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Originally Posted by DJAbacus
Some of you guys need to realise that beginners aren't really interested in what you do now at xnl after z years of playing. They are interested in you telling them 'what you did when you were a beginner' or 'what you would do if could go back and change what you did as a beginner'.
Bear that in mind in future before posting in the forums. Try to answer the OP directly thinking about what you would need if you were just starting out.
You are right.
I don't know if my answers fell in this category though, so I'll try to make it as clear as possible:
If you are a total beginner and learnt about hand rankings last week, then you should fold 88- in EP and only play premium hands.
If you are a bit more advanced and understand basic table dynamics:
- It will be profitable to open raise any pp from EP if there are enough
passive fishes at the table. Just make sure that you have read the CoTWs on cbetting and board texture.
- If the table is decent and there are no fishes in the blinds, then folding 55- is more advisable.
- Now this one might be more controversial, but when there is a maniac at the table, I think it is actually ok to
open limp 55- at the nano-stakes. If you do that at 10nl and higher regs will figure you out and will probably be able to exploit you badly, but at 2nl and 5nl everyone is just too passive.
Now in general I think that nanostakes table should be fishy enough to allow you to open any pocket pair in EP as a standard. However if you don't feel confident folding is ok as the value here should be thin, especially for a beginner, and you probably have more important spots to worry about.
The important thing here is that even though you are a beginner, it will be useful for you to learn about basic table dynamics and to include it in your strategy. Learn to spot the passive fishes, the maniacs, the lags, the tags, the weak-tight players and choose a strategy accordingly.