Are any(or all) of these plays chip spewing?

Hi,
This is my first post to this forum. I play 2/4 Limit at Empire Poker. I wanted to post my strategy for a few hands and get opinions on these.

(1) AK, AQ - Raise and reraise preflop. If a K or A does not fall on the river, continuation bet assuming it's 1-2 opponents in the hand and the board does not look co-ordinated.

(2)KK,QQ,JJ - Raise and reraise preflop. Should an overcard fall, check-call until the river.

(3)Suited connectors in late position - Raise if there have been serveral limpers. This is something I am considering doing. Reasoning : Fattens the pot, gives me good odds postflop, disguises my hand to an extent.

I apologize if most of this is standard play. Thought this would be a good way to get started. I plan on posting more specific hands in the coming days.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

[shant]

You can't standardize plays like this. Each hand is situation dependent. Just post specific hands and include reads and table conditions so you get good answers.

[crunchy1]

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(2)KK,QQ,JJ - Raise and reraise preflop. Should an overcard fall, check-call until the river.

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Weak-tight! [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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(3)Suited connectors in late position - Raise if there have been serveral limpers.

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LAG! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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This is something I am considering doing. Reasoning : Fattens the pot, gives me good odds postflop, disguises my hand to an extent.

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If by giving you good odds postflop you are referring to the limpers paying off when you hit because you tied them to an inflated pot - then yes! Good! If you mean that because you put in extra bets PF you now have odds to call post-flop - then NO! BAD!

As far as disguising your hand - there's really nothing to disguise from your average 2/4 player.

[sy_or_bust]

Yeah, basically your thread is useless. Your points are, in general, super-standard (except raising suited connectors in LP, which is especially situation dependent). Just post detailed hands (i.e. examples), not this sort of fluff.

Will do.

thanks.

[crunchy1]

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Your points are, in general, super-standard (except raising suited connectors in LP, which is especially situation dependent).

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I really hope you don't think that check/calling down KK-JJ when an over card hits the flop is "super-standard".

I realize that that's probably not the best play. I take notes on opponents that I have been involved in pots with before. I think without a read probably folding is better.

[Bodhi]

Welcome to the forums! I actually have 50 hands on you at 2/4.

Here is what I see:

You are way too loose. You're playing more than 40% of your hands and need to cut that in half.

You are passive postflop (especially on 3rd st). You need to find more raises and bet-out more instead of check-calling.

The good news is that you raise preflop more than 6% of the time. That could be higher, but at least you're raising the stakes with your good starting hands.

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(1) AK, AQ - Raise and reraise preflop. If a K or A does not fall on the river, continuation bet assuming it's 1-2 opponents in the hand and the board does not look co-ordinated.

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AQ is a trouble hand--watch out. Rarely cold-call with a hand like AQ, and I see that you cold called with A5s, which is a serious no-no. If you raise AQo and are 3 bet, you're probably better off just calling unless the reraiser is overly aggressive.

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(2)KK,QQ,JJ - Raise and reraise preflop. Should an overcard fall, check-call until the river.

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You should still be betting if an overcard falls. Check-calling is terrible and gives your opponent too many chances to draw out. Bet until you are raised or are shown good reason to slow down.

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(3)Suited connectors in late position - Raise if there have been serveral limpers. This is something I am considering doing. Reasoning : Fattens the pot, gives me good odds postflop, disguises my hand to an extent.

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Just limp with these unless they are bigger suited-connectors. With a hand like 76s you want to see the flop for the minimum.

Anyway, I highly suggest that you drop down in limits. Your playing style is far from optimal, and you need to learn the basics before you play 2/4. Start with .5/1 and take it from there.

Anyway, please don't take any offense, and again, welcome to the forums. Now that you're here we can help you turn into a winning player.

p.s. check out the micro-limit forum.

[thejameser]

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I realize that that's probably not the best play. I take notes on opponents that I have been involved in pots with before. I think without a read probably folding is better.

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[Bodhi]

Hello?!?!

This guy is brand new here, lighten up everyone. Also, a
"Welcome to the forums" is nice to see.