gets better and better

A 'level' is used as a definition of a set-up or a joke to provoke whatever desired group of readers into reacting in a specific way. It seems to be that a poster is thinking on a "higher" or different level, since he actually hopes for AND expects the exact replies he gets. He'll often leave hints or exaggerate somewhere in his post to reveal to experienced posters that it is indeed a 'level'. There's a lot of variations of this and hard to define.

For instance, I can make a thread where the title is "TERRIBLE BAD BEAT" and the content includes a hand history where everybody limps and I have AA in the bigblind and make a minraise to get more money in the pot and not lose any customers. I check/call all streets and openshove the river and get called by the nuts. I then say I was 83% favourite at a point in the hand or whatever. If I then get a lot of sincere replies that say I played the hand poorly and I'm a complete donk etc, I have successfully 'levelled' since that was my intention, to make others feel stupid when they didn't realize it was a joke.

People here think that this thread is a level because they find a lot of the strategical advice very weird and untraditional for solid winning poker

Level?

If so then I was levelled lol & gg!

omg emc such a great gift

i thought it was gimmick but he is seriously defending

this is no "level"

nope i'm not kidding, i don't understand why a tight/passive strategy seems so ridiculous to you people? at micro limit, you don't bluff, you just value bet, value bet, value bet, that's it

i'm also not suggesting i'm at a different level than other people either, all i'm saying is i thought i was general consensus that "playing by the book" and making your own style and adaptations is what "good" poker players do.

if you're all so confident in your poker skills, why haven't i seen you on the wsop yet? show me some results before you try to impress me, put me down.

and if i recalled, many of the top players have both similar and different poker styles, why is everyone here so quick to jump and bash a style?

if this crowd thinks pre flop expectation, and quality starting hands, defines playing well, they are sadly mistaken. A completely different strategy goes for every different play situation and play limit

i did very very well in 25/50 cent hold em, but then had a really bad streak in 5/10 cent limit because i was playing completely different players

i dont need to persuade anyone of my ideas, it's just one of my many styles.. is the idea of having more than 1 poker style sound bad?

I use this same strategy as the beginning of tournaments... and it works very very well... when the blinds are so small (ie cash game) you're safest bet is to only put your money in the pot, when you're a huge favorite (pair over pair, AK vs AQ, atleast 2 to 1 favorite with KK vs AQ for example)

sure you win smaller pots with AA, or you could possibly lose a pot ::gasp::
why do people expect to always win with AA? you know the best way to play AA? find a way to go all in before the flop, and that's exactly what my strategy does, you have any idea how many all in's my AA, KK and AK have been called by? The only time i ever call, and do not have the best hand or AK vs QQ, is if i have KK vs AA.

am i in the tournament section of this forum? does everyone really believe you HAVE to play tight/aggressive?

note: i will fold KK vs someone moving all in with a huge stack if it's safe enough to believe they're a rock or a calling station that never bets without the nuts

OP has a bad strategy but he will never lose a lot of big pots... He may win at 2nl, 5nl and 10nl but never higher then that and will never take down a lot of sngs

It works well in tournaments because that's what your supposed to do.

You basically have a no-loss strategy. It doesn't win very much however.

i fold kk preflop if my opponent has aa

How long did it take to write all this up?

This is my favorite:
Forget them ugly pots I win playing PP's + broadways. Stacking people with 52o is where the money is.

This hurt my eyes

Ban IMO

max buy in for 1/2 cent = $2.00, i normally buy in for .60-1.00 and play a very basic super aggressive style of play, where i either raise or reraise preflop only. obviously when your stack gets shorter you lower your standards and add medium/small pairs, or suited connectors that are unlikely to be dominated.

If i were to buy in at 2.00, and it gets to be with KK i'd bet the size of the pot, if i was reraised, i'd be suspicious and either call/fold if coming from a big stack. from a smaller stack you call 100% obviously.

so i'll usually gamble around $1.00 on KK (50 bb), but if i'm up to $2 and a player i have marked as a rock reraises me
i call if we both have lots of chips afterwards, or i fold if i can't push all in thinking they definately have AQ, QQ, JJ, or TT. You can call or fold, personally i dont like making even a reraise with KK against only 1 player.

If there are other players, limpers, and it will isolate, of course i'll reraise, but if it's heads up and my opponent either has AA, AK, AQ, QQ, JJ, or why not take a flop and see it from there.

Perhaps my problem is i focus on being a post flop specialist, and i have a bunch of pre flop specialist ramming down my throat.

wtf is this? nazi germany? banning someone for having different views than you? christ.

I'm sure you are quite the postflop specialist and I would love to hear your strategy for that

predeal specialist imo

lol.

OP loses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

[ ] Tight passive.

i'm wrong, you're right -- do you all feel better now? need another pat on your back or boost for you ego? where do i find the forum where people actually talk and swap ideas, instead of the forum of people who think they are superior to you?

Do you use Poker Tracker? If so, I'd love to see a screen shot of your stats.

Poor guy's just trying to help you guys out. Give him a break.

This happens to every newbie at 2+2, I remember my first post and how mad I felt when I got flamed.

OP did say this was best strategy for microlimits to be fair.

It's like a frat! Hazing and all.

But did you get flamed anywhere near as hard as this guy is?