Advice pls on live cash game

[tteeeeee]

The only live cash game near me is 50p  £1  - I've been sitting with the max 250 and most players sit with anything between 40 and 150

The pre flop game always plays the same, one pre flop raise and everyone else just calls for the ride pretty much no matter what they have. for instance  UTG raises to £3, there will be 5-6 callers,  UTG raises to £6 or £7, there will be 5-6 callers. If UTG calls for £1, 5 or 6 will then also callbut if Big blind makes it £7, everyone will still call for another six just to come for the ride. Everyone just wants to see a flop no matter the pre flop raise. Very little re raises pre flop. Post flop no one is folding if they have the slightest piece.

Just wondered If anyone can give insight into a proven strategy for this type of game?

To hear the reg players talk with all the sayings, explaining all the hands etc etc to hear them you would/could think they were really good players.

[outragous76]

Be very selective with the hands you play

Play them aggresively

if 5/6 people have £6 in there when teh action gets to you - just pick up the £30 tyvm. If when you raise they peel JT, you are going to be printing money in the long run

[SubZERO]

where is said game please?

just play premium hands, and value bet the hell out of everyone. Dont bluff ever

in your example, if they are calling anything pre, then raise more pre. For example make it 10, or 12 UTG with aces

profit

[cambridgealex]

It may seem like it's hard to beat these guys sometimes, when you go 7ways to every flop and you're big hands get beat everytime, but trust me these are the EASIEST games in the world to make money. I started off my living playing live 50/1 cash games just as you describe in Gala Nottingham and the Vic. Played about 6months solid 6or 7days a week, now I play in tougher games and higher stakes and trust me, I miss those games!

They require such little thought process it's like printing money in the long run.

Keeping raising your aces bigger until they start to fold, getting 3 callers of £10 is way better than 7 callers of £5 even though the pot is the same amount.

Value bet big, and wide, never bluff. Make disciplined folds when you know you're beat. It's really simple.

Good luck.

[AlunB]

This is why blonde is such a great forum. If this was 4.com people would have come in and given piss taking answers and said OMG how can you not beat that game! etc etc

People taking time out to give genuine advice is pretty rare these days in poker.

[kinboshi]

I'd say the other thing to do in these sorts of games is to value position (as you would in any game, obviously), and to recognise that the other players don't and won't.

[tteeeeee]

Great Replies, thank you

Alun I could not agree more with you, blonde is a great forum, to get genuine advice like this is gold, so thanks for all the replies!

I wanted to ask for any advice because i want to know if I can make it more profitable. I have played 5 sessions now, all winning ones. Im doing a lot of what you are all suggesting, but there are a few things that you have pointed out that i can and will improve on which will make me more profitable, so thanks

In the type of game i have described, any thoughts on the benefits/negatives in sitting with the max 250?  where most the table sits with 50-150?

Just struggling to get my head around why these players cant practice what they preach, They all talk such a good game, come across as pros in there talk - maybe it is just the gamblers in them that means they cant stop themselves?

[pleno1]

pha i think.

[kinboshi]

You're best to sit covering the other players, so you can get the maximum value from your hands. 

[ManuelsMum]

I suppose it depends in part on how able you are to spot that you're beaten on the flop and how likely you'll be to act on that feeling.

[outragous76]

I suppose it depends in part on how able you are to spot that you're beaten on the flop and how likely you'll be to act on that feeling.

not sure if that is in relation to how deep he should sit - but its not good advice

cover all if possible

[Paul Walters]

Dont over think about or get bored, playing these games can mean you go 2 hours without getting a playable hand. try and make sure you still awake at 4am, after this time most the players in the game are chasing money and the easy money just got easier. Just value bet and hands that can make the nuts have extra value than normal ie. suited aces, when 7 people see a flop its surprising how often 2 people can make a flush and no one ever folds hands like flushes or straights no matter how big you bet

[Paul Walters]

the deeper you sit the bigger your edge should be, your aim isnt to steal pots etc its too win a few big pots a night

[rfgqqabc]

You're best to sit covering the other players, so you can get the maximum value from your hands. 

Up to your level of comfort anyway. Just be a nit, it work

[outragous76]

A Constantine Paperestis once told me #makehandsgetpaid - a mantra well worth sticking to in these games

The skill element will come from learning how to value bet your hands (like 1 pairs which are good on the river) - thats where you will max your profit