Extremely weak opponents

My casino started last week to spread no limit and pot limit games. Currently, theres a game with 1-2 blinds.

I play in the small game.


Now my opponents are absolutely clueless at poker, imagine at no limit. They are careful b4 the flop, but after that, its a joke. Heres an example: (i played NL b4 but im far from being an expert!)


I have AA UTG and raise to 8. I get 4 callers. The flop is 3 7 9 rainbow.


I bet $40 and get 2 callers includin 1 whos now all in...


Turn 7


I bet $50 and the other player call all in too


River was a 8 and i lost to TJ! Other guy show K7 for trip 7!!!!


Ok now i dont want to whine about this bad beat coz i won a lot durin this session.


What i wonder is about preflop strategy... Should i play virtually any hand when its not raise preflop (im about the only 1 who raise preflop anyway and my opponents dont like it...) since my implied odds are incredibly high?


Keep winning


Billy

Good question....


Seems like those players who don't know what they're doing tend to draw out on better players. I think what is important here is that weaker players fail to ask themselves what you may be holding, and only are concerned with their own hand. Thus, the K7 probably didn't know he was up against AA, and thought his 7 was good, proceed to draw out, and you scold him/her for being a poor player.


I've been in this situation, and had AA vs 57, and i kept firing into a 57J rainbow flop, and keeps calling me down to win the hand. Then i flop a good K a couple hands later and he calls me down with AA. After this hand i've learned my lesson: when heads up against a poor player, play conservative until you have an absolute monster. Some of you may not agree, as poor players tend to make the game more profitable, but try reading a poor player's hand; when he fires in, you know he's got a good piece(especially because they only play their hand and blindly disregard position and are most likely unable to bluff).


i give credit to the saying "it takes a good player to beat a bad player"


basically since poor players tend to make draws very cheap, so i'd play hands that fit to draw to the stone cold nuts.


misctwo

misctwo,


Sounds like you're talking about a couple of the one's you and I were up against early evening yesterday in the $0.50-$1.00 PL at UB?


I go by a different handle there, but you and I did chat some. You struck up a conversation with me, remember?.


I respect your game. I think you do mine as well.


KC50

Hi KC


yes that session had some real spenders, but the examples i presented were from a home game...


there were some hands that reeked of "fish" at that game you were also playing at, but i came out ahead overall and thankfully didn't get mindlessly sucked out..


BTW, what's your handle there?


misctwo

The answer to your question is no. You should not play any two cards.


Many players foolishly convince themselves they can play hands like J6s or 84s for a small raise in the blinds because their opponents are so bad. The truth is, these and other trash hands are not profitable. The only situations where you can profitably play with these cards is in those situations where your cards don't matter.


The supposed implied odds aren't there to play trash hands because anytime you get involved in a gigantic pot, you probably can't win.


natedogg