Microstakes

well if they call any2 they have air most of the time on flop, exploit it and profit

make sure you learn basic odds, many ppl dont realize how little they have to fold to make a bluff profitable

- from the moment I started playing super ABC poker my non-showdown winnings started going down. Why is this so?
2 possible reasons spring to mind. 1, you are taking more made/winning hands to showdown than before (good, 3 streets of value etc) and hence your hands that end before showdown are your folds.
2, you are folding your marginal hands in the interests of ABC. In my experience playing NL2, you can have top pair good kicker on a 3flush flop and get raised by someone with bottom pair. suddenly your TPGK doesnt look that hot anymore and maybe you fold. people are crazy
dont worry about your nonshowdown,focus on making your showdown winnings as large as possible

with my low pocket pairs I try to see a flop as cheaply as possible, even if it means limping. I dont mind if 4 other people come along for the ride because when i do hit trips there more chance at least one of them will be calling a big bet. better implied odds too. and like you said, if you dont hit, get the hell out.


not sure on #BB/100. a good method I've found is to gradually move limits. If you play 4 tables normally, open 3 tables of NL2 and 1 table of NL4, and really concentrate on the NL4 table. Hell, maybe just play 1 table of NL4 and see how you feel.


For example if there's a 4-5BB+ from EP I dont even consider playing AJ and AQ only if suited, unless I have notes about that guy.
That does sound too tight. A lot of people have no idea about position at NL2 or even if they do, they aren't disciplined enough. Dont forget that you'll have position on the raiser post flop.

- I almost never try to steal blinds.
Yes the Micros are full of stations that will defend with any two. you can still take advantage of this. when you have a good hand on the button, raise a little more PF and watch as the fish commit more money. Something else i've found useful, rightclick on players and use find player. if someone is playing one table they are much more likely to defend blinds (and play more hands in general, boredom factor) whereas if they are 12 tabling they give up blinds fairly easily.


DISCLAIMER: I am also a micro player so listen to the better players on here over me, im jjust passing on what i've found works

Well I've got epic coolers tonight which cut my enthusiasm back a bit. Like the one's described above plus another couple overpair vs 1-2 outers, lost around 600 bb's..

Start buying in full, why are you sitting 50bb deep in a NL2 full ring game?

I still have a small BR, deposited only like 10 Euros and trying to work up my way from there.

Cut down on the tables then, you limit yourself by shortstacking. For example you get way worse implied odds for the most common thing you need that for: hitting sets in single raised / limped pots.

people throw around ABC poker and "i play abc poker well" etc etc.

but the truth is very few people actually play good, solid ABC poker ;(

Like everything, this is relative as well. I thought/think that I play it well at my level cause i was up at the moment of posting by 1000 BB's after 18k'ish hands.

On December 18 2012 16:51 napoleono wrote: Well I've got epic coolers tonight which cut my enthusiasm back a bit. Like the one's described above plus another couple overpair vs 1-2 outers, lost around 600 bb's..

Those coolers have nothing to do with you winniner or losing, since those are not even close to important. We all have nights where we lose AA vs double AK's all in pre. We lose with top set vs runner runner, and KK run into AA every time, that doesn't matter. And shouldn't have anything to do with you winning or losing over the long run.

What makes you win is how much you steal blinds, how well you hand read, and valuebet the fuck out of them with your 2nd pair when they have draw. When you check to induce, snap it off. When you make awesome valuebets on the river. Where you get value where others don't. When you're beat, and you fold, instead of calling.

xD

And the reason your red line is so low is mainly, since most ppl there call so much, we need to give up, fold more. It will go up when you c-bet more, when you bluff rivers more, check/raise more etc. But that stuff is kinda often a bad idea on lowstakes, since they play more a bingo kind of game (oh i hit something on the board, yay), and they ain't folding.

On December 18 2012 17:20 YoMeR wrote: people throw around ABC poker and "i play abc poker well" etc etc. but the truth is very few people actually play good, solid ABC poker ;(

This is so true not even funny. Didn't want to be rude, but there's no way in hell napoleono is playing even remotely close to ABC solid xD

Cause there is no such thing as solid ABC poker ...
3-4 years ago solid abc poker was

Stealing blinds from LP and CO like hell
3 betting ip pf vs nits
c betting a ton in HU pots
just valuebetting your madehands postflop on turn and river
never bluffing
and folding when someone played back at you

Nowadays with all the videos out if u play like this the only winner will be the rake