strategy for a winning session- fun thread

[ungerdogg]

Hypothetical question here, but still looking for some good responses:

In poker, we try to make the best decisions that will equal the greatest long-term profit, and we stay in good games, and leave bad games, all that good stuff.

But what if your goal was, just for one session, to go down to the card room just to make a quick buck. For example, in a 1-2 no limit game, all you want in this session is to make $50.

Does this change your strategy? What are some general rules you would try to follow to get there.

Would you play extremely tight? Is moving up or down in limits part of the strategy? I would even accept moving to a 7-stud game (or other) if you thought it would increase your chances at your card room.

What about for limit poker?

I realize how improbable this scenario is, but I think the question is intriguing enough to get a good thread going.

in other words, name your game, limit, and profit you want to make, and how you would change your strategy to help yourself hit your profit and run.

[Swagga86]

Ill use your no limit 1-2 example trying to make 50. If my goal is stirctly make 50 and leave, idk if seating will matter, b.c. Odds are you wont get the perfect seat you want. As for style im going with table style. If there is a lot of limping pre flop then ill open my range and try to raise bigger from late position. Post flop i would be more aggressive. Most of my strategy would be pick up as many small pots fast as i can, try to avoid tricky moves( everyone has been caught, and this goal is imo a get it done fast goal).

The biggest part of hitting this imo is to avoid big hands where you are drawing, up and down draw or 4 to a flush on the flop. Play the hand out but until you hit better to play it small so if you miss you dont have more ground to cover. Again my view is get it, get it done, get out.

[khangura175]

Whats the point of leavin after making fiddy? If the tables is full of good players, im not even trying to make fiddy, im bouncing asap.. If its mainly fishlets n monkey ****ers then im not leaving after fiddy.. im going for like fiddy zero (500) then maybe leavin for lols

[bluem3]

Originally Posted by Swagga86

Ill use your no limit 1-2 example trying to make 50. If my goal is stirctly make 50 and leave, idk if seating will matter, b.c. Odds are you wont get the perfect seat you want. As for style im going with table style. If there is a lot of limping pre flop then ill open my range and try to raise bigger from late position. Post flop i would be more aggressive. Most of my strategy would be pick up as many small pots fast as i can, try to avoid tricky moves( everyone has been caught, and this goal is imo a get it done fast goal).

The biggest part of hitting this imo is to avoid big hands where you are drawing, up and down draw or 4 to a flush on the flop. Play the hand out but until you hit better to play it small so if you miss you dont have more ground to cover. Again my view is get it, get it done, get out.

what is a perfect seat?

[Swagga86]

Originally Posted by bluem3

what is a perfect seat?

Next to the fish. Or where ever you believe it is. After a maniac lol

[Swagga86]

Originally Posted by khangura175

Whats the point of leavin after making fiddy? If the tables is full of good players, im not even trying to make fiddy, im bouncing asap.. If its mainly fishlets n monkey ****ers then im not leaving after fiddy.. im going for like fiddy zero (500) then maybe leavin for lols

I think thats why he said hypothetical. Its a just for fun question

[dicejam]

Originally Posted by Swagga86

Next to the fish. Or where ever you believe it is. After a maniac lol

this is so true. hand from today where i was sitting next to two drunken fellows playing insanely.

Hero is dealt AQo, raises to 10
Drunken Villain calls 10

Flop: Q82 rainbow

Hero bets 30
Drunken Villain raises to 75
Hero calls 45

Turn: 9

Drunken Villain bets 75
Hero raises all in to 200
Drunken Villain calls 125

River: 3

Drunken Villain shows: A2o

literally the worst call i have ever seen, let alone been the beneficiary of!

as for your question, to make 50 in a 1-2 nl game, i would sit down with 50 and play shortstack style poker. standard play as far as seeing cheap flops for the right price with speculative hands goes, but a much more aggressive style with decent hands with the goal of getting all the chips in before the turn. people are also more likely to make bad calls of your all ins when youre shortstacked just because they dont have to risk offering any implied odds, so a tight aggressive strategy works here.

[sick layup]

im also like this. i play 1/2nl but i want to make at least $120-$180. after i make that, i can go home and relax. come back next time all fresh. play against diff opponents.

[OhNoNotHim]

Whenever I try to set a goal of making a set amount during a session I always seem to fail to reach that goal and miserably. Your goal should be to exploit all weaknesses at the table and to maximize profit. Setting a goal for a session of poker is pointless imo because of variance so always think about the longterm benefits and your success will be much greater.

[ACEvivKING]

If youre thinking about profit at all while at the tables, youre doing it wrong.

[CaptainPatent]

Originally Posted by ACEvivKING

If youre thinking about profit at all while at the tables, youre doing it wrong.

Disagree - if you're managing a short bankroll, you should be thinking about how much you currently made and how much is at risk with effective stacks. I'm not above ratho

As far as a quick fiddy - I'd say the best way is to play your normal game. Find the way to best exploit your opponents at what you perceive to be the optimal available table and spot. A LAGgier style may have a slim advantage in short-term play because people may not have enough time to figure out if you're LAG or on a hot streak, but any call station could quickly put an end to that.

[SquirrelsUnite]

This is exactly what martingale is for. You pick a target and take higher and higher risks to reach it. You'll have a very high chance or reaching your conservative goal and a tiny chance of going completely broke.