1/2 NL Strategy With $100 Cap

[JustToast]

Thanks for any advice you guys can give me on this.

I started as a limit player, and have fairly recently moved to NL. Online, I have had success at NL in 6-max and full ring, but have recently started spending a few more hours at the B&M NL and i'm having a bit of trouble with their game.

For a strongly bet hand:
Typical PF raise is $10 or $12. Typical bet into a 2 or 3 player flop is $10-$25. Turn is bigger, and River basically puts someone who had $100 at the beginning of all this all-in.

This, in my opinion, leaves little room on the flop for decisions but "my chips are all going in on this hand" or fold since any draw is going to take a large portion of my buy-in. Of course, having a huge chipstack makes this easier, but I do have to make it past the first few hours to get there [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

So basically i've been nut peddling so far, and thats not my normal game.

Thanks.

[theben]

in a 50bb game w/ loose bad players, as more most of those 1/2 nl100 live games just play a tight and solid PF game, get a big hand an go with it. with such short stacks and multiway action the normal, you'll be potstuck by the turn if you've raised pf, gotten callers, and bet the flop. thats how a 50bb game is, so just accept it

[Ghazban]

I agree with theben. However, there are often some lucky donks in these games who have built up to 200BB or more. Once you get a decent stack, you should go after them. While putting in a 50BB stack with TPTK is fine (and pretty close to optimal in these games), the donks will continue to do it with 200BB and larger stacks-- this is where your profit comes from.

In the 1/2 $100 cap live game I frequently play at Foxwoods, I always want to get some chips early so I can take advantage of my ability to play deeper stacks against the donks who still think TPNK is the nuts.

[amoeba]

play tight aggressive preflop. be not afraid of going to the felt with overpair or TPTK.

all considerations of " does he have a set" go out hte window.

as at 50xBB, you have enough for preflop raise, flop bet, turn bet. thats it.

[grouchie]

it's like playing party before the blind structure change.
As others have said, TPTK increases in value as do overpairs. With only 100 bucks or less, you have to be willing to go to felt with those hands, it is the norm.

The biggest advantage you have as a thinking player is that after you have made some money and are no longer sitting there with just the 50bb buy in, you can start making those toher big stacks make mistakes as they are usualyl still willing to put in a lot of money on TPTK type hands. They don't change their play based on their stack sizes.

Play tight preflop, wait for good hands, get your money in when your ahead. When you add to your stack you now have the ability to play a post flop game moreso and can really start taking money from them as they start to make more mistakes.

[phillydilly]

This is the game at my local casino. I like the topic and can use the help, any other strategy adjustments based on a $6 per half hour time charge?