Playing in absurdly loose game

[msk]

Hi all,

I have played a lot over the years in LV, and more recently a lot online, and in most of those games, where I play 5-10 thru 15-30, you need to play tight and aggressive to win.

I have found a Casino where the 5-10 and 10-20 games are very very loose and pretty passive. 8-9 people will often stay preflop with almost no raises (except for me and maybe 1-2 others). This is a great game, where pots often reach 15-20 BB's and you will be raised and reraised even when you have the nut flush or flopped top fh. [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Post flop mostly plays itself, although one must be careful of people with QQ-AA who do not raise preflop, wow surprise on the river when seeing those cards.

But I wonder about preflop:

1. What do you do with 99 in mid position? I would raise online, but here I might get 4 people before AND after limping (total of 8). Or late position I might have 6 limpers already.

2. What about low pairs like 33? I would fold this online from early or middle, but what about here where (a) I am getting 7-8 callers and no one will raise?

3. What about KQo? I would usually raise in late spots online, but what about here? I know that people will play any Ace, and even stay to the river with A3o...what to do?

Thanks in advance,

Mark Krieger

[riffraff]

1 & 2 - limp or raise. With position and 5+ players you should consider raising a good amount of time since you are getting odds on flopping a set and you had already mentioned that post-flop can be aggressive.

3 - KQo goes down in value with so many players. I would limp with it and play aggressive post-flop. You would like to protect this hand by raising people out pre-flop but it sounds like in this situation it's not possible. If there are less than 4 players limping and you are on the button with KQo, go ahead and raise and buy those extra outs (any ace that falls should be yours)