Hey guys,
I need some help.
I am not a pro player. I have a part time job but also play around 20 hours a week.
I am not very good. I play low stakes and the games I play in South America used to be very soft a few years ago and I used to make decent money just being a nit. However where there is easy money the market changes, the past 12 months there is a bunch of super nits in the games. 3-4 on every table in a 9 handed game. The fish are still there especially on weekends however with so many tight players around its just a lottery on who is flopping sets/flushes and gets to stack the fish as soon as possible.
I am trying to find other ways to make money, play more pots in position against weak ranges and attack pots where no one is that interested however I am not good at this type of poker and just spewing away at the moment. For example:
$1/$3 game
Hero has a tight image. Has only shown down good hands.
SB seems like a rec player
everyone has $400+
UTG is a old regular usually decent but on big tilt after taking a few beats. He opens blind for $20.
Everyone folds. Hero calls with 8
9
on button SB also calls
Thinking here I have a awful hand but UTG has just opened raised without looking at his cards. No one else is interested and I have position.
Flop is (Pot is $60)
K
K
3
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $25, SB calls, UTG shrug throws in $25 (he is not one to slowplay)
Turn (Pot is $125)
T
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $80, SB calls $80, UTG folds
I have no hand no draw but no one is showing any strength and this is the sort of spot where ranges are wide and a bet on the turn will make them believe I have the king
River (Pot is $285)
River is Q
SB checks, Hero bets $125 to fold SB draws
SB calls with Q
3
after some thought
I know I probably played it awful but I don't know how to improve without trying stuff like this. There is 1 or 2 lags making alright money, the other nits will just keep struggling more and more unless they run good