Part Three on Strategy for Micro-No-Limit cashgames (what you are doing wrong)
Reposted with permission from WCGRider (2+2 forums) (Originally Titled Why you suck at uNL Part Three: Game Selection)
Note: uNL = Micro No-Limit
Stats are VPIP (Voluntarily Put In Pot %) and PFR (Pre-Flop Raising %)
As you move up through limits, everything becomes much more difficult. There are less tables, and more regs. In fact, a lot of times now there are less regs but they just play all of the tables. There become far fewer fish, and you have to start beating regs. You have to start floating peoples cbets, c/r bluffing flops, and 3 betting a balanced range preflop.
But luckily you guys dont have to worry about ANY of that!
You see the great things about uNL is, almost anyone can play it. That means, that there are a TON of games to choose from! If there is some decent reg giving you a tough time on your left, Just find a new table! Every table has tons of fish, its your job to find the best tables possible to maximize your winrate.
Things to note.
~Megafish are great, but if you could get a table with 4 40/8ish, i would rather have that over 1 68/4. The bottom line is, you want a lot of people to decide to play hands when you get aces.
~Sit to the LEFT of the fish if possible. The reason this is good is obvious. Poker is a game of incomplete information. If you sit to someones left, for almost every hand, you get to act AFTER them. So you get to see their plan before they see yours. This is critical to good postflop play.
~Don't play more or less tables then you are comfortable with for the sake of you heard playing a good amount of tables was good. If your bread and butter is 2 tabling, unless you really want to add in more tables, its fine to stick with that! If your comfort zone is 10, don't move to 2 because someone says you cant play that many well. Be honest with yourself, and find your spots.
~ Game selection software. There is a lot of this stuff out there and it can be very useful. But at uNL most games are probably fairly good, just try to use common sense and you should be fine without using these thigns.
~ % of players to the flop vs Average Pot
This is a time tested argument, over which is the best indication of a sweet table. I think its % of players, because that means there is probably a lot more limping going on. Average pot is easily skewed through cooler situations that bump up the numbers. However very rarely will a bunch of GOOD players all get hands worth a LIMP. Think about it.
~Keep on good waiting lists even while you play. If there is a table with 2 people wait listing it but it is a MEGA good table, hop on that list! If you get there and they are gone then you dont have to take the seat! Just keep your eye open for good opportunity.
With good game selection, being at the right level, and playing aggressively, you already have the fundamental tools to success! (There will be more of these to come however)
Note: uNL = Micro No-Limit
Stats are VPIP (Voluntarily Put In Pot %) and PFR (Pre-Flop Raising %)
As you move up through limits, everything becomes much more difficult. There are less tables, and more regs. In fact, a lot of times now there are less regs but they just play all of the tables. There become far fewer fish, and you have to start beating regs. You have to start floating peoples cbets, c/r bluffing flops, and 3 betting a balanced range preflop.
But luckily you guys dont have to worry about ANY of that!
You see the great things about uNL is, almost anyone can play it. That means, that there are a TON of games to choose from! If there is some decent reg giving you a tough time on your left, Just find a new table! Every table has tons of fish, its your job to find the best tables possible to maximize your winrate.
Things to note.
~Megafish are great, but if you could get a table with 4 40/8ish, i would rather have that over 1 68/4. The bottom line is, you want a lot of people to decide to play hands when you get aces.
~Sit to the LEFT of the fish if possible. The reason this is good is obvious. Poker is a game of incomplete information. If you sit to someones left, for almost every hand, you get to act AFTER them. So you get to see their plan before they see yours. This is critical to good postflop play.
~Don't play more or less tables then you are comfortable with for the sake of you heard playing a good amount of tables was good. If your bread and butter is 2 tabling, unless you really want to add in more tables, its fine to stick with that! If your comfort zone is 10, don't move to 2 because someone says you cant play that many well. Be honest with yourself, and find your spots.
~ Game selection software. There is a lot of this stuff out there and it can be very useful. But at uNL most games are probably fairly good, just try to use common sense and you should be fine without using these thigns.
~ % of players to the flop vs Average Pot
This is a time tested argument, over which is the best indication of a sweet table. I think its % of players, because that means there is probably a lot more limping going on. Average pot is easily skewed through cooler situations that bump up the numbers. However very rarely will a bunch of GOOD players all get hands worth a LIMP. Think about it.
~Keep on good waiting lists even while you play. If there is a table with 2 people wait listing it but it is a MEGA good table, hop on that list! If you get there and they are gone then you dont have to take the seat! Just keep your eye open for good opportunity.
With good game selection, being at the right level, and playing aggressively, you already have the fundamental tools to success! (There will be more of these to come however)