Beating Low Stakes .25 .50 Cent And .50 1$ Nlh

[TheCincinnatiKid 0]

Would everyone agree that a basic straight-forawrd tight aggressive approach is the best strategy for beating low stake online limit games $ .25/.50 ; .50/1 ; 1-2

[KowboyKoop 0]

No.I try and see every single flop and bluff people off the their hands. With straight and flush draws I stay all the way, and I call people down with pretty much any pair. I never raise preflop because people are going to call anyways, so I wait until the the betting limits go up to bet my good hands, because then people will respect my raises.Seriously........this question is rediculously vague.......and silly....but yes, playing tight and aggressive is enough to beat most low limit online games.

[navybuttons 15]

Would everyone agree that a basic straight-forawrd tight aggressive approach is the best strategy for beating low stake online limit games $ .25/.50 ; .50/1 ; 1-2

read small stakes hold em by sklansky. if .25/.5 - 1/2 games are beatable that book is probably your first step.eventually, to maximize value you have to step beyond a straight-foward tight approach.example: folded to hero who raises 55 on the button. BB (a very loose crazy player calls). flop: AK3. villain checks, hero bets, villain raises, hero?eventually you'll get to the point that you're able to realize when villain's range includes air often enough here that the right play may be to 3-bet to protect your hand. (in this scenario we obviously want villain to incorrectly fold J9, etc.)so no, the play isn't straight forward or tight, but it may be the right play. tight ABC will be profitable, don't get me wrong, it's just not always the "best strategy" for beating low-limit games.

[woguy213 0]

read small stakes hold em by sklansky. if .25/.5 - 1/2 games are beatable that book is probably your first step.eventually, to maximize value you have to step beyond a straight-foward tight approach.example: folded to hero who raises 55 on the button. BB (a very loose crazy player calls). flop: AK3. villain checks, hero bets, villain raises, hero?eventually you'll get to the point that you're able to realize when villain's range includes air often enough here that the right play may be to 3-bet to protect your hand. (in this scenario we obviously want villain to incorrectly fold J9, etc.)so no, the play isn't straight forward or tight, but it may be the right play. tight ABC will be profitable, don't get me wrong, it's just not always the "best strategy" for beating low-limit games.

I think most of what you said after "to maximize value..." was wrong. In your example, you don't beat a loose, crazy player by three betting with 55 on that board. You don't beat loose, crazy players by loosening up yourself even more. You beat them by tightening up, and then punishing them. So, in your example, folding would be the right play 100% of the time. As for the final sentence, the best strategy for any game of poker is always to play a tight "abc" style until you have a specific read on another player, regardless of the stakes.

[craiger 0]

I think most of what you said after "to maximize value..." was wrong. In your example, you don't beat a loose, crazy player by three betting with 55 on that board. You don't beat loose, crazy players by loosening up yourself even more. You beat them by tightening up, and then punishing them. So, in your example, folding would be the right play 100% of the time. As for the final sentence, the best strategy for any game of poker is always to play a tight "abc" style until you have a specific read on another player, regardless of the stakes.

I bet Zach would have something to say about this Woguy, I think you are misunderstanding the point that navy is trying to make here. He's not saying you should 3-bet when check-raised every time when there are 2 overcards to your pair. He's saying that loose crazy players raise with weak draws and bottom pair. He was using this hand as an example to illustrate that you don't need top pair or better to be aggressive. But more importantly, he's saying that once you develop solid post flop skills, you can open up your game a bit and learn to play well in the more marginal situations. ..which is super important if you ever want to move up in stakes.

[Sheiky 0]

I think most of what you said after "to maximize value..." was wrong. In your example, you don't beat a loose, crazy player by three betting with 55 on that board. You don't beat loose, crazy players by loosening up yourself even more. You beat them by tightening up, and then punishing them. So, in your example, folding would be the right play 100% of the time. As for the final sentence, the best strategy for any game of poker is always to play a tight "abc" style until you have a specific read on another player, regardless of the stakes.

Terrible terrible advice