The variance at .02/.04 is ridiculous

[Hack]

It's at least 100 bb's a day up or down, with 7 or 8 people seeing the flop on every hand. I have to have a flush or straight or have my set improve to a full house to run. Top pair won't hold it's own.

My solution has been to start playing a lot more speculative hands like suited connectors from any position because the pots have so many people in them.

Is this correct?

This variance is really getting to me. I go on rushes for 40 or 50 bb's and then lose it all plus more, and I'm pretty sure I'm playing correctly. I know that in the long run I am going to come out on top but this is really shattering my confidence.

[Greg J]

I would just play solid poker and eventually the results should catch up to your playing style. Seriously, a retarded monkey can beat this game over the long term. However, avoid the temptation to play stuff like 54s or JTo UTG. Solid poker will win at this level. I have been there, and I know.

[Hack]

Thanks for the encouragement. It's just frustrating seeing sets getting beat with so many people in the pot and someone always drawing but my pot equity has to be huge so I will come out over the long run, it's jsut getting there that is the struggle.

[Greg J]

Learn to deal with it now, while it's only a couple of dollars and not a couple of hundred.

[Yads]

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However, avoid the temptation to play stuff like 54s or JTo UTG. Solid poker will win at this level. I have been there, and I know.

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Why? those are exactly the type of hands that win pots in such loose games. (Maybe not necessarily the JTo, but definitely 54s.

[Entity]

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However, avoid the temptation to play stuff like 54s or JTo UTG. Solid poker will win at this level. I have been there, and I know.

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Why? those are exactly the type of hands that win pots in such loose games. (Maybe not necessarily the JTo, but definitely 54s.

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Because you're out of position with a weakish drawing hand, and position is important.

Rob

[JoshuaD]

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However, avoid the temptation to play stuff like 54s or JTo UTG. Solid poker will win at this level. I have been there, and I know.

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Why? those are exactly the type of hands that win pots in such loose games. (Maybe not necessarily the JTo, but definitely 54s.

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Because you're out of position with a weakish drawing hand, and position is important.

Rob

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Position isn't nearly as important when you can predict what your opponents are gonna do. At this level you know they're either calling or raising.

If these tables are as loose as I imagine they are, then you've probably got the implied odds to play any decent hand from any position.

[Entity]

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If these tables are as loose as I imagine they are, then you've probably got the implied odds to play any decent hand from any position.

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I disagree. Position is by far the most important aspect of hold'em. Just because your opponents are loose and take their hands way too far, doesn't make 45s playable here. I'd limp at a table like this with as low as 89s.

Rob

[DontRaisePlz]

In my brief nano limit experience, I have found .05/.10 much more stable but just as easy as .02/.04.

When I played .02/.04, it seemed as if people capped flops for the hell of it, or to vent tilt emotion.

[Hack]

That is what it is like. The pots are gigantic.