash games to the point where I consistently come out ahead (aside from the occasional bad beat) after each session. With the small amounts of money I’ve been winning, I invest by entering into quickie 100 player $5 buy in tournaments along with the occasion promotional free money 1500 player+ tournament.
Tournament play is where I’m not doing well.
I learned playing cash games that it pays in the long run to play tight & conservative. With the low blinds, it usually isn’t too costly to limp into each hand to see if I can hit a flop. Depending on what I hit and what my potential draws are, I’ll fold if I miss and patiently wait until I hit a flop resulting in what I know is the best hand - someone is always willing to donate a healthy portion of their bankroll to me as a result. Obviously, I shift around my play strategy to keep from being too predictable – also resulting in profit.
In tourney play, I find it difficult to even see the flop. Players tend to me more aggressive and will raise all-in at my every attempt to limp in – especially in the later rounds when the binds are raised. As my chip stack reduces to dangerous levels, I’m pressured to go all-in when I finally do get nice pre-flop cards – then it’s up to luck as to whether I’m able to draw them out. I’ve been lucky enough to get to the top 20 only once.
My question is how to stay alive in tourney play when big pre-flop raises are the norm? I don’t like big bets pre-flop as I find that luck is more than often not with me – even when I statistically have the best hand. From what I’ve read, aggressive aka maniacs who always raise need to be re-raised as they tend to raise with anything. That doesn’t help when his 6 9 draws a full house against my A Q.
So…help?
No limet hold’em rookie here. I’ve recently gotten into the game (primarily via Internet) this past month and after reading a bunch of literature, a few days of practice at the free money tables, I made the venture to low buy-in cash games.
I’ve progressed with the low cash games to the point where I consistently come out ahead (aside from the occasional bad beat) after each session. With the small amounts of money I’ve been winning, I invest by entering into quickie 100 player $5 buy in tournaments along with the occasion promotional free money 1500 player+ tournament.
Tournament play is where I’m not doing well.
I learned playing cash games that it pays in the long run to play tight & conservative. With the low blinds, it usually isn’t too costly to limp into each hand to see if I can hit a flop. Depending on what I hit and what my potential draws are, I’ll fold if I miss and patiently wait until I hit a flop resulting in what I know is the best hand - someone is always willing to donate a healthy portion of their bankroll to me as a result. Obviously, I shift around my play strategy to keep from being too predictable – also resulting in profit.
In tourney play, I find it difficult to even see the flop. Players tend to me more aggressive and will raise all-in at my every attempt to limp in – especially in the later rounds when the binds are raised. As my chip stack reduces to dangerous levels, I’m pressured to go all-in when I finally do get nice pre-flop cards – then it’s up to luck as to whether I’m able to draw them out. I’ve been lucky enough to get to the top 20 only once.
My question is how to stay alive in tourney play when big pre-flop raises are the norm? I don’t like big bets pre-flop as I find that luck is more than often not with me – even when I statistically have the best hand. From what I’ve read, aggressive aka maniacs who always raise need to be re-raised as they tend to raise with anything. That doesn’t help when his 6 9 draws a full house against my A Q.
So…help?
). Made it to the top 200 in a 2000+ freeroll yesterday and went all-in (against my gut) on a suited A 10 to try and double up my dwindling chip stack. poof. Gone to Q Q fair and square.
