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I am a low limit player ($5 & $10) and I play on UB and FT. I find that small ball works very well on UB where the players are tighter and a CB will get respect. But on FT any bet less than full pot seems to get no respect at all.
Sometimes I like to open a game on UB and another on FT at the same time and I find that I have to play a different game on each site.
Anybody else see this? Or am I just psyching myself out?
Statistics: Posted by Sunbob — Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:27 pm
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Maybe too many people were doing this but whatever the reason, it seems like that doesn't work as well any more. There are less maniacs and in general I see tighter and better play. Since these players call much less often, it becomes profitabler to try to steal the blinds. If you can build your stack slightly in the early stages (i.e. 20% or so) it gives you a huge advantage.
Because I stopped doing so well I quit SnG's for a while and recently I've picked it back up with an altered strategy. I play more pots early on. I try to limp or raise from LP almost every time. I raise with lesser hands in EP (10's, 9's, AQ, AJ) and I've been successful in growing my stack. I've also tried to actually tighten up in the middle stages (7,6,5 people) and only play against the short stacks to try to bust them. I've played 12 of these at the $10 and $20 levels in the past 3 weeks. ITM is 75%.
1st: 4
2nd: 4
3rd:1
Obviously not anywhere near a large enough sample size, but I'll take it
. Once I have more data I will post again.Statistics: Posted by Bosox1 — Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:09 pm
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Even though I play with regulars a lot, chances are they don't sit exactly to my left, so there's gonna be some unknown player and I can't get a read on him in 10 hands or so.
Statistics: Posted by DaFish — Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:34 am
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i've wondered about playing small ball against specific groups of players. i play what is mostly US morning, and i see a LOT of folders in the early rounds -- that is, it seems like everyone has figured out the "tight is right" early on (at least in some matches). if that's the case, why not steal blinds early with position? you don't have to steal much, but if you've got 1800-2000 in chips (starting with 1500) and a lot of your opponents get blinded down to 1000 or so, i think that puts you in a powerful spot.
i realize that this requires reads (most multi-tablers don't necessarily have good ones), but it's a thought. i also realize that some SnGs will invariably have the maniacs and CSs that EP9 talked about. in that case, you have to pick your spots (i.e., these people are out of the hand) or just play tight until they knock each other out.
thoughts?
Statistics: Posted by Kuso — Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:21 pm
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I'm never happy with 2nd if the other guy is 'a total fish'
If I have just 16% of the chips to his 84% I just have to double thru twice for a 2:1 chiplead after all...
Statistics: Posted by excession — Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:51 am
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