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10-24-2016 , 11:29 PM
So im trying to reach the highest level of sitngos on ignition/Bovada. Ive beat $3 and $7 level triple ups but i just started the 15$ level and theres a big difference in play everyone is extremely tight its normal to be a hour in and the table still has 7 or 8 players and everyone is shallow with 10-12 blinds. How do i beat this type of play?
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10-25-2016 , 11:38 AM
Playing v tight players is kind of boring, but actually very straightforward.
They basically have it.
So the idea of poker being hard is based on the idea that in any given action, your oponent uses a balanced range of hands, such that you will feel undecided about what to do in a lot of spots.
Here, v very tight players, they are unbalanced, that is to say the ranges they use are all too strong.
It might be counter intuitive, but the way to beat them is to not pay them off with their good hands.
Yes this will mean alot of folding when they open the pot, and it won't feel like you are outplaying them, but actually you are.

Then, when you have the chance to open the pot, you do so very wide because tight players don't defend their blinds enough.

It takes discipline, because when a tight play plays back you want to let go of all but he best hands.
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10-26-2016 , 01:34 AM
Great advise im going to stick to the 7$ level and build a good cushion before moving up but thanks for the advise ill try to apply it to my game .
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10-27-2016 , 02:16 PM
Once you reach this kind of stake, it may be more profitable to switch to a different format like 180s or MTTs. On topic : I agree with everything Colin said.
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10-27-2016 , 07:51 PM
I actually enjoy sitngos more because the variance is low and it's going to net me a profit more often then a mtt I don't like the idea of going months without a decent score I want something more consistent.
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10-29-2016 , 03:58 AM
You generally want to be playing the opposite of what the table is doing. So if everyone is extremely tight, you should be stealing a lot. If they're tight preflop, make the smallest possible raises you can to steal.
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11-19-2016 , 04:34 PM
I know its not what you are looking for but i want to make a question on this.
How is the traffic on these one? You get a good amount of tables to open so you can do a healty session?
Triple ups seems really good to grind (as i started grinding DONS on stars years before) and this seems really interesting as i never knew these tables existed!
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11-19-2016 , 11:25 PM
Steal blinds
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12-31-2016 , 01:05 AM
Alright im going to update this thread i moved down to the $7 triple up and did fine . I just moved up to the $15 triple up and the same situation is occurring its a 9max reg speed its been running for almost an hour and only one player has bust. blinds are 200/100 with 8 players. theres one big stack to the left of me and one short stack and everyone else including myself have about 7 to 8bb

It folds around to the bt he limps hes limped the bt several times but never showed his hand. I have JJ and i shove he tank calls with A10 and he hits his ace and im out.

Im just going to keep updating this thread to see if im making the wrong decisions in anyway. My br is at 992 ill drop down to the 7s if i hit 900. would love to here feed back or thoughts.
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01-02-2017 , 11:44 PM
Once again I bubble with ****ing Jack's Im starting to think I should fold Jack's on the bubble . I played everything perfect made a hero call with top two being short stacked . But I pick up Jack's in the bb from a bt open we are both short he raises and I jam and I lose to AQ . I'm seriously considering folding Jack's on the bubble for my entire stack for now own .
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01-03-2017 , 04:00 AM
Seems like you just turned this thread into a bad beat blog.

Take a minute to think about how many bad beats the guys in this forum have taken collectively - it's a ton, like probably more than you can even imagine - then ask yourself if they really need to hear another bad beat story.
Not only do they not care, they likely have suffered much worse - with the net result that strategy posts are welcome, but this isn't.
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