Hi everyone. I haven't played any poker for the whole 2019 and now I want to start paying. I live in Stockholm and play in local Cosmopol casino. I play hold'em and there are such options (in dollar equivalent)

1/1 $ 50-200 with 10% rake up to 10$
2,5/2,5 200-500 with 5% rake up to 10$

Reraly there are higher games as well.
I used to play some 0.10/0.25$ shorthanded online poker before with about 3bb/100.

As you can see it is more hobby for me and I want to play some poker on Fridays after work.

Alright, enough lyrics. I want to start with horrible rake 1/1 to build a bankroll to move up. What strategy/ranges would you reccomend?
My thoughts are: Always buy in for max. Play solid, tight abc poker. As rake is high we can't play marginal spots wich turns to be not profitable anymore. Limp in with suited aces and connectors to try cheaply get nuts and get value out of it. Raise a lot with premium. Bluff only against adequate villains that can make fold.
I think what I said is very generic, may be you can give me some better advices? Any last tendencies that I should be aware of?
Any input is much appreciated!

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Welcome back to poker!! Overall the cash game scene probably hasn't changed too much, especially at the lowest level offered by the room you're playing in. 'Generic' still works but in some cases those games can be tougher since there's a broader range of skill, especially if it's the only stake a room offers. It sounds like you already know that you need to type the Players in an effort to adjust your play accordingly.

I wouldn't worry about the rake initially, let's just see how we feel getting our feet wet again.

There's one very important poker term you left out of your post ... position. Although the others at the table may not care where the Button is, you need to in order to apply pressure in those marginal spots and take down the pots. I assume that uncalled bets aren't raked?

As with most any game. Your opponents naturally improve, just don't rely on your opponents to see the game in the technical manner you may at the lowest level ... There's still plenty of "I've got KK and seeing a River." out there to exploit, so I like your ABC (in position) mindset until you start to see what your room has to offer for skills/moves that may have developed since you were gone. GL

Unless you are an ABSOLUTE CRUSHER you'll build a roll faster with a part time job.

You used the word "limp" in a sentence.
Limping and high rake, thus letting multiple players into pots they have no business in, is a losing equation in the long run.
I know many winners, even at low BI, that never limp. Ever.

Thank you all!
@answer20 thank you for the comment and reminding about position and exploitative game!

@Kobold Esq I doubt I am absolute crusher Just want to have my hobby alive and possibly make some money

@DaveC95818 Limping in live low limit games is really grey area for me and I really want to improve. For example, in online cash games I never limped preflop. By raising I was generating some FE and kept all my pre flop range there.
Offline it is so much different:
1. open raises are much bigger (5-10BB) instead of default 3BB online.
2. people like to see the flops and even if you raise to lets say 7BB from early position you are 4-6 people on the flop anyway. Sometimes you might see huge 3-bet from reg type of player from late position when there are so many money in the middle of the table already.

I understand that I can do 10-12 BB open raise with my premium hands to have 1-3 guys on the flop, but I can't do same size raise with small pairs and suited connectors. So this approach is not working.

Do you recommend to do same size raise (in the same spot) with all the range to be less readable?

Players limping with bad hands is bad for us?

Lots of hands play best with a limp pre.