Hey, once a week my friends and I get together for a 5c/10c home game. The table is very loose and passive. When I play in this home game I play tight ABC poker. I profit between $15-$30 a night on average.

I have a new understanding of the game that if there are 5 or 6 people calling preflop and knowing that no one behind me is likely to raise then I'm getting very good odds to call my **** hands. With odds this high it seems that almost any random hand is good. Also this game offers crazy implied odds. With so many people in each hand many people hit draws or a pair and they're willing to call big bets.

I feel that with good preflop odds and good implied odds my preflop range should widen significantly and it just becomes a game of post flop play. Not so much trying to outplay all these fish but just extracting the most when I hit monster hands.

My question is does this sound like a sound strategy in this home game and how do I know how wide my range should be given 4:1, 5:1, 6:1 odds. Has anyone done the math? Are there charts? Anything? Thanks

What are the average stack sizes of the calling stations? 40bb will be a different strategy than 100bb

Well it changes. Some players will play till they bust a buy. But half the players buy in with 200 BB and the other half buy in with 100 BB never less.

in these games you want to play tight and aggressive...

pay attention to what hands everybody is limping or raising...

getting 6:1 looks good, but when holding something like J7 or K6 it is not so likely you will hit a monster... say you have J7 and flop comes 775.. heads up it would be a monster but vs 5-6 players you will loose sometime vs a boat or A7,K7,Q7 and sometimes you win. only get involved if you think you will get paid from any toppair while flop a straight for example... you have J7 and flop is T98 and someone will pay lots of money with AT, then fine... but you also need to be deep for that...
while your odds are getting better your **** hands will have less and less equity vs so many people... so watch out... my advice rather fold and pay attention to how everyone is playing postflop... spot tells and leaks (which is easier when having not to worry about your cards) and once you know how to outplay them, then you can join the party

With deeper stacks you can play more suited trash hands in position when the price to call is cheap, 1bb ideally. With smaller stacks I would limit that range to suited and closely connected hands (65s,T8s,etc). I would also recommend a linear 3bet range but not 3bet too often since you don't want them to tighten up their preflop range.