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Originally Posted by Skymasters0n
Just getting back into poker! Id love to get some opinions on the Oaks 6-12 and some of the other Limit action around the Bay. I prefer Limit to No Limit. I am not trying to play for a living. Im playing for fun but would also like to turn a small profit, since ya know, poker is a lot more fun when you win. If I could play a few nights a week, and make somewhere around $15/hr, Id be pretty happy with that.
Anyways, I realize the drop is the biggest enemy. Right now at the Oaks we are looking at a $4 drop plus another $1 for the BBJP. The players are mostly bad. Im not the greatest, but ive read the Small Stakes book by Ed Miller, and understand all the key concepts. That alone probably makes me better than some 80% of the 6-12 players out there. I do have some holes to fill, and I figure just playing and lurking around here I can fill some of them. Some weaknesses: Inability to pull the trigger on thin river value bets; probably not raising quite frequently enough Pre, particularly in the blinds (probably not 3-betting Pre enough either). I don't think I raise the big streets enough either, rare is it that I will raise with less than two pair on the turn or river. So yea, aggression in general needs work. Ill try to post some hands here.
Now I would like to move up and would not mind playing higher right now. However, the game after 6-12 is 30-60 (looks like 15-30 is no more?). Id be willing to play up to 15-30, but wouldn't think it would be worth it to drive the extra distance (I live in Alameda), and I might not currently even be a winner in that game. I realize as you play higher, you do need to tweak your game a bit (i.e. - bluff sometimes, never limp pre 1st in, etc)
So it would appear that the Oaks 6-12 is my best option for now? Worth it to drive farther to play higher? Or is Limit a lost cause and learn how to play No Limit?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
It's super beatable, and for much more than other experienced (and more skilled) posters may ever realize. (and i may be the only one to hold the opinion) I've logged 1000+ hrs with records, which roughly equates to 30-40k hands. which is lolsample size i suppose.
Most players, as they get better, move up. I'm prob one of the few that happily stay at 6-12 and think it's beatable for more than the higher limits. The skill set to hone is admittedly different imo; you can squeeze tons and tons of money in lower stakes by figuring out exploitative plays, whereas higher stakes require more gto and fine tuning how to play ranges.
The vast majority of money in small stakes to be made, imo, is a combination of:
* Making exploitative folds.
* Garnering action and maximizing profit.
Tight-aggressive, though profitable, tends to miss out on many other profitable opportunities. IMO, if you fine tune an exploitative LAG-TAG strategy, you can destroy that game.