Crushing live 2/4 tables

I cant seem to be able to beat 2/4 games on a constant basis although i seem to do good at 10/20 games......do you think you need to be able to crush a 2/4 game regulary before moving up in limits or not?

[The Ocho]

play the highest game you can. why play 2/4 if you have the money for 10/20?

I dont have the proper bankroll to play regulary at 10/20...just by taking shots at it ive won 75 percent of the time

[AKQJ10]

Sounds like a classic case of small sample size. How many hours of each are we talking?

[PokerBob]

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I cant seem to be able to beat 2/4 games on a constant basis although i seem to do good at 10/20 games......do you think you need to be able to crush a 2/4 game regulary before moving up in limits or not?

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Ignore every post you read here except for mine, as you are likely going to get many sarcastic repsonses telling you to move to 50/100. Yes, you need to be able to beat 2/4 first. You also need to understand short-term variance, which you likely do not. Good luck.

[TheMetetron]

70% of the time? Move up to $50/100 immediately!!

[boscoboy]

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I cant seem to be able to beat 2/4 games on a constant basis although i seem to do good at 10/20 games......do you think you need to be able to crush a 2/4 game regulary before moving up in limits or not?

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Ignore every post you read here except for mine, as you are likely going to get many sarcastic repsonses telling you to move to 50/100. Yes, you need to be able to beat 2/4 first. You also need to understand short-term variance, which you likely do not. Good luck.

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actually i would ignore this advice - casino 2/4 is like bingo with cards - if you think playing games that preflop cap with 7 players is gonna help you in the long run then have at it, otherwise go higher (presuming you are a winning online player) i prefer 6/12 or higher where calling a reraise may cost a man an hours wage



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[cwsiggy]

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actually i would ignore this advice - casino 2/4 is like bingo with cards - if you think playing games that preflop cap with 7 players is gonna help you in the long run then have at it, otherwise go higher (presuming you are a winning online player) i prefer 6/12 or higher where calling a reraise may cost a man an hours wage

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If you can't beat low limits which are the easiest games to beat- you can't beat anything higher adn most on 2+2 would agree with me. You want 7 donks to a flop in every game you will ever play the rest of your life! But I do agree that the style needed is different.

[VBCurtis]

Beating no fold'em games is important, because the play required to beat them is so simple. Until someone is totally comfortable with the decisions at 2/4 or 3/6, the marginal situations that produce profits at 10/20 are much more difficult to handle.
2/4 is the land of very high variance, but the poker is quite simple and profitable. Fully understanding how to adjust and crush them leads to better adjustments at 6/12 & up when those games get really loose-- instead of "oh boy, now it's Bingo, the idiots are here", you can do little dances in your head imagining you're back at 2/4.
Most who claim 6/12 is easier to beat than 2/4 have exactly one style of play, think that style works better at 6/12, and have little idea how to adjust to opponents who suck. They also tend to say things like "you can't ever bluff at 2/4-- that's not poker." Getting reliably called by bottom pair is MUCH better than stealing an occasional pot, I believe.
-curtis

[ThaHero]

Good point. I don't think you should ever bluff at 2/4. Only rarely. You're likely to get called everytime, especially against multiple opponents.

The 2/4 games aren't hard to beat, they just take a different strategy. Of course rake plays a bigger role as well. So does tipping. And variance is higher since there are so many people seeing every flop and so many maniacs, but when those Aces hold up against 7 people, and it was capped on all streets, you'll be stacking chips for a whole orbit. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]