Hello!
Ive been playing no limit-holdem 10nl zoom at Americas cardroom. Id like to share with you my though and the strategies I’ve been implementing. I don’t want to think a lot in term of ranges post flop and complicate stuff (although I use GTO ranges for preflop). My cbet is between 40 to 50 The reason being that I’ve noticed players float flop a lot and bet turn if checked to. I think at micros the best strategy is exploitation.

Here are some exploitations I’ve been testing but don’t know yet their efficiency.
In SRP as PFA IP and 3bet pots as 3bettor IP, if I fail to cbet and villain checks turn, I bet turn and river 80%.
In SRP as PFA OOP and 3bet pots as 3bettor OOP, if I fail to cbet and villain checks back, I bet turn and river 80%.
In SRP as preflop caller OOP and 3bet pots as a caller OOP, if villain fails to cbet, I bet turn and river 80%
In 3bet pots as a caller IP, if villain fails to bet, I bet flop 50% and turn 80%

What are your thoughts on the game plan and exploitations?
What strategies do you recommend for beating zoom at micro stakes?
Are there any useful recourses out there for getting improved a t zoom?

Yea one of the easiest ways to exploit weak and passive opponents is to just constantly bet river (and potentially other streets) with air.

Obviously this needs some refinement as you move up though since it's very easy to take advantage from it in its simplest form.

Best of luck with the grind. I hope I can point your game in a different direction here.

The problem with trying to exploit without knowing the theory is that you don't know where equilibrium is. Any adjustment you make is based off an assumption that Vs strategy is on one side of equilibrium. If it's not, you're just punting ev. If you know GTO, you'll know how to exploit. Otherwise it's just a blind guess.

Not sure about this one.
After failing to cbet flop it can be pretty hard to rep anything on turn & river and ppl might just station you.
The few times I remember trying this, did not work out very well.

Those double checked boards are spots where no ones range seems particularly strong. I think if you're going to do this you probably have to follow up on the river a lot.

For example you 3-bet IP with AK and flop comes J72r. Goes xx. Turn 4x. They x. They probably don't have a lot of Jx at this point. Maybe not even much 7x. Do they get sticky with smaller pairs? It's hard to know if they are going to see through our bluff or just fold to heavy aggression when their best hand is likely 3rd pair or so.

You're certainly not the first person who has though about just plowing through zoom games with an overly simplistic strategy that lets you grind out some profit on autopilot. It might work. Generally speaking delayed c-bets and probe bets work pretty well, and in some softer player pools can be done at 100% frequencies for a guaranteed profit. And even against tougher opposition they are usually profitable spots if we make them with the proper ranges.

Isn't this why it's important to protect our checking range by including some strong hands?



I've not bothered to take a look in my db, but i seem to have success in both value betting (sometimes thinly) and taking down pots with my air when i take this line.

So you're saying people are both calling and folding too much vs this line?