This live NL game I play here and there is blinds of $3 & $5 and the buyin is $300: No less no more, just $300 for anyone sitting. So you start with 60 BBs. If you get down to $150 you can rebuy a full buyin giving you $450 total, which is still only like 90 bbs. The drop I believe is $5 plus $1 for the JP. The game varies from good to very good so it is a profitable game to play for sure. Just with the 60 bb buyin there is not much wiggle room to play that many spec hands(even tho peeps do all the time)

So obv a pretty lame structure like most so cal games are. I have been doing pretty well in this game with a limited amount of hours in so far(abt 400 is all).

So in this game I play pretty str8 forward abc, which usually works well in most lower limit games, be they limit or NL.

In this game a PF 3 bet is always like QQ+and mostly KK/AA. There is some limping of big hands her and there but mostly AQ/AK type stuff and some big pairs here and there. In gen there is a ton of limping in this game.

So that said, anyone have any particular strat that they would approach this game with in general? Not trying to reinvent the wheel just wondering if anyone here has any other ways of playing this game other than what I have doingand have been doing pretty well with so far.

I have been successful so far but looking to improve any areas of my live NL game. Look forward to any input.

Sounds a little like the 1/2 at the local race-ino. We have electronic tables here in Indianapolis.

Lots and lots of limping some days. Some days a pre-flop raise of 5bb wins you the blinds, other days and at night, that is normal, if not weak.

I like to raise pre-flop with any playable hand, but that does not work. Some days.

Next time I am going to have to try more limping, and carefully raising after the flop so as not to scare out the players. Then bet real heavy on the turn?

Funny how live cash games are sooooo different from online, eah?

That's all I got.

hg?

Man I wish you would have showed up last Friday.

si

Any thoughts?

You answered it:


No advantage to getting out of line. As you said, no point to playing speculative hands (except that 60x will often be enough to set-mine). Grind good hands, raise whatever they'll call preflop, play to make one good pair, commit to it with SPR=5ish, profit.

I actually think the So Cal rooms are wise to adopt a structure to keep the fish gambling rather than getting stacked for $1k a few times and moving on to less expensive hobbies. It's not their job to make poker exciting for the sharks or to maximize your short-term win. But that's a rant for a different thread.

Not a bad thought really.

For hg I think being pretty abc straight forward is best.

thought about it some more and you are right. If I am having decent success with my live nl game why change it up right

You want more variance?

I think adding a few marginal hands, well-timed bluffs, etc against weak opposition can be a good way to increase winrate. Just don't take anything too far.

E.g., "I oughtta play more suited connectors against a raiser and try to float/steal orphaned pots/semibluff more when I make draws." Well, that might work (or might not), but experiment with it IN POSITION. And start doing it with JTs and T9s, not 54s or 75s or J8s.

Don't go crazy, especially since you're already winning.