how would you play this cash game?

Hello,

I played at a cash game last night that was very loose. Each player, except for me, played every other hand. There was 8 of us.

It was 25c/50c

I bought in for $10.00, and decided to play the following strategy:

Raise by $3 - $5 (more or less, depending on the betting) with AA,QQ,KK,JJ,AK,AQ,AJ,KQ,KJ.

My first hand I got was pocket jacks, At the flop I had an overpair, I raised by $5, went all in on the flop, 2 people called and I won around $27 in one hand. I cashed out $10 and had $17 left in play.

I got bored and lost two consecutive hands and the rest of my chips in play, playing A10s and and a pair of 10s.

I've rethought my strategy and this is what I'm doing next time. I'm playing

AA,KK,QQ,JJ,AK,AQ,AJ,A5s

Calling with A5s and raising with the rest. The A5s is so I don't get as predictable.

The problem is that there's no way to raise and go against 1 opponent, so you have to play very tight.

How would you guys approach this cash game?

Thanks!

Rathole winnings? OH HELL NO!!! Money is not allowed off the table, until you leave all of your winnings MUST stay in play.

Absolutely hate playing home games where people are stuffing $20s in their pockets. Play at my house and the only cash involved is what you hand me to get chips. Have to go through me to get any of it back and if you aren't calling it a night you aren't getting any back.

I think you answered your question right there.

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bounce the cube off the cats head..that might be worth a go-eucalypta

Thats one thing i've noticed about cash games, people play very loose, and its nearly impossible to tell what someone has, unless in your case it is. I find calling any two cards that is afforable and you have a chance at any hand. Maybe try finding a game that is less loose, and you will have more success in your strategy...

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I mentioned this before and I will say it again. you cannot limit yourself to a certain set of hands. Cash games are about situations. If you sit around and only play big hands, eventually people will simply stop playing against you when you raise, and all you win is blinds. Then in the end, you'll wonder why you had such good hands and ended the night with a loss.

And you mean to tell me you will throw in ONE hand to mix up your game. Listen, I understand your thought process. If you want to use this type of strategy, I encourage you to play tournaments. You will get eaten up in cash games playing like this. Maybe not in your home game, and maybe not in the 1/2c online games, but if you ever want to move up, even to 5/10c...you will need to realize cash games, and poker in general, cannot be played so cut and dry. If it was a successful strategy, why doesnt everyone do it?

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Actually, its the complete opposite. Cash games are much tighter, blinds don't force people to play lesser hands. If you want to learn how to play cash games, my suggestion is to play tight, but play POSITION. Dont play cut and dry, but dont play anything less than AJs from early position. Raise with a variety of hands if its folded to you in late position.

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RW, just a question. You say play posistion but don't play cut and dry. To me that is kinda cut and dry.

I'm not a good posistion player, I don't think. If I have a good hand or think I can steal, I will raise from any posistion.

It's been drilled in our head about posistion. Raising from the button when antes and blinds are high is almost a given. Yanno when I like to put up a big raise. 1st to act.

The game has changed so much with so many people playing that posistion means nothing to alot of people on the net.

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bounce the cube off the cats head..that might be worth a go-eucalypta

Cool well thanks for the tips, i'm not much of a Cash game player, I stick to the tourney's but yes your are right about cash games being much tighter, and position is an important factor in playing these cash games, thats why I was saying its much looser, because people tend to call anything with the position that they are in thats it

Thanks for the info though

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How far can go a fargo go, If a fargo can't go far?

no problem

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