2-5 nl $25 cap PF. how to exploit cap?
 

Ok, so there is a 2-5 NL game that I play in, it has a $25 cap pre flop. This acts as a (safety) net for the fish. So there are 3-5 players to a flop. I believe this makes any pair playable, because pots get up to $200 quite often with hands as low as top pair vs. flush or straight draw. besides playing any pair from any position for a three of a kind, What other ways can I exploit the 25 cap? What ways might it hurt my play? I can see how capping it with hands like aces and kings and Ak could be picked up on pretty easy. Anything else though? All feedback is really appreciated.

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whats the buyin? 300? basically you need to see the flop with any PP.

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Unless the other players are really bad, I would not play in a game like this. If they're that bad I'd make it $25 with anything I'd regularly raise.

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I would exploit just by playing generally looser. I think suited connectors in any position become much more valuable, in that you will generally have a multiway flop and not for more than 5x BB (which seems standard in casino games). Value of lower pocket pairs go up, while I would play my big pocket pairs more cautiously postflop (assuming there are 4-5 players in most of the time). I wouldnt cap with only AK/AA/KK though, you need to mix it up to some degree.

Basically, any high implied odds hand should be very profitable, since most flops are multiway - suitedness and connectedness is very important here.

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I think I would like this kind of game - it seems like it would be a fish magnet!

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If it's a fish magnet, I'd play. If not, I hate that I can't protect my big pairs preflop.

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Yeah, but you would just play more cautiously postflop. But other people wouldn't be playing so cautiously postflop with an o/p. Think of how many people you could stack with 33 and 78s

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suited cards, connectors all go up in value, AK type hands go down. However, one of my weapons of the re-raise pf is gone, so I think this game sucks.

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Meh. I hate gadgets like this. They make me uncomfortable. You're probably right, though.

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