How to play this kind of table?

theodore91k7

Nice try but...

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RoadSweeper

one piece of advice is when you hit, bet big. even over bet. You will more that likely always get a caller.

kincsem

If they play loose you play tight. Only come into the pot with good cards, bet strongly to make them put money in with worse hands. They will get lucky a few times, but you should be ahead at the end of the evening.

Think of it this way. If there are nine players expect to win one hand in nine. You should probably play about one hand in four. You make money by folding when you are beat, and by getting players to call large bets when they are behind.

Forget all this bluffing malarky. Just play well.

Your starting hands
AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77
AK, AQ, KQ, AJ suited
AK, AQ offsuit
That's 14 hands out of a possible 169 hands. Raise with these, or call if raised into you (as long as the raise is not massive).
If you are in the small blind or big blind, and it is not raised, then call with any hand, unless you have any of the above, then raise. If there was a big raise before it got to you, and you have one of those 14 hands, then you have to decide if your hand is strong enough to play.

I've played a couple games of NL Texas Hold 'Em with some of my friends (6 total) and after a bad beat last night I'm frustrated [MISTAKE] and wondering if I should change my strategy.

I would characterize the table as pretty beginner level: people call too many bets, it is rare that there is a pre-flop raise. I would say it's generally hard to bluff because people call a lot even with bottom pair [GOOD NEWS] , and people tend to underbet a lot too [GOOD NEWS] (20% or less of the pot with top pair top kicker with no flush or straight) which can make it hard to put them on a hand.

People call bets rather than reraise all the time, but will call reraises if you do it to them[EXCELLENT].

I decided I should try and get in to see the flop cheap with almost anything[THAT'S YOUR BIGGEST ERROR], from most positions because I am unlikely to be raised, wait for a good hand [YOU SHOULD GO IN WITH A GOOD HAND OR STAY OUT] and let them call me all the way down, maybe slowplay it if I flop an absolute monster [ONLY IF ITS THE NUTS OR NEAR NUTS] and try and let them catch a little something to bet with. Well, I got one good hand all night while someone else was always getting two pair or trips [IT SEEMED LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE GOING IN WITH RUBBISH]. I got whittled down all night trying to catch something [WAIT FOR A GOOD STARTING HAND] and finally went all-in fairly shortstacked from BB with only limpers with A10o 4-handed, got one caller with 910s and lost when he caught a 9 on the river. Anyway, what are some ways to do better at this table? Thanks for any advice...

salvador9475

You're Outta Here

LuckyLloyd

salvador9475 wrote:

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The OP is clearly talking about a live game.