Hi folks.
Dumbarse post follows - please stop reading here if you lack the ability to respond with kid gloves on.
I'm playing sessions at bwin atm and need some perspective.
Tables are 5max and typically have at least three players playing with stats ranging from (VPIP/PFR/WTS/AF) 50/25/50/3.5 to 85/14/17/0.5 - typically tending toward more aggro and more showdown bound.
Given the tendency of villians to call at least two streets and to be playing multiway to the turn if not river in most pots, how should I adjust my game?
Note, the rake tends toward 3 - 3.5BB/100.
I suspect a standard game should work - modified by:
- ditching hands less playable multiway when first in from CO/BU.
- tightening up MP3 (ie UTG) opening standards.
- forget isolation raising except where (by some miracle) the players behind can comprehend the fold button works pre flop.
What else? Call more with suited connectors down to 54s? Should I start open limping these suited connectors and low pairs rather than raising? Opening with 55 UTG and getting three to four callers every time just sucks (except where I hit my set and don't get runner runnered).
The other question I have is whether it is sensible to be playing in this type of game? I only ask because I don't think I've ever played anything but losing months at bwin and too often get run down by gutshots/backdoor draws when villians often aren't making huge mistakes when calling down.
Sorry for the noobish post - I just lack confidence that these games are easily beatable and suspect they're subject to massive variance.
Should I persevere with these games or stick to low rake sites where it is easier to isolate loose passive and/or aggro players or get HU by the turn. Ofc I'm running reasonably badly which is colouring my judgement - I just don't want to burn any more cash at these types of sites if I have to play 100k hands to tend toward break even.
If you miss don't be insane about c-betting just play it passively with draw odds 22:1, so you have easy fold here even with initiative.
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