04-27-2005, 04:57 AM
I am playing 50c/1$ and 1$/2$ on PacificPoker and most players there are very loose (like 70-80% Floprate) and defend their blinds even more.
It s very rare that I can steal the blinds with an open-raise, most players also coldcall a lot with marginal hands from non-blind positions. I dont get reraised pretty often because the opponents are pretty passive.
Most advice I read for shorthanded-play is about how to defend against very aggressive players but how do I get the most out of loose-passive players?
Bluffing seems much more inefficient as most of the time there are 3-4 players seeing the flop. (On a 5-player-table I would almost never be the first one in from the button)
What cards should I raise when I dont get heads-up anyways? Just generally raise anything I would play to punish them for limping in with such trash or should I often limp in myself so I can make them fold easier on the flop?
I guess there must be an easy way to exploit their play-style as it seems to be against all rules for shorthanded-play.
It s very rare that I can steal the blinds with an open-raise, most players also coldcall a lot with marginal hands from non-blind positions. I dont get reraised pretty often because the opponents are pretty passive.
Most advice I read for shorthanded-play is about how to defend against very aggressive players but how do I get the most out of loose-passive players?
Bluffing seems much more inefficient as most of the time there are 3-4 players seeing the flop. (On a 5-player-table I would almost never be the first one in from the button)
What cards should I raise when I dont get heads-up anyways? Just generally raise anything I would play to punish them for limping in with such trash or should I often limp in myself so I can make them fold easier on the flop?
I guess there must be an easy way to exploit their play-style as it seems to be against all rules for shorthanded-play.