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Blind stealing on a loose table... Blind stealing on a loose table...

03-14-2018 , 02:47 PM
I mostly play on ignition/bovada and the players there are so loose.
It's difficult to steal blinds even though I'm a tight player early game then loosen up. I tried raising from mid...on the button, small blind...etc. Players are so loose they'll be at least 3 callers who will come in to the pot regardless of how much I'm raising. How do you deal with a table full of loose players? I don't want to sit around and have the ante **** me over. Sitting too tight on a loose table when the blinds/ante are high is not a good strategy at all. Any advice would be good. Thank you.
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03-14-2018 , 02:57 PM
Make sure you have a good 3b value range and increase the sizing. Don't worry about stealing blinds anymore on a loose table except with value hands.
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03-15-2018 , 12:10 AM
I'm curious about the idea of stealing blinds from middle position. My assumption is you have a hand that's worth raising but not calling a 3bet or doesn't play well multi-way? Guess I'm a bit confused.

That said if you're getting a lot of calls, which sounds about right on that network, then tighten your opening range and raise larger with your value hands. From what I recall the players in this pool call down really light so you can bet big when you have a strong hand pre and post flop. Seems like every hand over there post flop is pot pot pot and there's one idiot calling it off with second pair or top pair no kicker. Exploit that.

The other important consideration is not to get married to your overpairs and TP/TK on wet boards that go multi-way.
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03-16-2018 , 11:38 PM
Thank you for the tips.
I will try that.
The Bovada/ignition network is so loose its insane.
I think it's because everyone is anonymous so you wouldn't know who is who. This is probably why people are doing stupid **** on there.

Oh as for mid position...I do raises with QQ, JJ, TT....but then at least 95% of the time I'll have calling stations that'll look at the flop regardless of the price. It always ****s me over when they hit two pair, set...or some wierd hand that they decide to gamble with.
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