Home Game with 25BB stacks - how to adjust play?

whittiphil · #1 10-03-2005, 10:45 PM

Hi guys, tonight I'm going to a home game with 10c/20c blinds and a $5 max buyin. [censored] structure I know, so how do my starting hands and raises change?

I figure low pocket pairs cannot call preflop raises (no implied odds), low suited connectors go down.

What goes up? TT is gold, KTo is much stronger, K9 and A9 are very playable... anyone disagree with any of this?

And also, a 3BB preflop raise is fine, even though online I'd be doing a 6bb pf raise at this level.

Any other thoughts?

orange · #2 10-03-2005, 10:52 PM

Your basically all in on the flop, if not the flop, then the turn. And I disagree with A9, K9 being playable.Its best to just raise with good hands, push from there.

Hand values go up as well, TPTK is gold in these games. I don't think playing K9 or A9 is good playing with 100 BB stacks, why now?

#3 10-03-2005, 10:56 PM

Well, as always, you should see how the game develops.

In general, small pre-flop stakes mean that you should play a bit looser pre-flop:

Consider that you're looking at 25-to-1 or so implied odds which means you can do things like limp in with any suited connectors, and then only follow up on:
Two pair, straight, flush, and OESD+BD Flush+Pair and stronger draws.

whittiphil · #4 10-03-2005, 11:00 PM

Actually, I think you're right. A9 is still a bad hand because it's dominated, and that doesn't change based on the BB, because implied odds have nothing to do with it.

Yes, TPTK is gold, drawing to a flush or straight is dumb unless it's very cheap, because you have no implied odds.

SCfuji · #5 10-03-2005, 11:02 PM

buy in for $1 at a time and push everytime you see anything decent.

jzpiano14 · #6 10-03-2005, 11:02 PM

why not play .05/.10 blinds? that's what me and my friends used to do in the old days

whittiphil · #7 10-03-2005, 11:03 PM

max and min buyin the same. I'd get blinded away with 5bb pretty damn quick anyway...

whittiphil · #8 10-03-2005, 11:06 PM

I'd love too, or even better, be able to buy in for whatever the biggest stacked person is playing with, but they refuse to let me, they think I could then buyin for $100 and just run over anyone... they don't get that they should just wait for a good hand and call my allin preflop raise.

But anyway, I have no sway over the rules of this game.