***** Beginner's Questions Thread *****

[skates]

Figured I could ask if this would be a good idea... or I could just make it myself and see if anyone objects.

So here it is. Have a beginner's question? Want to know what size bankroll you need or whether or not to raise 67s preflop? Post your non-thread deserving questions here!

[IcarusJam]

Let me start this thread up. I have like 5k hands of nl50 with pretty good results. I play nl50 hu still and I was discussing table selection with Cwar on aim. He said that 99% of nl50 players are bad and i won't need table selection. We elaborated a little bit, but i was curious if somebody else could elaborate.

And also, after watching Nemo's most recent video, i was wondering if his winrate is higher with the limping strategy...

ok thanks.

[citanul]

icarus,

what do you need elaborated on? the players are really terrible, so you don't need to actively table select because there is no benefit to spending time trying to find the absolute worst opponent possible. you should be able to find the 1% regs pretty quickand quit them (if you want to).

[LordMushroom2]

Originally Posted by skates

Figured I could ask if this would be a good idea... or I could just make it myself and see if anyone objects.

So here it is. Have a beginner's question? Want to know what size bankroll you need or whether or not to raise 67s preflop? Post your non-thread deserving questions here!

Given that it seems unlikely beginners will be allowed to write their most stupid questions in their own threads, I think this is nice. I also think it would be nice if the moderators could put the OP of locked threads in here (and naturally saying they have done so in these threads).

[ScottRfc]

Originally Posted by IcarusJam

Let me start this thread up. I have like 5k hands of nl50 with pretty good results. I play nl50 hu still and I was discussing table selection with Cwar on aim. He said that 99% of nl50 players are bad and i won't need table selection. We elaborated a little bit, but i was curious if somebody else could elaborate.

And also, after watching Nemo's most recent video, i was wondering if his winrate is higher with the limping strategy...

ok thanks.

Most are pretty bad, i only started plying again a few days ago but up about 11 buyins in that time. If you really want to find the worst players look for the ones who buy in for $23.15 or similar to that... i spent a day searching them and stacked most of them.

[skweek]

i repost:

hello ,

i would like to know...[HUSNG]

what are the mistakes that bad players do at theses different stakes?:

50$
100$
200$
500$
1000$

where the gap is more difficult?
guy who play husng 200$ can switch without lost money at nl200$?
who are the stars at high limit today?(i know liv112 and fl39 on fulltilt)

[IcarusJam]

Is assuming that all people who sit and wait are regs and/or that sit with me for full amount are sharks a good assumption? Or poor on my part?

[fnx99]

there are a few good regs even at nl50 i think.
and 5k hands is nothing.

[IcarusJam]

it's just hard to get hands at hu, i mean honestly, how do u grind 30k hands playing two hu tables a month? (that statement is dumb, i'm bad at math)

[trontron]

Originally Posted by IcarusJam

Is assuming that all people who sit and wait are regs and/or that sit with me for full amount are sharks a good assumption? Or poor on my part?

often this is true, but finding the one huge fish who is waiting with a 500bb stack is quite a nice thing...
if i don't know the player, i just sit in and play 20 hands and quit him if he seems good (while sitting & waiting at another table).

and btw: not all regs are good.

[cocktails]

Bankroll Q

Min. Buy-ins at 50-200NL?

[skates]

Originally Posted by skweek

i repost:

hello ,

i would like to know...[HUSNG]

what are the mistakes that bad players do at theses different stakes?:

50$
100$
200$
500$
1000$

where the gap is more difficult?
guy who play husng 200$ can switch without lost money at nl200$?
who are the stars at high limit today?(i know liv112 and fl39 on fulltilt)

v. v. general. Bad players are bad players. I feel like there are more bad lags than standard weak-passives at $200+ but it's been a while and I'm not sure. Each bad player makes their own mistakes. Gap between $115/$230 is the hardest.... used to be $230/$570 but the $345 might soften that. Even if you are good at HUSNG you are likely not good at cash until you've played a lot of it, so no, you can't switch. This is because HUSNGs are played with short stacks. As for stars... I dunno, watch the HS games.

[fnx99]

Originally Posted by cocktails

Bankroll Q

Min. Buy-ins at 50-200NL?

did you beat 6max? to which level? do you have HU exp.?

if you never playe HU cash i would start with 30buyins at least

[Insane_Steve]

How do I play someone who likes to min-bet almost every street regardless of pot size? Also note that these players will pot every so often too.

Thanks.

[lank4ever]

Originally Posted by Insane_Steve

How do I play someone who likes to min-bet almost every street regardless of pot size? Also note that these players will pot every so often too.

Thanks.

A profitable play I use is too ignore it (at least if they do it so often that building a range isn't really an option). Make your same sized cbet, they're often just giving you an extra BB.

On the turn and river you can often treat their bets as checks because the pot is so big compared to the bet. Make some call downs with Q/J high. If you would have bet for value, RAISE. Raise folding vs. these guys is just like bet/folding.

Don't get so annoyed by their constant betting that you always raise, and still try to pay attention to what they are betting with. It is generally slightly better than their checking range. What the pot sized bets mean varies greatly from person to person so you have to call some and find out (It's generally separated between nuts/air {nuts may mean top pair though}).