Strategy to beat this game

[Newmanseye]

Quick teaser you lot, How do you beat a 9 handed table when you are playing super tight aggressive.

its a 25p/50p pot limit hold-em game.

seat 1 is a loose player who loves rag aces.

seat 2 is a tight player, however overplays big aces

seat 3 is a loosecalling station, playing and calling down with every hand

Seat 4 is one of the 3 tight aggressive players at the table, playing only premium hands and getting in to cheap flops when possible.

Seat 5 is a maniac loose player, calling every raise and re raising with rags, out of place at the table as he and the 5  other loose players usually play the larger £2/£4 game with a  straddle to the button.

Seat 6 is a Tight aggressive playersimilar to seat 4

Seat 7 Is one of the loose players who is playing every hand, holds on to pocket pairs and seems to be the card rack of the evening.

Seat 8 is another loose player similar to seat 7, calling down to the river with K high and similar.

Seat 9 is the final Tight player of the evening similar to the others.


Now here is the quandary, the maximum buy in is £50, we have 4 players who are usually playing a much larger game, so in order to boost the pots they are straddling and double straddling whenever possible, The pot will be raised and re raised the pot limit im most hands, usually with rags.  We are seat 4 who is on the third buy in of the evening, both other buy ins have been lost on premium hand having been cracked in 4 way pots called to the river by the loose players.

How do we beat a game where our bets do not phase the opponents, the starting hand selection is non existent and we are out bankrolled by players wading in to shallow waters?

I could not think of a strategy so I removed myself from the game, better to wait for a game i can beat than try to play outwith my limits.

Comments please.

[Jinky04]

If I had to play it, see flops with hands with high implied odds with position. don't mess about , if you hit pot and pot some more plus dont get hung up on premium hands on 5 way flops.

Wait a minute, this is a loaded question- "how do you beat a 9 handed table when you are playing super tight aggressive" - eh don't get outdrawn?

But I think you were right to walk away, if the games a bit wild and you don't want to gamble then don't but I think there's plenty of opportunity for profit here if you are prepared to gamble a bit preflop .

[Newmanseye]

If I had to play it, see flops with hands with high implied odds with position. don't mess about , if you hit pot and pot some more plus dont get hung up on premium hands on 5 way flops.

Wait a minute, this is a loaded question- "how do you beat a 9 handed table when you are playing super tight aggressive" - eh don't get outdrawn?

But I think you were right to walk away, if the games a bit wild and you don't want to gamble then don't but I think there's plenty of opportunity for profit here if you are prepared to gamble a bit preflop .

I only played in pots where i had a premium hand, Position was nagated a lot by the 4 callers to most pots, trips were no use as river cards would often bring boats for the card racks, One thing is for sure, if you have a deep roll and want to gamble, this would be the game to be in, the real problem is the players from the larger game who are creating pots witrh rags and catching cards. The best idea I had was to leave the game, but there must be a way to beat a game like this.

[thetank]

Sounds like a money game, just wait for the cards and make big pre-flop raises when they do come.

If you're getting 4 callers, raise more next time. Simple really.

[Newmanseye]

Sounds like a money game, just wait for the cards and make big pre-flop raises when they do come.

If you're getting 4 callers, raise more next time. Simple really.

Its a pot limit game, I was raising the pot each time

[The Nomad]

You are definately in the wrong seat, seat 6 is where you want to be, Ok you wont be playing many hands but to have position on the maniac is number 1 priority, you didnt say if you could move, so I cannot really work out what you should do under the circumstances re whos git the chips and wot not

[Newmanseye]

Its not possible to change seats

[thetank]

That's a bit wank.

[Scottish Dave]

Let me guess....CinCins By any chance, was this your way of having a dig and Jihn and Boba again lol

[johnlarsson]

no not me i wasnt playing.

i then played later on and hit a few hands. got paid then a bigger game started and it was all wee players again and then i couldnt hit shit lol

[Newmanseye]

Let me guess....CinCins By any chance, was this your way of having a dig and Jihn and Boba again lol

Not at all, we all know that boba is a fish, it was more the players from the big game sitting in and taking the game out of its set limits.

[johnlarsson]

I Find in pot limit you dont want big hands like AK and AA and KK.  because preflop u aint going to get rid of nobody and once the flop comes somone will be beating you but its impossible to fold. (well AA and KK anyway as long as  A hasnt droppped)


I like 8,9 and 10,j  and 4,5  and even small pairs that if you dont hit trips you can fold easily

[Newmanseye]

Aye but who is calling off £9 preflop with  sin a 25p / 50p game, its 1 fifth of your starting stack.

[johnlarsson]

aye £9 is different.  but when ive been playing there aint been many £9 preflop raises.


id call 3.50 and below. with 8,9  etc

[Bongo]

Surely if it's £9 to call then you can repot it with premiums for a decent amount and thin the field somewhat?