help my my fellow small stakes specialists

scotnt73 · #1 09-06-2004, 10:35 PM

ive been winning consistantly for several months so i havent tweaked my game in a while. something that concerns me even though im winning is that ive noticed that im seeing the flop 30-35% of the time counting my blind play. i play party 2-4. i feel i am MUCH better post flop than 99% of the players at this level and im making good money. i am not playing any crap hands. i do play very loose in the sb when its not raised preflop. I dont play Kxs usually. i dont play A9o and below usually.

do any of you guys see the flop this much. an example of one of the hands i might play to much is 10Jo and JQo. i play these from any position if there is very little preflop raising which describes most the games im in nowdays. the tables have also become very passive and i am able to bully them post flop.

should i cut out the marginal small offsuit broadway preflop plays. this will bring me down to 25%.

thanks for your input.

balkii · #2 09-06-2004, 10:51 PM

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I would be more concerned about this than how often you are seeing the flop. You should be constantly working on your game.

As far as your question, I could be wrong but I dont think any table texture will allow you to show a profit with JTo or QJo from early position...this is coming from a guy who plays way too tight though..

Richard Berg · #3 09-06-2004, 11:45 PM

I wouldn't play those from EP. If it's never being raised behind you that's nice from an implied odds standpoint, but it obviously doesn't change the frequency with which dominating hands are being dealt to your opponents.

The biggest advantage to doing so on a very passive table, IMHO, would be that you don't get tied to pots with weak draws. As nice as that is, I'd much rather play 22 UTG when feeling speculative -- the EV is higher even for a flawless postflop player, significantly so for us humans. Multitable if you're getting bored, or drop a 0 off your usual limits if you want to practice handling marginal situations.