Hello all,
I am a college student, and regularly play poker with my friends/acquaintances on campus. Out of all of them, I am the only one who has played a significant amount of online play at the micro stakes (mostly nl10). Am I the best poker player in the world? Definitely not. However, I have put in a fair share of studying the poker maths and the theory, so I'm not completely lost.
Before I say more, I will say that I am 100% a winning player at these casual cash games with my peers. The typical table consists of:
- 2 calling stations (folds before the river ~20% of the time no matter what), goes to showdown with Q high all the time
- an extremely bad lag (basically just gambles on everyone else having air, triple barrel bluffs every time)
- extreme passive player (only bets with nuts)
- Me
There is one thing that all of these players share in common: they limp every single time. Pre-flop play doesn't exist here. While this is indeed amazing (for me), it is also frustrating. All the pre-flop strategy that I have practiced in online micro stakes goes out the window here. When I say they limp every single time, I mean they will limp 2 - 7 offsuit all the way to pocket aces. As for raising, none of them ever do, and when do (which is obviously every time I don't fold right away), they all call 100% of the time. While this sounds amazing, it is very hard to get accurate reads or put any of them on any sort of range (because their ranges are all possible combinations of cards). While yes I shouldn't be complaining as I've made absurd amounts of money from them, the feeling of getting beat because somebody beat my top pair top kicker with a two pair of 5s and 3s is pretty rage-inducing.
So, I'm assuming 95% of the people who took the time to read this are much more experienced and knowledgeable than myself. What are your thoughts? How would you play against these guys? Am I an idiot for complaining?
Whether you roast me or offer me advice, I appreciate all of you. Thanks.