6max preflop aggression question

GTA Poker

Any 5 10/10 20 6max players have opinions on preflop aggression while the table is still 5 or 6 handed?

The standard approach in to raise with most hands where you are first to act with the idea of picking up the pot unimproved on a continuation on the flop or getting the blind money right there. But what about when you are playing against 3-4 complete calling stations -- overcards, bottom pair,any form of a piece of any conceivable draw, etc.? These people like their 2 cards and they aren't letting them go for 2 bets preflop.

Is there any justification in limping alot more at these tables and trying to see many cheap flops at these tables with the goal of outplaying the table after the flop?

I have experimented on the Party 5 10 tables and have had many +10bb/h sessions at 5 10 playing more passively. Any opinions? Could I be giving up too much preflop EV?

KRNL

I haven't played 5/10 6-max in about four months, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. But, the limp-loose strategy only works if you are willing to be very, very LAG post-flop. Play at 5/10 is usually quite bad, I often think because many players hate the idea of being "outplayed" and thus will make poor post-flop decisions based upon ego and greed. The second part of the strategy is that you must maintain a very keen sense of when your HNG, since (obviously) the majority of your play will be in marginal situations. If you can do these two things, than many players have very good winrates playing exactly that strategy at those tables.

However, I think in the long-run, if you have a significant advantage post-flop, then you're actually cheating yourself of profit by taking too many chances with too many marginal hands. In the end, a punitive TAG strategy is more effective in exploiting poor post-flop decisions and, as you suggested, helps for better EV preflop.

Dave Scharf

Against the opponents described, a basic approach is best:

bet with the best - good draw to invest - fold all the rest.

This means I am raising pre-flop with hands that I think are the best (or might be the best) and I am limping hands that I want to play but doubt that they are the best before the flop.